Alatia Marton
American actress
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Alatia Lee Marton (September 15, 1894 – June 4, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in about a dozen silent film shorts between 1917 and 1918.
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| Born | September 15, 1894 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1972 (age 77) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Early life and education
Marton was born in Dallas, Texas,[1] the daughter of Henry Marton and Clara Anne Davis Marton (later Arnold). She graduated from Dallas High School.[2]
Career
Marton answered phones at a cement company as a young woman.[2] She was one of the eleven winners of a Photoplay Magazine national beauty contest in 1916.[2][3] She won a screen test,[3] and traveled to Chicago, Detroit, and New York City as part of the contest's publicity tour.[4] She was known as one of Mack Sennett's "Bathing Beauties".[5]
Marton left the film industry to marry in 1918,[6] but returned to Los Angeles later in life, and was active in the Women's Guild of the Church of Religious Science in Beverly Hills.[7]
Filmography
All of Marton's credits were in short silent comedy films from 1917 and 1918.
- A Toy of Fate (1917)[8][9]
- A Hotel Disgrace (1917)[8][9]
- A Warm Reception (1917)[8][9]
- His Taking Ways (1917)[8][9]
- Pearls and Perils (1917)[10]
- Their Husband (1917, co-starring Harry Depp)[9][11]
- False to the Finish (1917)[5]
- An Iceman's Bride (1917, starring Mal St. Clair and Eddie Gribbon)[12]
- His Hidden Shame (1918, starring Max Asher, Mal St. Clair, and Eddie Gribbon)[13]
- Ruined by a Dumb Waiter (1918)[14]
- The Kitchen Lady (1918)[9]
- Fork Over (1918)