Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film.

Biography

Born as Mary Cragg, in

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, Lancashire, (now

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. England. 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'' (1927) directed by

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. Other notable film work includes the role of Rummy Mitchens in the film of

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'' (1941). She also had bit parts in films such as ''

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'' (1939) and '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945). On stage from 1891, her theatre work included the original production of ''

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'' in 1935, as well as the 1941 film version. She died in London, England on 9 May 1951.

Selected filmography

* '' Class and No Class'' (1921) - Liza Ann * '' Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart'' (1922) - Miss Todd * ''

A Prince of Lovers ''A Prince of Lovers'' is a 1922 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye, Marjorie Hume and Mary Clare. The film portrays the life of the British writer Lord Byron, and was based on Alicia Ramse ...

'' (1922) - Nannie * '' If Four Walls Told'' (1922) - Minor Role * ''

The Grass Orphan '' The Grass Orphan'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Margaret Bannerman, Reginald Owen and Douglas Munro. It was based on the 1913 novel ''The Paupers of Portman Square'' by I.A.R. Wylie.Low p.37 ...

'' (1922) - Landlady * '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1923) - Mrs. Adair * ''

The Monkey's Paw "The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs, first published in the collection '' The Lady of the Barge'' in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with ...

'' (1923) - Mrs. White * ''

The Starlit Garden ''The Starlit Garden'' is a 1923 British silent romantic film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke, Lawford Davidson and Mary Rorke. The film is set in Italy and concerns a doomed romance between a ward and her guardian. It wa ...

'' (1923) - Old Prue * '' Woman to Woman'' (1923) - Henrietta * ''

The Colleen Bawn ''The Colleen Bawn, or The Brides of Garryowen'' is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on 27 March 1860 with Laura Keene playing Anne Chute and Boucicau ...

'' (1924) - Sheelah * '' The Rat'' (1925) - Mere Colline * ''

The Prude's Fall ''The Prude's Fall'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop into Gainsbo ...

'' (1925) - Mrs. Masters * ''

The Triumph of the Rat ''The Triumph of the Rat'' is a 1926 British silent film drama, directed by Graham Cutts for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Nina Vanna. Background The film is the second in a trilogy featuring Novello as Pier ...

'' (1926) - Mère Colline / The Landlady * '' The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927) - The Landlady * '' A Daughter in Revolt'' (1927) - Mrs. Dale * '' Mademoiselle from Armentieres'' (1927) - Aunt * ''

Roses of Picardy "Roses of Picardy" is a popular British song with lyrics by Frederick Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co, it was one of the most famous songs of the World War I, First World War and has been recorded ...

'' (1927) - Baroness d'Archeville * ''

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'' (1927) - Belotte * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1927) - Mrs. Hawthorn * ''

The Rolling Road ''The Rolling Road'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble. The screenplay concerns a young woman in a Cornish fishing village who h ...

'' (1927) - Grannie * '' The Silver Lining'' (1927) - Mrs. Hurst * ''

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'' (1928) - Mme. Rappard * ''

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'' (1928) - Mother * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1928) - Aunt Janet * '' God's Clay'' (1928) - Hannah * ''

Yellow Stockings ''Yellow Stockings'' is a 1928 British drama film directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky and starring Percy Marmont, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Marie Ault, and Georges Galli. It was based on a novel by Wilson McArthur and made at Cricklewood Studios. Pr ...

'' (1928) - Countess * ''

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'' (1928) - Isidora * ''

Troublesome Wives ''Troublesome Wives'' is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Eric Bransby Williams, Mabel Poulton and Lilian Oldland. It was based on the play ''Summer Lightning'' by Ernest Denny. The screenplay concerns t ...

'' (1928) * ''

Little Miss London ''Little Miss London'' is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Pamela Parr, Frank Stanmore and Reginald Fox. It was made by British Instructional Films at Bushey Studios. The screenplay concerns a busines ...

'' (1929) * '' The Alley Cat'' (1929) - Ma * ''

The Return of the Rat ''The Return of the Rat'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Mabel Poulton. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios. It was also released with a ...

'' (1929) - Mère Colline * '' Kitty'' (1929) - Sarah Greenwood * ''Downstream'' (1929) - Martha Jaikes * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) - Mrs. Midge * '' The Speckled Band'' (1931) - Mrs. Hudson (uncredited) * ''

Contraband Love ''Contraband Love'' is a 1931 British crime film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Janice Adair and Haddon Mason. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios and on location in Cornwall. The film was distribu ...

'' (1931) - Sarah Sterling * ''Hobson's Choice'' (1931) * ''

Money for Speed ''Money for Speed'' is a 1933 British sports film, sports drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Loder (actor), John Loder, Ida Lupino, Cyril McLaglen and Moore Marriott. It is centered on the sport of Motorcycle speedway, spee ...

'' (1933) - Ma * ''Daughters of Today'' (1933) - Mrs. Tring * ''

Maid Happy ''Maid Happy'' is a 1933 British musical film directed by Mansfield Markham and starring Charlotte Ander, Johannes Riemann and Dennis Hoey.Wood p.78 It was made at Elstree Studios by British International Pictures but distributed independently ...

'' (1933) - Miss Woods * ''

Their Night Out ''Their Night Out'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Claude Hulbert, Renee Houston and Gus McNaughton. It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios.Wood p.76 The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1933) - Cook (uncredited) * ''

Little Fella ''Little Fella'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring John Stuart, Joan Marion and Hal Walters. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.268 Cast * Marie Ault as Mrs. Turner * Glyn Ja ...

