Charlotte Mineau
Charlotte Mineau (born March 24, 1886 in Michigan , † October 12, 1979 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .
life and career
A native of Michigan, Charlotte Mineau attended drama school in the Sorbonne in Paris. She then returned to the United States, where she became a well-known supporting actress in Hollywood in the 1910s and 1920s . The tall actress played mothers or women from good company particularly often, and she was mainly used in slapstick comedies. She was best known as a regular supporting actress for Charlie Chaplin in his early comedies between 1915 and 1917: For example, she played the mother of Chaplin's leading actress Edna Purviance in The Pawn Shop and The Count . After finishing her work at Chaplin, she played with Mabel Normand in The Extra Girl (1923) and Mary Pickford in Sparrows (1926). Mineau also shot for comedy producer Hal Roach . There she was cast in three early Laurel and Hardy comedies, including as the wife of James Finlayson in Love 'Em and Weep .
Soon after the start of the sound film, Mineau withdrew from the acting business, her last of almost 80 film appearances as a cheating party guest in the Marx Brothers comedy The Marx Brothers at Sea . Charlotte Mineau, who was married to the actor Christian J. Frank (1890-1967), died in 1979 at the age of 93.
Filmography (selection)
- 1912: The Little Poet
- 1915: Charlie Against All (His New Job)
- 1915: A Night in the Show
- 1916: The store supervisor (The Floor Walker)
- 1916: The Tramp (The Vagabond)
- 1916: The Count (The Count)
- 1916: The Pawn Shop (The Pawnshop)
- 1916: The firefighter (The Fireman)
- 1916: Behind the screen (behind the screen)
- 1917: Easy Street (Easy Street)
- 1917: The Rink (The Rink)
- 1919: Hearts and Flowers
- 1923: The Extra Girl
- 1926: sparrows God (Sparrows)
- 1926: This Lady is a Guy (45 Minutes from Hollywood)
- 1927: The First Auto
- 1927: Sugar Daddies
- 1927: Love 'Em and Weep
- 1931: The Marx Brothers at Sea (Monkey Business)
Web links
- Charlotte Mineau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mineau, Charlotte |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Michigan , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1979 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |