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Marie Ault

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Marie Ault

Born September 2, 1870 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UKDied May 9, 195155 films

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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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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog posterFirst watchThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog19277.2as Mrs. Bunting the LandladyLondon. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives…View film

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Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. TBADe Femme à Femme
  2. 1951Cheer the Brave
  3. 1949Madness of the HeartNun
  4. 1948The Three Weird SistersBeattie
  5. 1948Blanche FuryOld Gypsy
  6. 1946I See a Dark StrangerMrs O'Mara
  7. 1946Wanted for MurderFlower Seller
  8. 1946They Knew Mr. KnightGrandma Blake
  9. 1945Caesar and CleopatraEgyptian Lady (uncredited)
  10. 1945Waltz TimeCenci's Maid
  11. 1945The Man from MoroccoHotelière
  12. 1945Blithe SpiritCook (uncredited)
  13. 1945Twilight HourLiz
  14. 1944It Happened One SundayMadame
  15. 1943The Demi-ParadiseMrs. Jones
  16. 1943We Dive at Dawn
  17. 1942The Missing MillionMrs. Tweedle
  18. 1941Love on the DoleMrs. Jike
  19. 1941Major BarbaraRummy Mitchens
  20. 1941Freedom RadioWoman Customer
  21. 1939Jamaica InnCoach Passenger (uncredited)
  22. 1935Lend Me Your WifeAunt Jane
  23. 1933Maid HappyMiss Woods
  24. 1933Money for SpeedMa
  25. 1933Their Night OutCook
  26. 1933Little FellaMrs. Turner
  27. 1931Contraband LoveSarah Sterling
  28. 1931The Speckled BandMrs. Hudson (uncredited)
  29. 1931Third Time LuckyMrs. Midge
  30. 1929DownstreamMartha Jaikes
  31. 1929KittySarah Greenwood
  32. 1929The Return of the Rat
  33. 1929The Alley CatMa
  34. 1929LifeIsidora
  35. 1928Yellow StockingsCountess
  36. 1928Troublesome WivesAunt Mary
  37. 1928VictoryMother
  38. 1928DawnMme. Rappard
  39. 1928The Silver LiningMrs Hurst
  40. 1927The Rolling RoadGrannie
  41. 1927Hindle WakesMrs. Hawthorn
  42. 1927Madame PompadourBelotte
  43. 1927Roses of PicardyBaroness d'Archeville
  44. 1927Mademoiselle from ArmentieresAunt
  45. 1927The Lodger: A Story of the London FogMrs. Bunting the Landlady
  46. 1926The Triumph of the RatMere Colline
  47. 1925The Prude's FallMrs. Masters
  48. 1925The RatMere Colline
  49. 1923The Starlit GardenOld Prue
  50. 1923The Monkey's PawMrs. White
  51. 1923Woman to WomanHenrietta
  52. 1923Paddy The Next Best ThingMrs. Adair
  53. 1922The Grass OrphanLandlady
  54. 1922A Prince of LoversNannie
  55. 1921Class and No ClassLiza Ann