Marie Prevost
86 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 7, 1896
- Died
- Jan 23, 1937 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Mary Prevost · Marie Provost · Mary Bickford Dunn
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Marie Prevost: movies and TV shows
Acting (86)
- 1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
- 1942 Wedding Yells
as Winifred Snood
- 1939 A Small Town Idol
as Marcelle
- 1936 Ten Laps to Go
as Elsie, Cafe Waitress
- 1936 13 Hours by Air
as Waitress in Omaha
- 1936 Tango
as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
- 1935 Hands Across the Table
as Nona
- 1935 Keystone Hotel
as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
- 1933 Only Yesterday
as Amy (Uncredited)
- 1933 The Eleventh Commandment
as Tessie Florin
- 1933
- 1933 Parole Girl
as Jeanie
- 1932 Slightly Married
as Nellie Gordon
- 1932 Carnival Boat
as Babe
- 1932 Three Wise Girls
as Dot
- 1932 Hell Divers
as Lulu
- 1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Rosalie
- 1931 Reckless Living
as Alice
- 1931 The Runaround
as Margy
- 1931 Sporting Blood
as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
- 1931 The Good Bad Girl
as Trixie Barnes
- 1931 It's a Wise Child
as Annie Ostrom
- 1931 Gentleman's Fate
as Mabel
- 1930 Paid
as Agnes Lynch
- 1930 War Nurse
as Rosalie
- 1930 Sweethearts on Parade
as Nita
- 1930 Ladies of Leisure
as Dot Lamarr
- 1930 Party Girl
as Diana Hoster
- 1929 The Flying Fool
as Pat Riley
- 1929 Divorce Made Easy
as Mabel Deering
- 1929 All Faces West
as Arleta Vance
- 1928 The Sideshow
as Queenie Parker
- 1928 The Racket
as Helen Hayes
- 1928 The Godless Girl
as Mame
- 1928 A Blonde for a Night
as Marie
- 1928 On to Reno
as Vera
- 1927 The Rush Hour
as Margie Dolan
- 1927 The Girl in the Pullman
as Irene Burton
- 1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
as Gertie Darling
- 1927 Man Bait
as Madge Dreyer
- 1926 For Wives Only
as Laura Rittenhaus
- 1926 Almost a Lady
as Marcia Blake
- 1926 Up in Mabel's Room
as Mabel Ainsworth
- 1926 Other Women's Husbands
as Kay Lambert
- 1926 The Cave Man
as Myra Gaylord
- 1926 His Jazz Bride
as Gloria Gregory
- 1925 Seven Sinners
as Molly Brian
- 1925 Bobbed Hair
as Connemara Moore
- 1925 Kiss Me Again
as LouLou Fleury
- 1925 Recompense
as Julie Gmelyn
- 1924 The Dark Swan
as Eve Quinn
- 1924 The Lover of Camille
as Marie Duplessis
- 1924 Three Women
as Harriet
- 1924 Tarnish
as Nettie Dark
- 1924
- 1924 Being Respectable
as Valerie Winship
- 1924 Daughters of Pleasure
as Marjory Hadley
- 1924 How to Educate a Wife
as Mabel Todd
- 1924 The Marriage Circle
as Mizzi Stock
- 1923 The Wanters
as Myra Hastings
- 1923 Red Lights
as Ruth Carson
- 1923 Brass
as Marjorie Jones
- 1922 Heroes of the Street
as Betty Benton
- 1922
- 1922 The Married Flapper
as Pamela Billings
- 1922 Her Night of Nights
as Molly May Mahone
- 1922
- 1922 The Dangerous Little Demon
as Teddy Harmon
- 1922 Don't Get Personal
as Patricia Parker
- 1921
- 1921
- 1921 Moonlight Follies
as Nan Rutledge
- 1921 Call a Cop
as The Banker's Daughter
- 1921 She Sighed by the Seaside
as The Beach Girl
- 1921 A Small Town Idol
as Marcelle Mansfield
- 1920 Love, Honor and Behave
as Newlywed Bride
- 1920 Down on the Farm
as The Faithful Wife
- 1919 Why Beaches Are Popular
as Bathing Girl
- 1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as A Daughter of Belgium
- 1918
- 1918 His Hidden Purpose
as The Girl in the Case
- 1917 Two Crooks
as The Girl
- 1917 Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
as Lady Platt's Niece
- 1917 Her Nature Dance
as The Cashier
- 1916
- 1916 Unto Those Who Sin
as Celeste
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 1989
- 1924
- 1919