Mamo Clark


Mamo Clark, sometimes billed as Mamo, was a Hawaiian-born American actress and author.

Biography

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 6, 1914, Mamo Clark sailed to the mainland United States on the SS Malolo on July 1, 1933 with her stepmother, May Kaaolani Clark, and father, Joseph Kealakaimana Clark. Her stepmother was the daughter of John Adams Cummins. Her biological mother was Evelina Mahoe. Both her mother and stepmother were descendants of 15th-century Hawaiian chief Liloa and distant relatives of Kamehameha I.
She made her film debut in a featured role in Mutiny on the Bounty as Miamiti, Fletcher Christian's wife in the film. The following year she appeared in the serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island as a Polynesian princess. In 1937, she appeared with Mutiny on the Bounty co-star Movita in The Hurricane. Clark played roles in several 'B-pictures with Pacific Island settings, for instance Hawaii Calls.
One Million B.C. provided her with a substantial role as the "Queen of the Rock Tribe" appearing with Lon Chaney Jr. The same year she appeared in the film The Girl From God's Country. She retired from films after a minor role in the Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne film Seven Sinners. She married U.S. Army Captain James Rawley and had a son, James Rawley Jr. After marriage, she retired from show business and went back to school. earning a degree from UCLA in 1965.
Clark died of cancer in 1986.

Filmography