Marie Ault


Marie Ault was a British character actress of stage and film.

Biography

Born Emily Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, the daughter of Jane Ann and Thomas Cragg, a plumber by trade.
She made her first stage appearance in Babes in the Wood at Lincoln in 1891, touring the provinces for many years in various different productions. She made her debut on the London stage in 1906. Her later theatre work included the original production of Love on the Dole in 1935, as well as the 1941 film version. She married James Alexander Paterson in Dudley, Staffordshire in 1893.
Ault 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 directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She also played small but significant roles in three Ivor Norvello movies. The Rat, The Triumph Of The Rat and The Return Of The Rat released from 1925 to 1929.
Ault played characters of various nationalities, including Scottish, Irish, Italian, French, and English. In an interview with Pictures and the Picturegoer, Ault said her favorite role was the Amah from the play East of Suez. She wanted to play the role in the film version. However, the 1925 film cast Mrs. Wong Wing.
Other notable film work includes the role of Rummy Mitchens in the film of Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara.
She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica Inn and Caesar and Cleopatra.
She died in a nursing home in Chelsea on 9 May 1951.

Selected filmography

Class and No Class - Liza AnnWee MacGregor's Sweetheart - Miss ToddA Prince of Lovers - NannieIf Four Walls Told - Minor RoleThe Grass Orphan - LandladyPaddy the Next Best Thing - Mrs. AdairThe Monkey's Paw - Mrs. WhiteThe Starlit Garden - Old PrueWoman to Woman - HenriettaThe Colleen Bawn - SheelahThe Rat - Mere CollineThe Prude's Fall - Mrs. MastersThe Triumph of the Rat - Mère Colline / The LandladyThe Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - The LandladyA Daughter in Revolt - Mrs. DaleMademoiselle from Armentieres - AuntRoses of Picardy - Baroness d'ArchevilleMadame Pompadour - BelotteHindle Wakes - Mrs. HawthornThe Rolling Road - GrannieThe Silver Lining - Mrs. HurstDawn - Mme. RappardVictory - MotherVirginia's Husband - Aunt JanetGod's Clay - HannahYellow Stockings - CountessLife - IsidoraTroublesome Wives Little Miss London The Alley Cat - MaThe Return of the Rat - Mère CollineKitty - Sarah GreenwoodDownstream - Martha JaikesThird Time Lucky - Mrs. MidgeThe Speckled Band - Mrs. Hudson Contraband Love - Sarah SterlingHodson'e Choice Money for Speed - MaDaughters of Today - Mrs. TringMaid Happy - Miss WoodsTheir Night Out - Cook Little Fella - Mrs. TurnerSong at Eventide Swinging the Lead - Mrs. SwidWindfall - Maggie SpoonerLend Me Your Wife - Aunt JaneTropical Trouble - NonnieOwd Bob - Mrs. Sanderson Jamaica Inn - Coach Passenger Freedom Radio - Woman CustomerYou Will Remember - Minor Role Major Barbara - Rummy MitchensLove on the Dole - Mrs. JikeThe Missing Million - Mrs. TweedleWe Dive at Dawn - Mrs. Metcalfe The Demi-Paradise - Mrs. Jones It Happened One Sunday - MadameTwilight Hour - Liz Blithe Spirit - Cook The Man from Morocco - HotelièreWaltz Time - Cenci's MaidCaesar and Cleopatra - Egyptian Lady They Knew Mr. Knight - Grandma BlakeWanted for Murder - Flower Seller I See a Dark Stranger - Mrs. O'MaraCarnival - Mrs. DaleBlanche Fury - Old GypsyThe Three Weird Sisters - BeattieNo Room at the Inn - Vicar's Maid Madness of the Heart - NunCheer the Brave - Mother-in-Law

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