Biography
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.
Acted in 80
1940s
- 1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
1930s
- 1939
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle
- 1936
Ten Laps to Go
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
13 Hours by Air
Waitress in Omaha
- 1935
Hands Across the Table
Nona
Keystone Hotel
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
- 1933
Only Yesterday
Amy (Uncredited)
The Eleventh Commandment
Tessie Florin
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Movie
Parole Girl
Jeanie
- 1932
Slightly Married
Nellie Gordon
Carnival Boat
Babe
Three Wise Girls
Dot
Hell Divers
Lulu
- 1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Rosalie
The Runaround
Margy
Sporting Blood
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
The Good Bad Girl
Trixie Barnes
It's a Wise Child
Annie Ostrom
Gentleman's Fate
Mabel
- 1930
Paid
Agnes Lynch
War Nurse
Rosalie
Sweethearts on Parade
Nita
Party Girl
Diana Hoster
1920s
- 1929
The Flying Fool
Pat Riley
Divorce Made Easy
Mabel Deering
All Faces West
Arleta Vance
- 1928
The Racket
Helen Hayes
A Blonde for a Night
Marie
On to Reno
Vera
- 1927
The Rush Hour
Margie Dolan
The Girl in the Pullman
Irene Burton
Getting Gertie's Garter
Gertie Darling
Man Bait
Madge Dreyer
- 1926
For Wives Only
Laura Rittenhaus
Almost a Lady
Marcia Blake
Up in Mabel's Room
Mabel Ainsworth
Other Women's Husbands
Kay Lambert
The Cave Man
Myra Gaylord
His Jazz Bride
Gloria Gregory
- 1925
Seven Sinners
Molly Brian
Bobbed Hair
Connemara Moore
Kiss Me Again
LouLou Fleury
Recompense
Julie Gmelyn
- 1924
The Dark Swan
Eve Quinn
The Lover of Camille
Marie Duplessis
Three Women
Harriet
Tarnish
Nettie Dark
Cornered
Movie
Being Respectable
Valerie Winship
Daughters of Pleasure
Marjory Hadley
How to Educate a Wife
Mabel Todd
The Marriage Circle
Mizzi Stock
- 1923
The Wanters
Myra Hastings
Red Lights
Ruth Carson
Brass
Marjorie Jones
- 1922
Heroes of the Street
Betty Benton
The Beautiful and Damned
Movie
The Married Flapper
Pamela Billings
Her Night of Nights
Molly May Mahone
Kissed
Movie
The Dangerous Little Demon
Teddy Harmon
Don't Get Personal
Patricia Parker
- 1921
A Parisian Scandal
Movie
Nobody's Fool
Movie
Moonlight Follies
Nan Rutledge
Call a Cop
The Banker's Daughter
She Sighed by the Seaside
The Beach Girl
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle Mansfield
- 1920
Love, Honor and Behave
Newlywed Bride
Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife
1910s
- 1919
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Daughter of Belgium
- 1918
She Loved Him Plenty
Movie
His Hidden Purpose
The Girl in the Case
- 1917
Her Nature Dance
The Cashier
- 1916
Unto Those Who Sin
Celeste
Appearances2
1980s
- 1989
Death Scenes
Self (archive footage)
1920s
- 1924
The Hollywood Kid
Self