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