Marie Prevost
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 7, 1896
- Died
- January 23, 1937
- Birthplace
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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
Death Scenes 1989
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments 1943
as (archive footage)
- Wedding Yells
Wedding Yells 1942
as Winifred Snood
A Small Town Idol 1939
as Marcelle
Ten Laps to Go 1936
as Elsie, Cafe Waitress
13 Hours by Air 1936
as Waitress in Omaha
- Tango
Tango 1936
as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Hands Across the Table 1935
as Nona
Keystone Hotel 1935
as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
Only Yesterday 1933
as Amy (Uncredited)
The Eleventh Commandment 1933
as Tessie Florin
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 1933
Actor
Parole Girl 1933
as Jeanie
Slightly Married 1932
as Nellie Gordon
Carnival Boat 1932
as Babe
Three Wise Girls 1932
as Dot
Hell Divers 1932
as Lulu
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
as Rosalie
- Reckless Living
Reckless Living 1931
as Alice
The Runaround 1931
as Margy
Sporting Blood 1931
as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
The Good Bad Girl 1931
as Trixie Barnes
It's a Wise Child 1931
as Annie Ostrom
Gentleman's Fate 1931
as Mabel
Paid 1930
as Agnes Lynch
War Nurse 1930
as Rosalie
Sweethearts on Parade 1930
as Nita
Ladies of Leisure 1930
as Dot Lamarr
Party Girl 1930
as Diana Hoster
The Flying Fool 1929
as Pat Riley
Divorce Made Easy 1929
as Mabel Deering
All Faces West 1929
as Arleta Vance
The Sideshow 1928
as Queenie Parker
The Racket 1928
as Helen Hayes
The Godless Girl 1928
as Mame
A Blonde for a Night 1928
as Marie
On to Reno 1928
as Vera
The Rush Hour 1927
as Margie Dolan
The Girl in the Pullman 1927
as Irene Burton
Getting Gertie's Garter 1927
as Gertie Darling
Man Bait 1927
as Madge Dreyer
For Wives Only 1926
as Laura Rittenhaus
Almost a Lady 1926
as Marcia Blake
Up in Mabel's Room 1926
as Mabel Ainsworth
Other Women's Husbands 1926
as Kay Lambert
The Cave Man 1926
as Myra Gaylord
His Jazz Bride 1926
as Gloria Gregory
Seven Sinners 1925
as Molly Brian
Bobbed Hair 1925
as Connemara Moore
Kiss Me Again 1925
as LouLou Fleury
Recompense 1925
as Julie Gmelyn
The Dark Swan 1924
as Eve Quinn
The Lover of Camille 1924
as Marie Duplessis
Three Women 1924
as Harriet
Cornered 1924
Actor
Tarnish 1924
as Nettie Dark
Being Respectable 1924
as Valerie Winship
Daughters of Pleasure 1924
as Marjory Hadley
How to Educate a Wife 1924
as Mabel Todd
The Hollywood Kid 1924
as Self
The Marriage Circle 1924
as Mizzi Stock
The Wanters 1923
as Myra Hastings
Red Lights 1923
as Ruth Carson
Brass 1923
as Marjorie Jones
Heroes of the Street 1922
as Betty Benton
The Beautiful and Damned 1922
Actor
The Married Flapper 1922
as Pamela Billings
Her Night of Nights 1922
as Molly May Mahone
Kissed 1922
Actor
The Dangerous Little Demon 1922
as Teddy Harmon
Don't Get Personal 1922
as Patricia Parker
A Parisian Scandal 1921
Actor
Nobody's Fool 1921
Actor
Moonlight Follies 1921
as Nan Rutledge
Call a Cop 1921
as The Banker's Daughter
She Sighed by the Seaside 1921
as The Beach Girl
A Small Town Idol 1921
as Marcelle Mansfield
Love, Honor and Behave 1920
as Newlywed Bride
Down on the Farm 1920
as The Faithful Wife
Why Beaches Are Popular 1919
as Bathing Girl
Yankee Doodle in Berlin 1919
as A Daughter of Belgium
- Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6 1919
as Herself
She Loved Him Plenty 1918
Actor
His Hidden Purpose 1918
as The Girl in the Case
- Two Crooks
Two Crooks 1917
as The Girl
- Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor 1917
as Lady Platt's Niece
Her Nature Dance 1917
as The Cashier
- Sunshine
Sunshine 1916
Actor
Unto Those Who Sin 1916
as Celeste
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