Mary Odette
{{Short description|French-British actress (1901–1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mary Odette
| image = Mary Odette (May, 1929), Picture Show Magazine.jpg
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| caption = Odette in May 1922
| birth_name = Marie Odette Goimbault
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1901|08|10}}
| birth_place = Dieppe, French Third Republic
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1987|03|26|1901|08|10}}
| death_place = Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
| othername = Mary Odette
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1916–1928
}}
Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born silent-screen actress.{{cite web
|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18281
|title=Mary Odette
|publisher=British Film Institute
|accessdate=11 July 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022173048/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18281
|archive-date=22 October 2012
|url-status=dead
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Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number of British films being made, she appeared in several continental European productions. She retired from films in 1928, shortly before the arrival of sound films in Britain.
Filmography
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- Cynthia in the Wilderness (1916)
- The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
- The Way of an Eagle (1918)
- Spinner o' Dreams (1918)
- The Top Dog (1918)
- The Wages of Sin (1918)
- Peace, Perfect Peace (1918)
- The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
- As He Was Born (1919)
- Whosoever Shall Offend (1919)
- Dombey and Son (1919)
- Castle of Dreams (1919)
- The Lady Clare (1919)
- With All Her Heart (1920)
- Enchantment (1920)
- As God Made Her (1920)
- Torn Sails (1920)
- John Heriot's Wife (1920)
- Inheritance (1920)
- The Breed of the Treshams (1920)
- Mr. Gilfil's Love Story (1920)
- The Wonderful Year (1921)
- No. 5 John Street (1921)
- All Roads Lead to Calvary (1921)
- The Double Event (1921)
- Cherry Ripe (1921)
- The Crimson Circle (1922)
- The Hypocrites (1923)
- The Lion's Mouse (1923)
- The Diamond Man (1924)
- Eugene Aram (1924)
- Not for Sale (1924)
- Nets of Destiny (1924)
- Kean (1924)
- Father Voss (1925)
- She (1925)
- The Elegant Bunch (1925)
- The Morals of the Alley (1925)
- If Youth But Knew (1926)
- Celle qui domine (1927)
- Emerald of the East (1928)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0644054}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190326153722/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f87f607 Mary Odette] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert – if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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Category:British film actresses
Category:French film actresses
Category:British silent film actresses
Category:French silent film actresses
Category:People from Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
Category:Actresses from Normandy
Category:20th-century French actresses
Category:French emigrants to the United Kingdom
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