Marie Ault
Biography
Marie Ault was a British character actress of the stage and screen. Born Emily Cragg in Wigan, Lancashire, she made her first stage appearance in 1891 at Lincoln in Babes in the Wood, toured the provinces for years, and debuted on the London stage in 1906. She became a star of British silent films, and her most remembered role was Daisy Bunting's mother in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger (1927). She also took small but significant parts in three Ivor Novello films released between 1925 and 1929. Her theater work included the 1935 premiere of Love on the Dole, and among her later screen roles was Rummy Mitchens in Major Barbara (1941). She died in 1951.
80years old at death
- Born Wigan
- Died London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 19 years1927 to 1946
Every film, newest first
- 1946I See a Dark StrangerIMDb rating 6.9
- 1945Blithe SpiritIMDb rating 7.0
- 1941Major BarbaraIMDb rating 6.8
- 1927The Lodger: A Story of the London FogIMDb rating 7.3
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First role
Ault made her first stage appearance in 1891 in Babes in the Wood at Lincoln, then toured the provinces for years before her London stage debut in 1906.
A role that slipped away
Ault told Pictures and the Picturegoer that the Amah in the play East of Suez was her favorite role. She hoped to play it in the film version, but the 1925 film gave the part to Mrs. Wong Wing.
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