Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress.

Life and career

thumb|Molly Lamont in Scared to Death (1947)

Margorie Edith Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was active in sports as a young woman. She moved to England after winning a beauty contest in her teens. As part of the contest, she was offered a film test by British International Pictures. She died on 7 July 2001 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, aged 91.

Filmography

  • The Black Hand Gang (1930) (uncredited)
  • Uneasy Virtue (1931) as Ada
  • Old Soldiers Never Die (1931) as Ada
  • The Wife's Family (1931) as Sally
  • Doctor Josser K.C. (1931) (uncredited)
  • Strictly Business (1931) as Maureen
  • What a Night! (1931) as Nora Livingstone
  • Shadows (1931) as Jill Dexter
  • The Strangler (1932) as Frances Marsden
  • The House Opposite (1932) as Doris
  • Brother Alfred (1932) as Stella
  • Lucky Girl (1932) as Lady Moira
  • The Last Coupon (1932) as Betty Carter
  • Josser on the River (1932) as Julia Kaye
  • His Wife's Mother (1932) as Cynthia
  • Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) as Actress
  • Leave It to Me (1933) as Eve Halliday
  • Paris Plane (1933)
  • Letting in the Sunshine (1933) as Lady Anne
  • White Ensign (1934) as Consul's Daughter
  • No Escape (1934) as Helen Arnold
  • Irish Hearts (1934) as Nurse Otway
  • The Third Clue (1934) as Rosemary Clayton
  • Murder at Monte Carlo (1935) as Margaret Becker
  • Handle with Care (1935) as Patricia
  • Oh, What a Night (1935) as Pat
  • Rolling Home (1935) as Ann
  • Jalna (1935) as Pheasant Vaughn Whiteoaks
  • Alibi Inn (1935) as Mary Talbot
  • Another Face (1935) as Mary McCall
  • Muss 'em Up (1936) as Nancy Harding, Paul's Daughter
  • Mary of Scotland (1936) as Mary Livingstone
  • Fury and the Woman (1936) as June McCrae
  • A Woman Rebels (1936) as Young Girl with Sick Baby (uncredited)
  • The Jungle Princess (1936) as Ava
  • A Doctor's Diary (1937) as Mrs. Fielding
  • The Awful Truth (1937) as Barbara Vance
  • Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) as Nurse Winifred (uncredited)
  • The Moon and Sixpence (1942) as Mrs. Amy Strickland (uncredited)
  • A Gentle Gangster (1943) as Ann Hallit
  • Thumbs Up (1943) as Welfare Supervisor
  • Follow the Boys (1944) as Miss Hartford (secretary) (uncredited)
  • The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) as Helen Hampton (uncredited)
  • Mr. Skeffington (1944) as Miss Norris (uncredited)
  • Minstrel Man (1944) as Caroline (Mother)
  • Youth Runs Wild (1944) as Mrs. Webster (uncredited)
  • Three Sisters of the Moors (1944, Short) as Charlotte Brontë
  • The Suspect (1944) as Edith Simmons
  • Devil Bat's Daughter (1946) as Ellen Masters Morris
  • So Goes My Love (1946) as Cousin Garnet Allison
  • The Dark Corner (1946) as Lucy Wilding (uncredited)
  • Scared to Death (1947) as Laura Van Ee
  • Ivy (1947) as Bella Crail
  • Christmas Eve (1947) as Harriet Rhodes
  • South Sea Sinner (1950) as Kay Williams
  • The First Legion (1951) as Mrs. Nora Gilmartin (final film role)

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