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