{{short description|French actress}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Mathilde Comont | image = The Enchanted Hill (1926) - 3.jpg | caption = Comont in ''The Enchanted Hill'' (1926) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1886|9|9}} | birth_place = Bordeaux, France | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1938|6|21|1886|9|9}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1908–1937 }}
'''Mathilde Comont''' (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938), credited also as '''Mathilda Caumont''', was a French-born American actress, primarily of the silent era.
==Biography== Comont was born in Bordeaux, she appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, from 1908 and 1910, and then she appeared in U.S. films, starting with a few film shorts in 1917 and features including more than 60 films between 1919 and 1937, primarily as a supporting player, with several uncredited smaller roles. A heavy and short woman of 5 feet, 4 inches (163 cm), she died aged 51 from a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938.
==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Max Wants a Divorce'' (1917) - Loony Diva * ''A Rogue's Romance'' (1919) * ''A Tale of Two Worlds'' (1921) - Shopper (uncredited) * ''Rosita'' (1923) - Rosita's mother * ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (1924) - the corpulent Prince of Persia (uncredited)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-heymont/old-school-hollywood-roya_b_2940905.html |title=Old School Hollywood Royalty |date=March 23, 2013 |access-date=December 6, 2017 |last=Heymont |first=George |work=Huffington Post }}</ref> * ''Mademoiselle Midnight'' (1924) - Dueña / Mme. Nellie * ''His Hour'' (1924) - Fat Harem Lady * ''Playing with Souls'' (1925) - Brothel Worker (uncredited) * ''If Marriage Fails'' (1925) - Lisa * ''The Sea Beast'' (1926) - Mula * ''The Enchanted Hill'' (1926) - Conchita * ''The Girl from Montmartre'' (1926) - Carmenata * ''The Far Cry'' (1926) - Maid * ''La Bohème'' (1926) - Madame Benoit * ''The Gilded Highway'' (1926) - Sarah * ''Kiki'' (1926) - Maid (uncredited)<ref>{{cite web |title=First Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Award Winners: Emil Jannings, Janet Gaynor |url=http://www.altfg.com/film/first-best-actor-oscar/ |year=2015 |last=Soares |first=Andre |access-date=April 17, 2018 |work=Alt Film Guide}}</ref> * ''Paris at Midnight'' (1926) - Madame Vauquer * ''Volcano!'' (1926) - Madame Timbuctoo * ''Puppets'' (1926) - Rosa * ''The Passionate Quest'' (1926) - (uncredited) * ''What Price Glory?'' (1926) - Camille * ''Rose of the Tenements'' (1926) - Mrs. Kohn * ''The Whole Town's Talking'' (1926) - Maid (scenes deleted) * ''The Wrong Mr. Wright'' (1927) * ''The Loves of Carmen'' (1927) - Emilia * ''Love'' (1927) - Marfa - Hostess at Inn (uncredited) * ''Streets of Shanghai'' (1927) - Buttercup, Mary's Companion * ''A Woman's Way'' (1928) - Mother Suzy * ''Ramona'' (1928) - Marda * ''The Charge of the Gauchos'' (1928) - Aunt Rosita * ''You Know What Sailors Are'' (1928) - The British Captain * ''The Rush Hour'' (1928) - Chanteuse at Bohemia Cafe (uncredited) * ''The Sea Bat'' (1930) - Mimba * ''Call of the Flesh'' (1930, and French language version ''Le chanteur de Séville'') - La Rumbarita * ''Romance'' (1930) - Vannucci * ''Just Like Heaven'' (1930) - Madame Fogharde * ''The Lash'' (1930) - Concha (uncredited) * ''Along Came Youth'' (1930) - Bit Role (uncredited) * ''The Lady Who Dared'' (1931) - Chambermaid (uncredited) * ''The Hard Hombre'' (1931) - Maria Romero * ''The Cuban Love Song'' (1931) - Aunt Rose * ''Freaks'' (1932) - Madame Bartet (uncredited) * ''Lady with a Past'' (1932) - Waitress (uncredited) * ''Careless Lady'' (1932) - French Hotel Maid (uncredited) * ''L'athlète incomplet'' (1932) - Eulalie * ''Laughing at Life'' (1933) - Mamacita * ''The Devil's in Love'' (1933) - Nana (uncredited) * ''Design for Living'' (1933) - Heavy Woman (uncredited) * ''Caravan'' (1934) - Gypsy (uncredited) * ''All Men Are Enemies'' (1934) - Mamina * ''A Wicked Woman'' (1934) - Proprietess (uncredited) * ''Escapade'' (1935) - Carmen * ''Here's to Romance'' (1935) - Viola * ''Waterfront Lady'' (1935) - Mrs. Spadaloni * ''Ceiling Zero'' (1936) - Mama Gini (uncredited) * ''Robin Hood of El Dorado'' (1936) - Señora Matinez (uncredited) * ''Poor Little Rich Girl'' (1936) - Tony's Wife * ''Anthony Adverse'' (1936) - Mama Guisseppi * ''The Longest Night'' (1936) - Fat Scrubwoman (uncredited) * ''Along Came Love'' (1936) - Customer * ''God's Country and the Woman'' (1937) - Mary, Jo's Housekeeper (uncredited) * ''Wise Girl'' (1937) - Mama Guido (uncredited) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|id=0173920|name=Mathilde Comont}}
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