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Early life

Isabel Lamon was born in

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, the daughter of Lauren G. Lamon and Mathilde Hoffelt. Her mother was better known as silent film actress Mathilde Baring of Louisiana.

Career

Lamon appeared in more than 30 short silent films between 1911 and 1918, including ''The Scandal Mongers'' (1911), ''Unmerited Shame'' (1912), ''It Pays to be Kind'' (1912), ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' (1912), ''

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'' (1912), ''The Holy City'' (1912), ''A Double Misunderstanding'' (1912), ''That Loving Man'' (1912), ''Wanted a Wife in a Hurry'' (1912), ''Robin Hood'' (1912), ''Dolls'' (1912), ''The Passing Parade'' (1912), ''The Lucky Loser'' (1912), ''A Choice by Accident'' (1912), ''Caprice of Fortune'' (1912), ''Making Uncle Jealous'' (1912), ''Just Out of College'' (1913), ''It Might Have Been'' (1913), ''Quarantined'' (1913), ''What's In a Name?'' (1913), ''Keeping Up Appearances'' (1913), ''The Miser'' (1913), ''The Higher Duty'' (1913), ''The Supreme Sacrifice'' (1913), ''Jane's Waterloo'' (1913), ''For His Child's Sake'' (1913), ''Diamond Cut Diamond'' (1913), ''Through Many Trials'' (1913), ''Longing for Mother'' (1913), ''Violet Dare, Detective'' (1913), ''A Father's Love'' (1913), ''The Other Woman'' (1913), ''Dick's Turning'' (1913), ''The Wager'' (1913), ''The Strange Way'' (1913), ''The Exile'' (1913), ''The Matinee Girl'' (1918), ''The Face in the Dark'' (1918), and ''Little Women'' (1918). In eight of her films, her mother was also in the cast. On stage, Lamon appeared in

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productions including ''Sam Houston'' (1906), when she was a child, ''Forever After'' (1918-1919), ''The Advertising of Kate'' (1922), ''

Aren't We All? ''Aren't We All?'' is a comic play by Frederick Lonsdale. At the core of the drawing room comedy's slim plot is the Hon. William Tatham who, having been consigned to the proverbial doghouse for a romantic indiscretion, is determined to catch his ...

'' (1924-1925), ''Love in the Tropics'' (1927), ''Gambling'' (1929), ''The Tavern'' (1930), ''The Song and Dance Man'' (1930), ''Just to Remind You'' (1931), and ''A Hat, A Coat, A Glove'' (1934). She was also in ''The Gingham Girl'' (1923), ''The Butter and Egg Man,'' and ''The Honeymoon'' (1926), on the

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Personal life

Isabel Lamon married songwriter and playwright William M. Hough; they had one child, Carol. Hough had left Lamon by 1932, but there were years of lawsuits before their divorce was final in 1947. Isabel Lamon died in 1958, aged 59 years, in New York. Her grave is with her mother's, in

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