Marie Ault

Personal Info

Birthday

September 2, 1870

Day of Death

1951-05-09

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Mary Cragg

Emily Cragg

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

Caesar and Cleopatra

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Jamaica Inn

Blithe Spirit

Blanche Fury

Wanted for Murder

The Man from Morocco

Madame Pompadour

Filmography

1949
Madness of the Heart
as Nun
1948
The Three Weird Sisters
as Beattie
Blanche Fury
as Old Gypsy
1946
I See a Dark Stranger
as Mrs O'Mara
Wanted for Murder
as Flower Seller
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Grandma Blake
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
The Man from Morocco
as Hotelière
Blithe Spirit
as Cook (uncredited)
Twilight Hour
as Liz
1944
It Happened One Sunday
as Madame
1943
The Demi-Paradise
as Mrs. Jones
1942
The Missing Million
as Mrs. Tweedle
1941
Love on the Dole
as Mrs. Jike
Major Barbara
as Rummy Mitchens
Freedom Radio
as Woman Customer
1939
Jamaica Inn
as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
1935
Lend Me Your Wife
as Aunt Jane
1933
Maid Happy
as Miss Woods
Their Night Out
as Cook
Money for Speed
as Ma
Little Fella
as Mrs. Turner
1931
Contraband Love
as Sarah Sterling
The Speckled Band
as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)
Third Time Lucky
as Mrs. Midge
1929
Downstream
as Martha Jaikes
Kitty
as Sarah Greenwood
The Alley Cat
as Ma
Life
as Isidora
1928
Yellow Stockings
as Countess
Victory
as Mother
Dawn
as Mme. Rappard
The Silver Lining
as Mrs Hurst
1927
The Rolling Road
as Grannie
Hindle Wakes
as Mrs. Hawthorn
Madame Pompadour
as Belotte
Roses of Picardy
as Baroness d'Archeville
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
as Aunt
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
1926
The Triumph of the Rat
as Mere Colline
1925
The Prude's Fall
as Mrs. Masters
The Rat
as Mere Colline
1923
The Starlit Garden
as Old Prue
The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. White
Woman to Woman
as Henrietta
Paddy The Next Best Thing
as Mrs. Adair
1922
The Grass Orphan
as Landlady
A Prince of Lovers
as Nannie
1921
Class and No Class
as Liza Ann