Mamo Clark

Mamo Clark
from the trailer for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Born	December 6, 1914(1914-12-06) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Died	December 18, 1986(1986-12-18) (aged 72) Panorama City, California, U.S.
Other names	Mamo
Years active	1935–1940
Spouse	James M. Rawley

Mamo Clark, sometimes billed only as Mamo, (1914–1986) was a Hawaiian born American actress, author.

Early life

Born December 6, 1914 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mamo Clark sailed to the mainland United States on board 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.^[1]

Mamo Clark and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark sailed on the voyage to the mainland United States in 1933. With them, they brought their Massive Fong Inn Koa bed, (now in the collection of Royal Hawaiian Descendants), and also a historical 14 foot long spear (now preserved in the private collection of Mr. Phillip Rimer of Las Vegas). According to published documentation, this spear was known in the 19th century as being the kamaka-ai-kanaka "the eyepoint that eats men". The spear was known by her ancestors to have been used in many famous Hawaiian battles and is mentioned in the book Except Their Sun, written by Mamao Clark many years later. The book was copyrighted by her husband James M. Rawley in 1994 and published by the Abigail Kekaulike Kawananakoa Foundation the same year.

Career

Mamo Clark was educated at the University of Southern California.Clark made her film debut in a featured role in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) acting as Miamiti, Clark Gable's wife in the film. The following year she appeared in a serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island playing a Polynesian princess. In 1937, she appeared with her Mutiny on the Bounty co-star, Movita, in The Hurricane but her career failed to advance and over the next few years she played roles in several 'B-pictures', invariably with Pacific Island settings, for instance Hawaii Calls (1938).

One Million B.C. (1940) provided her with a substantial role as the Queen of the Rock Tribe appearing with Lon Chaney Jr. She retired from films after a minor role in the Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne film Seven Sinners (1940) when she met and she fell in love with U.S. Army Captain James Rawley Sr. Soon after they had a son, James Rawley Jr. Captain Rawley continued his career in the Army and was soon promoted to Major. Major Rawley retired from the U.S. Army and began an acting and teaching career in Los Angeles, Ca.

Retirement

References

External links

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