Marie Prevost
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.
Hands Across the Table
(Nona)
A Parisian Scandal
She Sighed by the Seaside
(The Beach Girl)
The Racket
(Helen Hayes)
Wedding Yells
(Winifred Snood)
The Godless Girl
(Mame)
The Marriage Circle
(Mizzi Stock)
Ladies of Leisure
(Dot Lamarr)
A Blonde for a Night
(Marie)
Recompense
(Julie Gmelyn)
Keystone Hotel
(Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling)
Reckless Living
(Alice)
Hell Divers
(Lulu)
Almost a Lady
(Marcia Blake)
Gentleman's Fate
(Mabel)
His Jazz Bride
(Gloria Gregory)
Paid
(Agnes Lynch)
The Flying Fool
(Pat Riley)
The Eleventh Commandment
(Tessie Florin)
Party Girl
(Diana Hoster)
Tango
(Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate)
Ten Laps to Go
(Elsie, Cafe Waitress)
Three Wise Girls
(Dot)
Unto Those Who Sin
(Celeste)
The Good Bad Girl
(Trixie Barnes)
The Hollywood Kid
(Self)
The Runaround
(Margy)
Sporting Blood
(Angela 'Angie' Ludeking)
The Rush Hour
(Margie Dolan)
Three Women
(Harriet)
Slightly Married
(Nellie Gordon)
Sweethearts on Parade
(Nita)
Parole Girl
(Jeanie Vance)
The Sideshow
(Queenie Parker)
Getting Gertie's Garter
(Gertie Darling)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
(A Daughter of Belgium)
Down on the Farm
(The Faithful Wife)
How to Educate a Wife
(Mabel Todd)
Daughters of Pleasure
(Marjory Hadley)
Kiss Me Again
(LouLou Fleury)
Other Women's Husbands
(Kay Lambert)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(Rosalie)
Red Lights
(Ruth Carson)
War Nurse
(Rosalie)
Man Bait
(Madge Dreyer)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
It's a Wise Child
(Annie Ostrom)
Carnival Boat
(Babe)
Up in Mabel's Room
(Mabel Ainsworth)
The Dark Swan
(Eve Quinn)
Seven Sinners
(Molly Brian)
13 Hours by Air
(Waitress in Omaha)
Bobbed Hair
(Connemara Moore)
The Girl in the Pullman
(Irene Burton)
Brass
(Marjorie Jones)
His Hidden Purpose
(The Girl in the Case)
A Small Town Idol
(Marcelle Mansfield)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
((archive footage))
Tarnish
(Nettie Dark)
On to Reno
(Vera)
Moonlight Follies
(Nan Rutledge)
The Cave Man
(Myra Gaylord)
Being Respectable
(Valerie Winship)
The Beautiful and Damned
The Lover of Camille
(Marie Duplessis)
Only Yesterday
(Amy (Uncredited))
Cornered
Her Nature Dance
(The Cashier)
Heroes of the Street
(Betty Benton)
The Wanters
(Myra Hastings)
Kissed
Nobody's Fool
Her Night of Nights
(Molly May Mahone)
Why Beaches Are Popular
(Bathing Girl)
A Small Town Idol
(Marcelle)
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
(Herself)
Sunshine
Call a Cop
(The Banker's Daughter)
Divorce Made Easy
(Mabel Deering)
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
(Lady Platt's Niece)
All Faces West
(Arleta Vance)
She Loved Him Plenty
The Married Flapper
(Pamela Billings)