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.
Movie | Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | Tango | Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate | 1936-02-13 |
Movie | Ten Laps to Go | Elsie, Cafe Waitress | 1936-12-05 |
Movie | 13 Hours by Air | Waitress in Omaha | 1936-04-30 |
Movie | Keystone Hotel | Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling | 1935-09-21 |
Movie | Hands Across the Table | Nona | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Parole Girl | Jeanie Vance | 1933-03-04 |
Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 | 1933-03-10 | |
Movie | The Eleventh Commandment | Tessie Florin | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Amy (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | Three Wise Girls | Dot | 1932-02-10 |
Movie | Hell Divers | Lulu | 1932-01-16 |
Movie | Carnival Boat | Babe | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | Slightly Married | Nellie Gordon | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | It's a Wise Child | Annie Ostrom | 1931-04-10 |
Movie | The Good Bad Girl | Trixie Barnes | 1931-05-20 |
Movie | Gentleman's Fate | Mabel | 1931-03-07 |
Movie | Sporting Blood | Angela 'Angie' Ludeking | 1931-08-08 |
Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Rosalie | 1931-10-23 |
Movie | The Runaround | Margy | 1931-08-21 |
Movie | Ladies of Leisure | Dot Lamarr | 1930-04-05 |
Movie | Party Girl | Diana Hoster | 1930-01-01 |
Movie | Sweethearts on Parade | Nita | 1930-09-12 |
Movie | War Nurse | Rosalie | 1930-11-22 |
Movie | Paid | Agnes Lynch | 1930-12-30 |
Movie | All Faces West | Arleta Vance | 1929-03-02 |
Movie | The Flying Fool | Pat Riley | 1929-07-10 |
Movie | The Godless Girl | Mame | 1928-08-20 |
Movie | A Blonde for a Night | Marie | 1928-02-25 |
Movie | The Racket | Helen Hayes | 1928-11-01 |
Movie | The Sideshow | Queenie Parker | 1928-12-11 |
Movie | Man Bait | Madge Dreyer | 1927-01-18 |
Movie | The Girl in the Pullman | Irene Burton | 1927-10-31 |
Movie | Getting Gertie's Garter | Gertie Darling | 1927-02-28 |
Movie | The Cave Man | Myra Gaylord | 1926-02-06 |
Movie | Other Women's Husbands | Kay Lambert | 1926-03-17 |
Movie | Almost a Lady | Marcia Blake | 1926-09-27 |
Movie | Up in Mabel's Room | Mabel Ainsworth | 1926-06-20 |
Movie | Recompense | Julie Gmelyn | 1925-04-26 |
Movie | Kiss Me Again | LouLou Fleury | 1925-08-01 |
Movie | Seven Sinners | Molly Brian | 1925-11-07 |
Movie | Bobbed Hair | Connemara Moore | 1925-10-25 |
Movie | The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
Movie | The Marriage Circle | Mizzi Stock | 1924-02-10 |
Movie | How to Educate a Wife | Mabel Todd | 1924-05-01 |
Movie | Daughters of Pleasure | Marjory Hadley | 1924-06-15 |
Movie | Three Women | Harriet | 1924-08-18 |
Movie | The Dark Swan | Eve Quinn | 1924-11-26 |
Movie | The Wanters | Myra Hastings | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | Kissed | 1922-05-22 | |
Movie | Heroes of the Street | Betty Benton | 1922-12-24 |
Movie | Her Night of Nights | Molly May Mahone | 1922-06-26 |
Movie | A Small Town Idol | Marcelle Mansfield | 1921-02-13 |
Movie | Call a Cop | The Banker's Daughter | 1921-06-26 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | 1921-10-31 | |
Movie | Down on the Farm | The Faithful Wife | 1920-04-17 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle in Berlin | A Daughter of Belgium | 1919-03-02 |
Movie | Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
Movie | His Hidden Purpose | The Girl in the Case | 1918-01-27 |
Movie | Her Nature Dance | The Cashier | 1917-04-08 |
Movie | Secrets of a Beauty Parlor | Lady Platt's Niece | 1917-04-22 |