'' (1933) - Mrs. Turner * ''Song at Eventide'' (1934) * ''

Swinging the Lead ''Swinging the Lead'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by David MacKane and starring William Hartnell, Moira Lynd and Gibb McLaughlin. Premise Some criminals sell a drug that changes people's personalities. Cast * William Hartnell ... Fr ...

'' (1934) - Mrs. Swid * '' Windfall'' (1935) - Maggie Spooner * ''

Lend Me Your Wife ''Lend Me Your Wife'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Cyril Smith. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Wood p.82 Cast * Henry Kendall as Tony Radford * K ...

'' (1935) - Aunt Jane * ''

Tropical Trouble ''Tropical Trouble'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Douglass Montgomery, Betty Ann Davies and Alfred Drayton. It was based on the novel ''Bunga-Bunga'' by Stephen King-Hall. A series of misunderstandings lea ...

'' (1936) - Nonnie * ''

Owd Bob ''Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir'', also titled ''Bob, Son of Battle'' for US editions, is a children's book by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898 and became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, though ...

'' (1938) - Mrs. Sanderson (uncredited) * ''

'' (1939) - Coach Passenger (uncredited) * ''

Freedom Radio ''Freedom Radio'' (a.k.a. ''A Voice in the Night'') is a 1941 British propaganda film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley and Derek Farr. It is set in Nazi Germany during the Second World War a ...

'' (1941) - Woman Customer * ''

You Will Remember ''You Will Remember'' is a 1941 British musical drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams and Dorothy Hyson. It portrays the life of the composer Leslie Stuart. Featured songs include, '' Tell Me Pretty Maid ...

'' (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

'' (1941) - Rummy Mitchens * ''

'' (1941) - Mrs. Jike * ''

The Missing Million ''The Missing Million'' is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard. It is adapted from the 1923 novel ''The Missing Million'' by Edgar Wallace. A millionaire is persecu ...

'' (1942) - Mrs. Tweedle * ''

We Dive at Dawn ''We Dive at Dawn'' is a 1943 war film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills and Eric Portman as Royal Navy submariners in the Second World War. It was written by Val Valentine and J. B. Williams with uncredited assistance from Fr ...

'' (1943) - Mrs. Metcalfe (uncredited) * ''

The Demi-Paradise ''The Demi-Paradise'' (also known as ''Adventure for Two'') is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, an ...

'' (1943) - Mrs. Jones (uncredited) * ''

It Happened One Sunday ''It Happened One Sunday'' is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Robert Beatty, Barbara White and Marjorie Rhodes. Produced and distributed by Associated British it was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets d ...

'' (1944) - Madame * ''

Twilight Hour ''Twilight Hour'' is a 1945 British Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Mervyn Johns, Basil Radford, and Marie Lohr. It was shot at the British National Studios in Elstree. The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1945) - Liz (uncredited) * '' Blithe Spirit'' (1945) - Cook (uncredited) * ''

The Man from Morocco ''The Man from Morocco'' is a 1945 British action adventure film directed by Mutz Greenbaum as Max Greene and starring Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott andMary Morris. The film was shot at Welwyn Studios of Associated British. Plot A group o ...

'' (1945) - Hotelière * ''

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'' (1945) - Cenci's Maid * '' Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945) - Egyptian Lady (uncredited) * '' They Knew Mr. Knight'' (1946) - Grandma Blake * ''

Wanted for Murder ''Wanted for Murder'' is the title of a collection of six mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris which was first published in the United States in August 1931. This book was part of an ongoing series of novels and novellas by Charteris featuring ...

'' (1946) - Flower Seller (uncredited) * ''

I See a Dark Stranger ''I See a Dark Stranger'' – released as ''The Adventuress'' in the United States – is a 1946 British World War II spy film with touches of light comedy, by the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Deborah Kerr and ...

'' (1946) - Mrs. O'Mara * ''

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'' (1946) - Mrs. Dale * ''

Blanche Fury ''Blanche Fury'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger and Michael Gough. It was adapted from a 1939 novel of the same title by Joseph Shearing. In Victorian era Engla ...

'' (1948) - Old Gypsy * ''

The Three Weird Sisters ''The Three Weird Sisters'' is a 1948 British melodrama film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall, Nova Pilbeam and Raymond Lovell. The film has Gothic influences. The screenplay was adapted by Dylan Thoma ...

'' (1948) - Beattie * ''

No Room at the Inn ''No Room at the Inn'' is a 1945 play by Joan Temple that became a 1948 film directed by Daniel Birt. Both play and film are presented in flashback mode and share the same subject matter – cruelty, neglect and mental and physical abuse meted ...

'' (1948) - Vicar's Maid (uncredited) * ''

Madness of the Heart ''Madness of the Heart'' is a 1949 British drama film directed by Charles Bennett and starring Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis and Kathleen Byron. Plot summary Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued ...

'' (1949) - Nun * ''

Cheer the Brave ''Cheer the Brave'' is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Kenneth Hume and starring Elsie Randolph, Jack McNaughton and Geoffrey Keen. It was made at Southall Studios as a second feature.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.127 A mild-mannered man gets ...

'' (1951) - Mother-in-Law (final film role)

References

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* * 1870 births 1951 deaths People from Wigan English stage actresses English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses Actresses from Lancashire {{UK-film-actor-stub