- Born
- Died
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- Mabel Poulton was born in London in 1901. She began working as a Stenographer and entered film as an actress by chance, her first role was in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters (1920) starring Betty Balfour at Welsh-Pearson studios. Thereafter she starred in many silent film dramas, often playing mischievous or feisty roles, and perhaps best remembered in Adrian Brunel's The Constant Nymph (1928). Mabel was considered to be one of Britain's leading film actresses along with Betty Balfour until the advent of sound film which brought a premature end to Mabel's film career. She appeared in few talkies, her final film was a character role in a short drama Strange to Relate (1943). She died in London age 93.
- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Rothwell-Smith
- SpouseRichard Morrison Phillips(1939 - January 9, 1991) (his death)
- Very successful in silent films, Mabel had a tough time adapting to the talkies due to her thick cockney accent, but still continued to appear occasionally on television until at least the 1960s.
- In 1934/5 made the film Pastorale in Austria with a young Michael Wilding in the cast but the film was never released.
- Mabel Poulton became a star in The Constant Nymph (1928) and ranked as England's #1 female film star in 1928 and 1929, but she flopped in her first talkie attempt and appeared in only five other talkies in supporting roles.
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