Marie Ault

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Marie Ault
Born	Emily Cragg (1870-09-02)2 September 1870 Wigan, Lancashire, England
Died	9 May 1951(1951-05-09) (aged 80) Chelsea, London, England
Years active	1891-1951
Spouse	James Alexander Paterson ​ ​ (m. 1893)​

Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film.^[1][2]

Born Emily Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, the daughter of Jane Ann (née Ault) and Thomas Cragg, a plumber by trade. She made her first stage appearance in Babes in the Wood at Lincoln in 1891, touring the provinces for many years in various different productions. She made her debut on the London stage in 1906. Her later theatre work included the original production of Love on the Dole in 1935, as well as the 1941 film version.^[3] She married James Alexander Paterson in Dudley, Staffordshire in 1893.^{[citation needed]}

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 Alfred Hitchcock.^[3] She also played small but significant roles in three Ivor Norvello movies. The Rat, The Triumph Of The Rat and The Return Of The Rat released from 1925 to 1929.^[4]

Ault played characters of various nationalities, including Scottish, Irish, Italian, French, and English.^[5] In an interview with Pictures and the Picturegoer, Ault said her favorite role was the Amah from the play East of Suez. She wanted to play the role in the film version.^[5] However, the 1925 film cast Mrs. Wong Wing.

Other notable film work includes the role of Rummy Mitchens in the film of Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara (1941).^[4]

She also had bit parts in films such as Jamaica Inn (1939) and Caesar and Cleopatra (1945).^[6]

She died in a nursing home in Chelsea on 9 May 1951.^{[citation needed]}

• The Stage, "Marriages", 2 September 1900, Page 18.
• Aberdeen Evening Express, "Actress, 80, Dies", 9 May 1951, Page 7.
• Edinburgh Evening News, "Marie Ault Dead", 9 May 1951, Page 5.
• Daily News (London), "Fame Came To Her At Fifty", 10 May 1951, Page 3.

• Marie Ault at IMDb
• Marie Ault at the Internet Broadway Database

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