Marie Ault

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known For

Cheer the Brave 1951 ★ 8.0
Madness of the Heart 1949 ★ 6.0
Blanche Fury 1948 ★ 6.2
The Three Weird Sisters 1948 ★ 7.5
Wanted for Murder 1946 ★ 6.4
I See a Dark Stranger 1946 ★ 6.5
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 ★ 6.2
Blithe Spirit 1945 ★ 7.0
Waltz Time 1945 ★ 10.0
The Man from Morocco 1945 ★ 6.0
Twilight Hour 1945 ★ 7.0
We Dive at Dawn 1943 ★ 6.3
The Demi-Paradise 1943 ★ 6.6
The Missing Million 1942 ★ 5.6
Major Barbara 1941 ★ 6.9
Love on the Dole 1941 ★ 5.9
Freedom Radio 1941 ★ 7.0
Jamaica Inn 1939 ★ 6.1
Maid Happy 1933 ★ 7.0
The Speckled Band 1931 ★ 5.8
The Alley Cat 1929 ★ 9.5
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 ★ 7.1
Madame Pompadour 1927 ★ 7.0
Woman to Woman 1923 ★ 5.8