Marie Prevost
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1896
- Died
- January 23, 1937 (aged 40)
- Birthplace
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
Death Scenes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)
Wedding Yells
Movie · as Winifred Snood
A Small Town Idol
Movie · as Marcelle
Tango
Movie · as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Ten Laps to Go
Movie · as Elsie, Cafe Waitress
13 Hours by Air
Movie · as Waitress in Omaha
Hands Across the Table
Movie · as Nona
Keystone Hotel
Movie · as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
The Eleventh Commandment
Movie · as Tessie Florin
Parole Girl
Movie · as Jeanie
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Movie
Only Yesterday
Movie · as Amy (Uncredited)
Hell Divers
Movie · as Lulu
Three Wise Girls
Movie · as Dot
Slightly Married
Movie · as Nellie Gordon
Carnival Boat
Movie · as Babe
Reckless Living
Movie · as Alice
Gentleman's Fate
Movie · as Mabel
The Good Bad Girl
Movie · as Trixie Barnes
The Runaround
Movie · as Margy
Sporting Blood
Movie · as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie · as Rosalie
It's a Wise Child
Movie · as Annie Ostrom
Ladies of Leisure
Movie · as Dot Lamarr
Paid
Movie · as Agnes Lynch
Party Girl
Movie · as Diana Hoster
Sweethearts on Parade
Movie · as Nita
War Nurse
Movie · as Rosalie
The Flying Fool
Movie · as Pat Riley
Divorce Made Easy
Movie · as Mabel Deering
All Faces West
Movie · as Arleta Vance
The Racket
Movie · as Helen Hayes
The Godless Girl
Movie · as Mame
A Blonde for a Night
Movie · as Marie
The Sideshow
Movie · as Queenie Parker
On to Reno
Movie · as Vera
The Rush Hour
Movie · as Margie Dolan
Getting Gertie's Garter
Movie · as Gertie Darling
Man Bait
Movie · as Madge Dreyer
The Girl in the Pullman
Movie · as Irene Burton
Almost a Lady
Movie · as Marcia Blake
His Jazz Bride
Movie · as Gloria Gregory
Other Women's Husbands
Movie · as Kay Lambert
Up in Mabel's Room
Movie · as Mabel Ainsworth
The Cave Man
Movie · as Myra Gaylord
For Wives Only
Movie · as Laura Rittenhaus
Recompense
Movie · as Julie Gmelyn
Kiss Me Again
Movie · as LouLou Fleury
Seven Sinners
Movie · as Molly Brian
Bobbed Hair
Movie · as Connemara Moore
The Marriage Circle
Movie · as Mizzi Stock
The Hollywood Kid
Movie · as Self
Three Women
Movie · as Harriet
How to Educate a Wife
Movie · as Mabel Todd
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie · as Marjory Hadley
The Dark Swan
Movie · as Eve Quinn
Tarnish
Movie · as Nettie Dark
Being Respectable
Movie · as Valerie Winship
The Lover of Camille
Movie · as Marie Duplessis
Cornered
Movie
Red Lights
Movie · as Ruth Carson
Brass
Movie · as Marjorie Jones
The Wanters
Movie · as Myra Hastings
The Beautiful and Damned
Movie
Heroes of the Street
Movie · as Betty Benton
Kissed
Movie
Her Night of Nights
Movie · as Molly May Mahone
The Married Flapper
Movie · as Pamela Billings
The Dangerous Little Demon
Movie · as Teddy Harmon
Don't Get Personal
Movie · as Patricia Parker
A Parisian Scandal
Movie
She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie · as The Beach Girl
A Small Town Idol
Movie · as Marcelle Mansfield
Moonlight Follies
Movie · as Nan Rutledge
Nobody's Fool
Movie
Call a Cop
Movie · as The Banker's Daughter
Down on the Farm
Movie · as The Faithful Wife
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie · as Newlywed Bride
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie · as A Daughter of Belgium
Why Beaches Are Popular
Movie · as Bathing Girl
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Movie · as Herself
His Hidden Purpose
Movie · as The Girl in the Case
She Loved Him Plenty
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Her Nature Dance
Movie · as The Cashier
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Movie · as Lady Platt's Niece
Two Crooks
Movie · as The Girl
Unto Those Who Sin
Movie · as Celeste
Sunshine
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