Marie Prevost
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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.
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The Wanters
Myra Hastings
Being Respectable
Valerie Winship
Seven Sinners
Molly Brian
The Racket
Helen Hayes
Man Bait
Madge Dreyer
Three Women
Harriet
Sporting Blood
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
Moonlight Follies
Nan Rutledge
The Sideshow
Queenie Parker
Recompense
Julie Gmelyn
Only Yesterday
Amy (Uncredited)
Bobbed Hair
Connemara Moore
Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife
The Good Bad Girl
Trixie Barnes
A Blonde for a Night
Marie
Two Crooks
The Girl
13 Hours by Air
Waitress in Omaha
Tarnish
Nettie Dark
Red Lights
Ruth Carson
Three Wise Girls
Dot
Death Scenes
Self (archive footage)
His Jazz Bride
Gloria Gregory
Wedding Yells
Winifred Snood
Paid
Agnes Lynch
Cornered
Ladies of Leisure
Dot Lamarr
It's a Wise Child
Annie Ostrom
The Godless Girl
Mame
Brass
Marjorie Jones
The Beautiful and Damned
Party Girl
Diana Hoster
Carnival Boat
Babe
Heroes of the Street
Betty Benton
Daughters of Pleasure
Marjory Hadley
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Parole Girl
Jeanie
The Married Flapper
Pamela Billings
Other Women's Husbands
Kay Lambert
Almost a Lady
Marcia Blake
She Loved Him Plenty
Her Night of Nights
Molly May Mahone
The Runaround
Margy
Gentleman's Fate
Mabel
The Hollywood Kid
Self
Hell Divers
Lulu
The Eleventh Commandment
Tessie Florin
Tango
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Kissed
She Sighed by the Seaside
The Beach Girl
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Rosalie
Her Nature Dance
The Cashier
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle
Getting Gertie's Garter
Gertie Darling
For Wives Only
Laura Rittenhaus
Call a Cop
The Banker's Daughter
On to Reno
Vera
The Cave Man
Myra Gaylord
The Lover of Camille
Marie Duplessis
Sunshine
The Flying Fool
Pat Riley
The Girl in the Pullman
Irene Burton
Nobody's Fool
The Marriage Circle
Mizzi Stock
Hands Across the Table
Nona
A Parisian Scandal
War Nurse
Rosalie
Reckless Living
Alice
Unto Those Who Sin
Celeste
Kiss Me Again
LouLou Fleury
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Daughter of Belgium
Slightly Married
Nellie Gordon
Ten Laps to Go
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
Sweethearts on Parade
Nita
Don't Get Personal
Patricia Parker
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle Mansfield
The Rush Hour
Margie Dolan
Keystone Hotel
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Lady Platt's Niece
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
The Dark Swan
Eve Quinn
The Dangerous Little Demon
Teddy Harmon
How to Educate a Wife
Mabel Todd
Up in Mabel's Room
Mabel Ainsworth
Divorce Made Easy
Mabel Deering
Love, Honor and Behave
Newlywed Bride
His Hidden Purpose
The Girl in the Case
All Faces West
Arleta Vance
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Herself