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: Acting

Born: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 1896-11-07

Died: 1937-01-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	Unto Those Who Sin	Celeste	0
2	1916	Sunshine		0
3	1917	Her Nature Dance	The Cashier	0
4	1917	Secrets of a Beauty Parlor	Lady Platt's Niece	0
5	1917	Two Crooks	The Girl	0
6	1918	His Hidden Purpose	The Girl in the Case	0
7	1918	She Loved Him Plenty		50
8	1919	Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6	Herself	0
9	1919	Yankee Doodle in Berlin	A Daughter of Belgium	53
10	1919	Why Beaches Are Popular	Bathing Girl	0
11	1920	Down on the Farm	The Faithful Wife	55
12	1921	A Small Town Idol	Marcelle Mansfield	60
13	1921	She Sighed by the Seaside	The Beach Girl	0
14	1921	Call a Cop	The Banker's Daughter	0
15	1921	Moonlight Follies	Nan Rutledge	0
16	1921	Nobody's Fool		0
17	1921	A Parisian Scandal		0
18	1922	Kissed		0
19	1922	Her Night of Nights	Molly May Mahone	0
20	1922	The Married Flapper	Pamela Billings	0
21	1922	The Beautiful and Damned		0
22	1922	Heroes of the Street	Betty Benton	0
23	1923	Brass	Marjorie Jones	30
24	1923	Red Lights	Ruth Carson	0
25	1923	The Wanters	Myra Hastings	0
26	1924	The Marriage Circle	Mizzi Stock	64
27	1924	The Hollywood Kid	Self	53
28	1924	How to Educate a Wife	Mabel Todd	0
29	1924	Daughters of Pleasure	Marjory Hadley	0
30	1924	Being Respectable	Valerie Winship	0
31	1924	Tarnish	Nettie Dark	0
32	1924	Cornered		0
33	1924	Three Women	Harriet	35
34	1924	The Lover of Camille	Marie Duplessis	0
35	1924	The Dark Swan	Eve Quinn	0
36	1925	Recompense	Julie Gmelyn	0
37	1925	Kiss Me Again	LouLou Fleury	0
38	1925	Bobbed Hair	Connemara Moore	0
39	1925	Seven Sinners	Molly Brian	60
40	1926	His Jazz Bride	Gloria Gregory	0
41	1926	The Cave Man	Myra Gaylord	0
42	1926	Other Women's Husbands	Kay Lambert	0
43	1926	Up in Mabel's Room	Mabel Ainsworth	65
44	1926	Almost a Lady	Marcia Blake	0
45	1927	Man Bait	Madge Dreyer	0
46	1927	Getting Gertie's Garter	Gertie Darling	73
47	1927	The Girl in the Pullman	Irene Burton	0
48	1927	The Rush Hour	Margie Dolan	0
49	1928	On to Reno	Vera	60
50	1928	A Blonde for a Night	Marie	51
51	1928	The Godless Girl	Mame	70
52	1928	The Racket	Helen Hayes	66
53	1928	The Sideshow	Queenie Parker	0
54	1929	All Faces West	Arleta Vance	0
55	1929	Divorce Made Easy	Mabel Deering	0
56	1929	The Flying Fool	Pat Riley	55
57	1930	Party Girl	Diana Hoster	36
58	1930	Ladies of Leisure	Dot Lamarr	61
59	1930	Sweethearts on Parade	Nita	10
60	1930	War Nurse	Rosalie	51
61	1930	Paid	Agnes Lynch	68
62	1931	Gentleman's Fate	Mabel	55
63	1931	It's a Wise Child	Annie Ostrom	0
64	1931	The Good Bad Girl	Trixie Barnes	55
65	1931	Sporting Blood	Angela 'Angie' Ludeking	55
66	1931	The Runaround	Margy	70
67	1931	Reckless Living	Alice	30
68	1931	The Sin of Madelon Claudet	Rosalie	59
69	1932	Hell Divers	Lulu	64
70	1932	Three Wise Girls	Dot	55
71	1932	Carnival Boat	Babe	50
72	1932	Slightly Married	Nellie Gordon	55
73	1933	Parole Girl	Jeanie	59
74	1933	Hollywood on Parade No. A-8		65
75	1933	The Eleventh Commandment	Tessie Florin	0
76	1933	Only Yesterday	Amy (Uncredited)	68
77	1935	Keystone Hotel	Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling	80
78	1935	Hands Across the Table	Nona	69
79	1936	Tango	Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate	50
80	1936	13 Hours by Air	Waitress in Omaha	43
81	1936	Ten Laps to Go	Elsie, Cafe Waitress	40
82	1939	A Small Town Idol	Marcelle	0
83	1942	Wedding Yells	Winifred Snood	0
84	1943	Happy Times and Jolly Moments	(archive footage)	0
85	1989	Death Scenes		45

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