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Marie Ault

Acting Born Sep 2, 1870 Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film.

She was a star in many British films of the silent era, but is most remembered for her role as Daisy Bunting's mother in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Other notable film work includes the role of Rummy Mitchens in the film of Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara (1941).

On stage from 1891, Ault's theatre work included the original production of Love on the Dole in 1935, as well as the 1941 film version.

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Known for

Film

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

as Mrs. Bunting the Landlady

Full filmography

  • Jamaica Inn (1939) as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
  • Blithe Spirit (1945) as Cook (uncredited)
  • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) as Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
  • Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) as Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
  • Major Barbara (1941) as Rummy Mitchens
  • Blanche Fury (1948) as Old Gypsy
  • We Dive at Dawn (1943)
  • Wanted for Murder (1946) as Flower Seller
  • Love on the Dole (1941) as Mrs. Jike
  • Madness of the Heart (1949) as Nun
  • The Speckled Band (1931) as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)
  • I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Mrs O'Mara
  • The Demi-Paradise (1943) as Mrs. Jones
  • Troublesome Wives (1928) as Aunt Mary
  • The Monkey's Paw (1923) as Mrs. White
  • Twilight Hour (1945) as Liz
  • Woman to Woman (1923) as Henrietta
  • Freedom Radio (1941) as Woman Customer
  • The Man from Morocco (1945) as Hotelière
  • Waltz Time (1945) as Cenci's Maid
  • The Three Weird Sisters (1948) as Beattie
  • Maid Happy (1933) as Miss Woods
  • The Return of the Rat (1929)
  • Madame Pompadour (1927) as Belotte