Marie Prevost

Marie Prevost

  • Birthday: 1896-11-07
  • Deathday: 1937-01-23
  • Place of birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Mary Prevost

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 - January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Prevost appeared in dozens of Sennett's short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal. In 1922, she signed with Warner Bros. where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch who cast her in three of his comedy films; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925). After being let go by Warner Bros in early 1926, Prevost's career began to decline and she was relegated to secondary roles. She was also beset with personal problems, including the death of her mother in 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Kenneth Harlan in 1927, which fueled her depression. She began to abuse alcohol and binge eat, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs. By 1935, Prevost was only able to secure bit parts in films. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1936. After years of drinking, Prevost died of acute alcoholism at the age of 38 in January 1937. Prevost's estate was valued at $300 since she had squandered most of her earnings. Her death prompted the Hollywood community to create the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.

Filmography

A Blonde for a Night

1928

As Marie

Recompense

1925

As Julie Gmelyn

Almost a Lady

1926

As Marcia Blake

Daughters of Pleasure

1924

As Marjory Hadley

The Sideshow

1928

As Queenie Parker

Getting Gertie's Garter

1927

As Gertie Darling

How to Educate a Wife

1924

As Mabel Todd

Kiss Me Again

1925

As LouLou Fleury

Seven Sinners

1925

As Molly Brian

Man Bait

1927

As Madge Dreyer

Up in Mabel's Room

1926

As Mabel Ainsworth

The Dark Swan

1924

As Eve Quinn

Bobbed Hair

1925

As Connemara Moore

The Girl in the Pullman

1927

As Irene Burton

On to Reno

1928

As Vera

Moonlight Follies

1921

As Nan Rutledge

Being Respectable

1924

As Valerie Winship

Cornered

1924

As

The Wanters

1923

As Myra Hastings

Kissed

1922

As

Her Night of Nights

1922

As Molly May Mahone

Why Beaches Are Popular

1919

As Bathing Girl

Call a Cop

1921

As The Banker's Daughter

His Jazz Bride

1926

As Gloria Gregory

The Rush Hour

1927

As Margie Dolan

Red Lights

1923

As Ruth Carson

The Flying Fool

1929

As Pat Riley

Other Women's Husbands

1926

As Kay Lambert

Brass

1923

As Marjorie Jones

His Hidden Purpose

1918

As The Girl in the Case

The Cave Man

1926

As Myra Gaylord

The Lover of Camille

1924

As Marie Duplessis

Heroes of the Street

1922

As Betty Benton

Divorce Made Easy

1929

As Mabel Deering

Secrets of a Beauty Parlor

1917

As Lady Platt's Niece

All Faces West

1929

As Arleta Vance

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921

As The Beach Girl

The Racket

1928

As Helen Hayes

The Godless Girl

1928

As Mame

The Marriage Circle

1924

As Mizzi Stock

Slightly Married

1932

As Nellie Gordon

Paid

1930

As Agnes Lynch

Tango

1936

As Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate

Three Wise Girls

1932

As Dot

The Good Bad Girl

1931

As Trixie Barnes

Three Women

1924

As Harriet

Parole Girl

1933

As Jeanie Vance

Tarnish

1924

As Nettie Dark

Ladies of Leisure

1930

As Dot Lamarr

Party Girl

1930

As Diana Hoster

The Runaround

1931

As Margy

A Small Town Idol

1939

As Marcelle

Reckless Living

1931

As Alice

Keystone Hotel

1935

As Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling

Hell Divers

1932

As Lulu

Gentleman's Fate

1931

As Mabel

The Eleventh Commandment

1933

As Tessie Florin

Sporting Blood

1931

As Angela 'Angie' Ludeking

Carnival Boat

1932

As Babe

Her Nature Dance

1917

As The Cashier

Sunshine

1916

As

Wedding Yells

1942

As Winifred Snood

Ten Laps to Go

1936

As Elsie, Cafe Waitress

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

As A Daughter of Belgium

War Nurse

1930

As Rosalie

It's a Wise Child

1931

As Annie Ostrom

A Small Town Idol

1921

As Marcelle Mansfield

Down on the Farm

1920

As The Faithful Wife

Unto Those Who Sin

1916

As Celeste

The Hollywood Kid

1924

As Self

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

As (archive footage)

13 Hours by Air

1936

As Waitress in Omaha

Only Yesterday

1933

As Amy (Uncredited)

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