Marion Byron
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 16, 1911
- Died
- July 5, 1985
- Birthplace
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
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).
Filmography
Swellhead 1935
as Bessie
Gift of Gab 1934
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
It Happened One Day 1934
as Girl on Train
Susie's Affairs 1934
as Virginia
Only Yesterday 1933
as Grace (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron 1933
as College Girl (uncredited)
College Humor 1933
as Student
Breed of the Border 1933
as Sonia
The Crime of the Century 1933
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
- The Curse of a Broken Heart
The Curse of a Broken Heart 1933
as Little Ivy
They Call It Sin 1932
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise 1932
as Maid (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight 1932
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
- The Hollywood Handicap
The Hollywood Handicap 1932
Actor
The Tenderfoot 1932
as Kitty
The Heart of New York 1932
as Mimi
- Running Hollywood
Running Hollywood 1932
as Marion Byron
Working Girls 1931
as Ellen (uncredited)
Children of Dreams 1931
as Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement 1931
as Margery
The Bad Man 1930
as Angela Hardy
The Matrimonial Bed 1930
as Marrieanne
Golden Dawn 1930
as Joanna
Song of the West 1930
as Penny
Playing Around 1930
as Maude
The Show of Shows 1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Forward Pass 1929
as Mazie
So Long Letty 1929
as Ruth Davis
Broadway Babies 1929
as Florine Chanler
The Unkissed Man 1929
Actor
His Captive Woman 1929
as Baby Myers
A Pair of Tights 1929
as Marion
- Going Ga-Ga
Going Ga-Ga 1929
as Marion
Feed 'em and Weep 1928
Actor
The Boy Friend 1928
as Marion Davidson
- Plastered in Paris
Plastered in Paris 1928
as Mimi
Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928
as Kitty King
Credits from TMDB.