Mathilde Brundage

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mathilde Brundage

| image = Hail the Woman (1921) - 13.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = From an ad for Hail the Woman (1921)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|9|22}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|5|6|1859|9|22}}

| death_place = Long Beach, California, US

| other_names = Bertha Brundage

| yearsactive = 1914–1928

| occupation = Actress

}}

Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}} – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928.

Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky.{{cite book|last1=Katchmer|first1=George A.|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|date=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|pages=40–41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Mathilde+Brundage%22&pg=PA40|accessdate=30 March 2018|language=en}} For much of her life, her family thwarted her desire to act on stage.{{cite news|title=Well-Known Louisville Woman In Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Mathilde+Brundage%22&pg=PA40|work=The Courier-Journal|date=April 29, 1917|location=Kentucky, Louisville|page=18|isbn = 9781476609058|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 29, 2018|last1 = Katchmer|first1 = George A.}} {{Open access}}

Brundage's film debut came in The Crucible (1914); her last film was That's My Daddy (1928).

On May 6, 1939, Brundage died in St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach, California.{{cite news|title=Private Services Due for Former Actress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18758459/mathilde_brundage/|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=May 7, 1939|location=California, Los Angeles|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 29, 2018}} {{Open access}}