The landlady of the Bunting household. She shows the lodger the available room, accepts his rent, notices his removal of the portraits, and later tries to search his locked room. She becomes suspicious of him after another blonde woman is found dead and attempts to keep Daisy away from him.
A supporting figure within the film's interconnected Parisian crime and social milieu.
Ma runs the poor lodging house in London where Polly lives and where Beck is a frequent, violent presence. The house becomes important to the murder investigation when a cigarette specially made for Julius Corrin is traced there. Polly also urges Jimmy to leave the lodging house because he may be in danger.
Marie Ault has 55 screen credits in a career dating back to 1921. Their work is anchored in the The Rat Trilogy universe with 3 titles. Signature works include The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, The Silver Lining, Life. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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