Mabel Poulton

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Mabel Poulton
Born
Mabel Lilian Poulton

(1901-04-13)13 April 1901
Bethnal Green, London, England
Died21 December 1994(1994-12-21) (aged 93)
London Borough of Merton, England
Years active1920–1938
Spouse
Richard Phillips
​
(m. 1939)​

Mabel Lilian Poulton (13 April 1901 – 21 December 1994) was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of

silent films.[1][2]

Career

Born in

stenographer and entered films by chance.[3] Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters (1920) was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her debut, and the film was a success.[4] Over the next several years, Poulton was cast in a succession of roles, and usually played feisty or mischievous characters. A petite blonde, she also became well regarded for her fashion style, and was a highly recognisable celebrity. In 1928, she starred in The Constant Nymph by Adrian Brunel and received excellent reviews for her performance.[5][6] By the end of the decade, she was considered to be one of Britain's leading screen actresses along with Balfour, and was described by critics as Balfour's only serious rival.[citation needed
]

The advent of

Brooklyn
accent, Poulton struggled to maintain her status. Also, like Bow, she attempted to mount a comeback in the mid-1930s, which was well publicised but unsuccessful. She made her final film appearance in 1938.

Later years and death

She spent her last years writing and re-writing a typescript about a young British starlet who is raped by a film director and who then descends into alcoholism. In biro, at some point of the writing process, she wrote in real names. Thomas Bentley is the director whom she accused.[7][8] They had worked together on two films: The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) and Not Quite a Lady (1928).[citation needed]

Poulton died in 1994 in Merton, Surrey, aged 93.[citation needed]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Mabel Poulton". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ "First Sound Studio". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 21 July 1929. p. 15.
  3. ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Mabel Poulton – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  4. ^ Brownlow, Kevin (18 September 2011). "Mabel Poulton: Obituaries". The Independent.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4411-8425-2
    – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Margaret Kennedy's Story". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 22 September 1929. p. 2.
  7. ISBN 0-571-21297-2
    .
  8. ^ Shepperton Babylon (documentary). BBC Four. 2005.

External links

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