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.
Known For
Credits
- 1943 · Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
- 1942 · Wedding Yells as Winifred Snood
- 1939 · A Small Town Idol as Marcelle
- 1936 · Ten Laps to Go as Elsie, Cafe Waitress
- 1936 · 13 Hours by Air as Waitress in Omaha
- 1936 · Tango as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
- 1935 · Hands Across the Table as Nona
- 1935 · Keystone Hotel as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
- 1933 · Only Yesterday as Amy (Uncredited)
- 1933 · The Eleventh Commandment as Tessie Florin
- 1933 · Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 as
- 1933 · Parole Girl as Jeanie Vance
- 1932 · Slightly Married as Nellie Gordon
- 1932 · Carnival Boat as Babe
- 1932 · Three Wise Girls as Dot
- 1932 · Hell Divers as Lulu
- 1931 · The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Rosalie
- 1931 · Reckless Living as Alice
- 1931 · The Runaround as Margy
- 1931 · Sporting Blood as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
- 1931 · The Good Bad Girl as Trixie Barnes
- 1931 · It's a Wise Child as Annie Ostrom
- 1931 · Gentleman's Fate as Mabel
- 1930 · Paid as Agnes Lynch
- 1930 · War Nurse as Rosalie
- 1930 · Sweethearts on Parade as Nita
- 1930 · Ladies of Leisure as Dot Lamarr
- 1930 · Party Girl as Diana Hoster
- 1929 · The Flying Fool as Pat Riley
- 1929 · Divorce Made Easy as Mabel Deering
- 1929 · All Faces West as Arleta Vance
- 1928 · The Sideshow as Queenie Parker
- 1928 · The Racket as Helen Hayes
- 1928 · The Godless Girl as Mame
- 1928 · A Blonde for a Night as Marie
- 1928 · On to Reno as Vera
- 1927 · The Rush Hour as Margie Dolan
- 1927 · The Girl in the Pullman as Irene Burton
- 1927 · Getting Gertie's Garter as Gertie Darling
- 1927 · Man Bait as Madge Dreyer
- 1926 · Almost a Lady as Marcia Blake
- 1926 · Up in Mabel's Room as Mabel Ainsworth
- 1926 · Other Women's Husbands as Kay Lambert
- 1926 · The Cave Man as Myra Gaylord
- 1926 · His Jazz Bride as Gloria Gregory
- 1925 · Seven Sinners as Molly Brian
- 1925 · Bobbed Hair as Connemara Moore
- 1925 · Kiss Me Again as LouLou Fleury
- 1925 · Recompense as Julie Gmelyn
- 1924 · The Dark Swan as Eve Quinn
- 1924 · The Lover of Camille as Marie Duplessis
- 1924 · Three Women as Harriet
- 1924 · Cornered as
- 1924 · Tarnish as Nettie Dark
- 1924 · Being Respectable as Valerie Winship
- 1924 · Daughters of Pleasure as Marjory Hadley
- 1924 · How to Educate a Wife as Mabel Todd
- 1924 · The Hollywood Kid as Self
- 1924 · The Marriage Circle as Mizzi Stock
- 1923 · The Wanters as Myra Hastings
- 1923 · Red Lights as Ruth Carson
- 1923 · Brass as Marjorie Jones
- 1922 · Heroes of the Street as Betty Benton
- 1922 · The Beautiful and Damned as
- 1922 · The Married Flapper as Pamela Billings
- 1922 · Her Night of Nights as Molly May Mahone
- 1922 · Kissed as
- 1921 · A Parisian Scandal as
- 1921 · Nobody's Fool as
- 1921 · Moonlight Follies as Nan Rutledge
- 1921 · Call a Cop as The Banker's Daughter
- 1921 · She Sighed by the Seaside as The Beach Girl
- 1921 · A Small Town Idol as Marcelle Mansfield
- 1920 · Down on the Farm as The Faithful Wife
- 1919 · Why Beaches Are Popular as Bathing Girl
- 1919 · Yankee Doodle in Berlin as A Daughter of Belgium
- 1919 · Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6 as Herself
- 1918 · She Loved Him Plenty as
- 1918 · His Hidden Purpose as The Girl in the Case
- 1917 · Secrets of a Beauty Parlor as Lady Platt's Niece
- 1917 · Her Nature Dance as The Cashier
- 1916 · Sunshine as
- 1916 · Unto Those Who Sin as Celeste