Marion Byron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1911
- Died
- July 5, 1985 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Byron (born Miriam Bilenkin; March 16, 1911, Dayton, Ohio – July 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American movie comedian. After following her sister into a short stage career as a singer/dancer, she was given her first movie role as Buster Keaton's leading lady in the film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in 1928. From there she was hired by Hal Roach to co-star in short subjects with Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy, and Charley Chase, but most significantly with Anita Garvin, where tiny (4'11" in high heels) Marion was teamed with the 6' Anita for a brief three-film series as a "female Laurel & Hardy" in 1928–1929. She left Roach before they made talkies, but she went on working, now in musical features, like the Vitaphone film Broadway Babies (1929) with Alice White, and the early Technicolor feature, Golden Dawn (1930). Her parts slowly got smaller until they were unbilled walk-ons in films like Meet the Baron (1933), starring Jack Pearl and Hips Hips Hooray (1934) with Wheeler & Woolsey. Her final screen appearance was as a baby nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets in their film, Five of a Kind (1938).
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Filmography
Swellhead
Movie · as Bessie
Gift of Gab
Movie · as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
Susie's Affairs
Movie · as Virginia
It Happened One Day
Movie · as Girl on Train
The Crime of the Century
Movie · as Bridge Player (uncredited)
College Humor
Movie · as Student
Meet the Baron
Movie · as College Girl (uncredited)
Breed of the Border
Movie · as Sonia
The Curse of a Broken Heart
Movie · as Little Ivy
Only Yesterday
Movie · as Grace (Uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
Movie · as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
The Heart of New York
Movie · as Mimi
Running Hollywood
Movie · as Marion Byron
The Tenderfoot
Movie · as Kitty
Trouble in Paradise
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
They Call It Sin
Movie · as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
The Hollywood Handicap
Movie
Children of Dreams
Movie · as Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement
Movie · as Margery
Working Girls
Movie · as Ellen (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed
Movie · as Marrieanne
Golden Dawn
Movie · as Joanna
Playing Around
Movie · as Maude
Song of the West
Movie · as Penny
The Bad Man
Movie · as Angela Hardy
The Unkissed Man
Movie
Broadway Babies
Movie · as Florine Chanler
Going Ga-Ga
Movie · as Marion
A Pair of Tights
Movie · as Marion
His Captive Woman
Movie · as Baby Myers
So Long Letty
Movie · as Ruth Davis
The Show of Shows
Movie · as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Forward Pass
Movie · as Mazie
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Movie · as Kitty King
The Boy Friend
Movie · as Marion Davidson
Feed 'em and Weep
Movie
Plastered in Paris
Movie · as Mimi