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Marie Prevost
Acting

Marie Prevost
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1896-11-07,Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Hands Across the Table

7

Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18

A Parisian Scandal

9

A Parisian Scandal
1921-12-05

She Sighed by the Seaside

7

She Sighed by the Seaside
1921-05-08

6.548

The Racket
1928-11-01

0

Wedding Yells
1942-03-07

The Godless Girl

7

The Godless Girl
1928-08-20

The Marriage Circle

6.293

The Marriage Circle
1924-02-10

Ladies of Leisure

6.2

Ladies of Leisure
1930-04-05

A Blonde for a Night

5.688

A Blonde for a Night
1928-02-25

8

Recompense
1925-04-26

8.5

Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21

Reckless Living

4.333

Reckless Living
1931-10-20

6.7

Hell Divers
1932-01-16

9

Almost a Lady
1926-09-27

Gentleman's Fate

6.143

Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07

10

His Jazz Bride
1926-01-15

6.7

Paid
1930-12-30

The Flying Fool

6

The Flying Fool
1929-07-10

The Eleventh Commandment

8

The Eleventh Commandment
1933-03-25

3.833

Party Girl
1930-01-01

6

Tango
1936-02-13

5.5

Ten Laps to Go
1936-12-05

Three Wise Girls

5.735

Three Wise Girls
1932-02-10

Unto Those Who Sin

9

Unto Those Who Sin
1916-03-06

The Good Bad Girl

6.5

The Good Bad Girl
1931-05-20

The Hollywood Kid

5.4

The Hollywood Kid
1924-04-19

8

The Runaround
1931-08-21

5.4

Sporting Blood
1931-08-08

7

The Rush Hour
1927-12-12

4.25

Three Women
1924-08-18

Slightly Married

6.333

Slightly Married
1932-10-15

Sweethearts on Parade

2.5

Sweethearts on Parade
1930-09-12

6.2

Parole Girl
1933-03-04

9

The Sideshow
1928-12-11

Getting Gertie's Garter

8

Getting Gertie's Garter
1927-02-28

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

5.722

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919-03-02

Down on the Farm

5.813

Down on the Farm
1920-04-17

How to Educate a Wife

9

How to Educate a Wife
1924-05-01

Daughters of Pleasure

8

Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15

7

Kiss Me Again
1925-08-01

Other Women's Husbands

8

Other Women's Husbands
1926-03-17

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

5.852

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23

7

Red Lights
1923-09-30

5.222

War Nurse
1930-11-22

8

Man Bait
1927-01-18

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

6.8

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933-03-10

It's a Wise Child

6.25

It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10

5.5

Carnival Boat
1932-03-19

Up in Mabel's Room

7.167

Up in Mabel's Room
1926-06-20

8

The Dark Swan
1924-11-26

6.5

Seven Sinners
1925-11-07

13 Hours by Air

5.25

13 Hours by Air
1936-04-30

10

Bobbed Hair
1925-10-25

The Girl in the Pullman

10

The Girl in the Pullman
1927-10-31

5

Brass
1923-03-04

His Hidden Purpose

10

His Hidden Purpose
1918-01-27

A Small Town Idol

6.75

A Small Town Idol
1921-02-13

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

9

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01

8

Tarnish
1924-08-01

7.5

On to Reno
1928-01-01

Moonlight Follies

10

Moonlight Follies
1921-09-24

8

The Cave Man
1926-02-06

Being Respectable

9

Being Respectable
1924-07-01

The Beautiful and Damned

7

The Beautiful and Damned
1922-12-10

The Lover of Camille

10

The Lover of Camille
1924-09-15

7.3

Only Yesterday
1933-11-01

9

Cornered
1924-08-01

Her Nature Dance

0

Her Nature Dance
1917-04-08

Heroes of the Street

8

Heroes of the Street
1922-12-24

8

The Wanters
1923-11-26

10

Nobody's Fool
1921-10-31

9

Kissed
1922-05-22

Her Night of Nights

7

Her Night of Nights
1922-06-26

Why Beaches Are Popular

7

Why Beaches Are Popular
1919-05-10

A Small Town Idol

0

A Small Town Idol
1939-02-11

Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6

0

Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
1919-01-01

0

Sunshine
1916-05-06

9

Call a Cop
1921-06-26

Divorce Made Easy

7

Divorce Made Easy
1929-07-06

Secrets of a Beauty Parlor

0

Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
1917-04-22

9

All Faces West
1929-03-02

She Loved Him Plenty

5

She Loved Him Plenty
1918-08-11

The Married Flapper

7

The Married Flapper
1922-07-31

0

Two Crooks
1917-08-26

4.5

Death Scenes
1989-01-01

The Dangerous Little Demon

8

The Dangerous Little Demon
1922-03-27

Don't Get Personal

10

Don't Get Personal
1922-01-16

10

For Wives Only
1926-11-08

Love, Honor and Behave

8

Love, Honor and Behave
1920-11-22