Personal Info
Birth date
1886-07-16 (139 Years)
Day of death
1952-07-20
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also known as
Isabelle La Mal
Isabel La Mal
Biography
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Filmography
An American in Paris
7.017
Overview:
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.Madame Curie
7.1
Overview:
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.Man from Music Mountain
5
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Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.Gang Bullets
5.7
Overview:
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.Lured
6.308
Overview:
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.Roaming Lady
5
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Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.The Corsican Brothers
6.7
Overview:
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feels all the same sensations experienced by the other, swordplay is difficult for them. Worse yet, raised very differently, they struggle to find common ground between their conflicting personalities. But to defeat their enemy, the two will have to overcome the obstacles and work as a team.Theodora Goes Wild
6.5
Overview:
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
6.6
Overview:
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.Escort Girl
3.2
Overview:
A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.Carnival
NYR
Overview:
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.The Calling of Dan Matthews
3
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Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.Mr. Skeffington
6.643
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A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.The Return of Chandu
4.5
Overview:
Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.Men on Her Mind
4
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A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.Murder by Invitation
5.6
Overview:
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.The Preview Murder Mystery
5.6
Overview:
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.Desire
6.9
Overview:
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.Show Boat
6.755
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Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.The Thirteenth Guest
4.9
Overview:
Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the appropriate seats they occupied thirteen years prior.The Princess Comes Across
6.1
Overview:
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
4
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A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.Betrayal from the East
5.8
Overview:
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.One Night of Love
5.5
Overview:
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.Every Night at Eight
6.667
Overview:
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.The Mad Ghoul
5.941
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A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.Ants in the Pantry
6.7
Overview:
The Stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose as guests to work unobserved. They ruin a piano and generally make a mess of the party, but the hostess passes them off as vaudeville comedians and they are invited to join the guests on a fox hunt.I'll Fix It
NYR
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A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he tries to fix his adored kid brother's place on the school football team, he meets his match in school-teacher Anne Barry.Acting
1951An American in Paris as Audience Member (uncredited)
1947Lured as Dowager Shushing Fleming at Concert (uncredited)
1945Betrayal from the East as (uncredited)
1944Mr. Skeffington as Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
1944Men on Her Mind as Miss Wiggins
1943Madame Curie as Woman at Accident (uncredited)
1943The Mad Ghoul as Maid (uncredited)
1943Man from Music Mountain as Sophronia Boggs (uncredited)
1943Cutie on Duty as Clerk
1943So's Your Uncle as Mrs. Van Cleve
1943Above Suspicion as Patron in Frisky Rabbit (Uncredited)
1943Radio Runaround as Miss Kelly
1943Inferior Decorator as Unknown
1943Gem-Jams as Arlene's Mother
1943Hold Your Temper as Mrs. Gabby, Neighbor
1942Queen of Broadway as Mrs. Barnett
1942Secrets of a Co-Ed as Dean Sophie Craig
1942Phantom Killer as Mrs. Rigby - Dave's Mother
1942Lady in a Jam as Josephine
1942Obliging Young Lady as Wife (uncredited)
1941Borrowed Hero as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1941The Corsican Brothers as Opera Spectator (Uncredited)
1941Escort Girl as Snuggles (as Isabel Lamal)
1941Murder by Invitation as Martha Denham
1941The Lone Rider Rides On as Ma Cameron
1940Pop Always Pays as Mrs. Tommy Lane
1940Pardon My Berth Marks as Mary's Aunt
1939Calling All Curs as Mrs. Bedford (uncredited)
1939Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Matronly Woman (uncredited)
1938Gang Bullets as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1938Religious Racketeers as Seance Attendee
1938The Beloved Brat as Teacher
1938Night Spot as Martha
1937Should Wives Work? as Unknown
1937Wings Over Honolulu as Shopper
1936Theodora Goes Wild as Townswoman (uncredited)
1936The Princess Comes Across as First Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited)
1936Show Boat as Unknown
1936Fatal Lady as Paris Cafe Guest (uncredited)
1936Roaming Lady as Martha - Housekeeper
1936Desire as Nurse Receptionist (uncredited)
1936The Preview Murder Mystery as Woman in Preview Audience (Uncredited)
1936Ants in the Pantry as Party Guest Clara (uncredited)
1936The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Mrs. Belwood
1935The Calling of Dan Matthews as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1935Ship Cafe as The Baroness (uncredited)
1935Every Night at Eight as Socialite at Party (uncredited)
1935No More Ladies as Jacquette (uncredited)
1935Carnival as Woman
1934Mills of the Gods as Secretary
1934I'll Fix It as Teacher
1934The Return of Chandu as Mrs. James
1934Mike Fright as Leonard's Mother
1934Blind Date as Employment Woman
1934One Night of Love as Metropolitan Operagoer
1934Guilty Parents as Mrs. Mason
1934This Side of Heaven as Mrs. Miller - Neighbor at Theatre (uncredited)
1933Carnival Lady as Guest
1932The Thirteenth Guest as Marie's Mother (uncredited)
1932Big Dame Hunting as Isabel
1928The Last Moment as First Wife