Mattie Wilkes

Mattie Wilkes

Acting
1875-02-14
Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Black American theater and film actress.

Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles

#1The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan

Movie - 1920, 2h 15m as Mother Driscoll

5.7 / 10
Drama

Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly falls for him. Trouble brews as the local cadre of racist hucksters want the valuable land Van Allen lives on, and will do anything to take it from him.

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#2The Gunsaulus Mystery

Movie - 1921, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
DramaCrime

When Arthur Gilpin, a black night watchman, finds young Myrtle Gunsaulus mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, he is charged with the crime. The film is now believed to be lost.

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#3The Brute

Movie - 1920, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Drama

The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her original fiance is thought dead. When that man returns, he attempts to rescue her.

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