Mabel Poulton was born in London in 1901. She began working as a Stenographer and entered film as an actress by
chance, her first role was in
George Pearson's
Nothing Else Matters (1920)
starring
Betty Balfour at Welsh-Pearson studios. Thereafter she
starred in many silent film dramas, often playing mischievous or feisty
roles, and perhaps best remembered in
Adrian Brunel's
The Constant Nymph (1928).
Mabel was considered to be one of Britain's leading film
actresses along with Betty Balfour until the advent of sound film which
brought a premature end to Mabel's film career. She appeared in few
talkies, her final film was a character role in a short drama
Strange to Relate (1943). She died in London age 93.