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Martha Mattox is a Actor American born on 16 june 1879 at Natchez (USA)

Martha Mattox

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Nationality USA
Birth 16 june 1879 at Natchez (USA)
Death 2 may 1933 (at 53 years) at Sidney (USA)

Martha Mattox (June 19, 1879 – May 2, 1933) was an American silent film actor most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent (1926). She died from a heart ailment at age 53.

Biography

Martha Mattox est active au cinéma principalement durant la période du muet et contribue à cent-cinquante deux films américains, les deux premiers (courts métrages) sortis en 1913. Suivent notamment quelques films du jeune John Ford, dont La Femme sauvage (1918, avec Harry Carey et Molly Malone), La Sagesse de trois vieux fous de King Vidor (1923, avec Claude Gillingwater et Eleanor Boardman), Le Cargo infernal de Victor Fleming (1925, avec Wallace Beery et Pauline Starke) et La Volonté du mort de Paul Leni (1927, avec Laura La Plante et Forrest Stanley).

Parmi sa trentaine de films parlants, citons Liliom de Frank Borzage (1930, avec Charles Farrell et Rose Hobart), le western Le Fantôme de Mack V. Wright (1932, avec John Wayne et Sheila Terry) et Goldie Gets Along de Malcolm St. Clair (avec Lili Damita et Sam Hardy), son dernier film sorti le 27 janvier 1933.

Martha Mattox meurt prématurément à peine plus de trois mois après, à 53 ans, des suites d'une maladie cardiovasculaire.

Usually with

Harry Carey
Harry Carey
(4 films)
John Ford
John Ford
(4 films)
George Hively
George Hively
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Martha Mattox (63 films)

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Actress

The Bitter Tea of General Yen, 1h28
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Toshia Mori, Martha Mattox, Gavin Gordon
Roles M Avery
Rating68% 3.4417053.4417053.4417053.4417053.441705
In the late 1920s in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War, as throngs of refugees flee the rainswept city, a couple of elderly missionaries welcomes guests to their home for the wedding of Dr. Robert Strike (Gavin Gordon), a fellow missionary, and Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck), his childhood sweetheart whom he has not seen in three years. Some of the missionaries have a cynical view of the Chinese people they have come to save. Shortly after Megan arrives, her fiancé Bob rushes in and postpones the wedding so he can rescue a group of orphans who are in danger from the spreading civil war. Megan insists on accompanying him on his mission.
Behind the Mask, 1h8
Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Jack Holt, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, Claude King, Edward Van Sloan, Willard Robertson
Roles Hotel Ansonia Maid
Rating59% 2.9990552.9990552.9990552.9990552.999055
A federal agent (Holt) goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation headed by a mysterious Mr. X (Van Sloan), a criminal mastermind whose identity is unknown even to his henchmen. Mr. X is also running a bogus hospital where victims are killed on the operating table, and their coffins stuffed with narcotics. The drug-filled coffins are then buried in a cemetery.
Haunted Gold, 58minutes
Directed by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson, Otto Hoffman, Martha Mattox
Roles Mrs. Herman
Rating54% 2.704012.704012.704012.704012.70401
John Mason et Janet Carter sont impliqués dans une histoire de mine d'or hantée, qui avait été découverte par leurs pères respectifs...
The Monster Walks, 1h3
Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis, Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Sidney Bracey
Roles Mrs. Krug
Rating41% 2.065712.065712.065712.065712.06571
The film opens with Ruth Earlton and her fiance Dr. Ted Carver arriving at her father's house. She has been told that her father has died, and is returning to find out what will be done with the estate. They arrive on a stormy night, and are greeted by her invalid uncle Robert, the housekeeper Mrs. Krug and the housekeeper's son Hanns.
Murder at Dawn, 1h2
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy, Horror, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Jack Mulhall, Josephine Dunn, Eddie Boland, Marjorie Beebe, Martha Mattox, Mischa Auer
Roles The Housekeeper
Rating46% 2.3137852.3137852.3137852.3137852.313785
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The Silver Lining, 59minutes
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Betty Compson, John Warburton, Montagu Love, Martha Mattox, Mary Doran
Roles Matron
Rating61% 3.0847953.0847953.0847953.0847953.084795
This script must be run from the command line
Murder by the Clock
Directed by Edward Sloman
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Irving Pichel, Lilyan Tashman, Regis Toomey, Sally O'Neil, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail
Roles Miss Roberts
Rating60% 3.048543.048543.048543.048543.04854
When a wealthy woman dies, she is buried with a loud horn in her crypt due to her fear of premature burial. Before her will can be read, her heirs start to die mysteriously.
Born to Love
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh, Anthony Bushell, Eddy Chandler, Louise Closser Hale
Roles Head Nurse (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.903442.903442.903442.903442.90344
Doris Kendall (Constance Bennett) is an American nurse working in London during World War I. During an air raid, she meets a young American Aviator, Major Barry Craig, who is enjoying a brief leave from his duties. The two hit it off and fall in love. They plan to marry after the war, but for the moment, they simply enjoy each others' company. After a short while, Craig has to return to the front. It is not long before Doris receives notice that her lover has been shot done behind enemy lines and is presumed dead.
Extravagance, 1h11
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Owen Moore, Dorothy Christy, Jameson Thomas, Gwen Lee
Roles Guest
Rating57% 2.8511652.8511652.8511652.8511652.851165
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice the luxuries she expects as her right.
The Girl Said No
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Marie Dressler, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Clara Blandick
Roles Wedding Guest
Rating52% 2.606612.606612.606612.606612.60661
Tom Ward, a cocky young football hero, returns home after graduation determined to conquer the world. He begins a flirtation with Mary Howe, secretary to his rival, McAndrews, and in a restaurant he bribes a waiter to spill soup on her employer. Although offered a local banking job, Tom stakes his fortunes on a scheme to sell bonds to wealthy old Hattie Brown, a befuddled spinster, and achieves the difficult task while posing as a doctor by getting her drunk. Finally, desperate over Mary's engagement to McAndrews, Tom kidnaps her from the altar. In a chase finale she is convinced that he loves her.