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Mabel Poulton (29 July, 1901 – 21 December,
1994) was a United Kingdom|British film
actor|actress, popular in Britain during the era
of silent movies.

Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a
stenography|stenographer and entered films by
chance.  Her first role in Nothing Else Matters
(movie)|Nothing Else Matters (1920) was opposite
Betty Balfour, who was also making her debut, and
the film was a success.   Over the next several
years, Poulton was cast in a succession of roles,
and usually played feisty or mischievous
characters.  A petite blonde, she also became well
regarded for her fashion style, and was a highly
recognisable celebrity. In 1928, she starred in
The Constant Nymph and received excellent reviews
for her performance.  By the end of the decade she
was considered to be one of Britain's leading
screen actresses along with Balfour, and was
described by critics as Balfour's only serious
rival.

The advent of sound film brought a premature end
to Poulton's movie career.  The addition of the
microphone revealed Poulton's broad Cockney
accent, which was at odds with the characters she
had become identified with.  Like Clara Bow who
faced the same problem as a result of her
Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn accent, Poulton
struggled to maintain her status.  Also like Bow,
she mounted a well publicised comeback in the mid
1930s which was unsuccessful.  She made her final
film appearance in 1936.

She died in London.