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.
Known for
Ten Laps to Go
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Rosalie
Hands Across the Table
Nona
Ladies of Leisure
Dot Lamarr
Paid
Agnes Lynch
Parole Girl
Jeanie
Only Yesterday
Amy (Uncredited)
Reckless Living
Alice
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
The Wanters
Myra Hastings
Party Girl
Diana Hoster
13 Hours by Air
Waitress in Omaha
Sporting Blood
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
Three Women
Harriet
The Beautiful and Damned
Recompense
Julie Gmelyn
The Marriage Circle
Mizzi Stock
The Racket
Helen Hayes
Daughters of Pleasure
Marjory Hadley
Seven Sinners
Molly Brian
The Good Bad Girl
Trixie Barnes
She Sighed by the Seaside
The Beach Girl
Moonlight Follies
Nan Rutledge
Tango
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Hell Divers
Lulu
Slightly Married
Nellie Gordon
On to Reno
Vera
Brass
Marjorie Jones
Her Night of Nights
Molly May Mahone
Carnival Boat
Babe
Bobbed Hair
Connemara Moore
Divorce Made Easy
Mabel Deering
How to Educate a Wife
Mabel Todd
War Nurse
Rosalie
Kiss Me Again
LouLou Fleury
Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife
Gentleman's Fate
Mabel
The Runaround
Margy
A Blonde for a Night
Marie
Why Beaches Are Popular
Bathing Girl
Up in Mabel's Room
Mabel Ainsworth
Red Lights
Ruth Carson
Almost a Lady
Marcia Blake
The Dark Swan
Eve Quinn
The Eleventh Commandment
Tessie Florin
The Girl in the Pullman
Irene Burton
Tarnish
Nettie Dark
Call a Cop
The Banker's Daughter
Three Wise Girls
Dot
Keystone Hotel
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
Sunshine
The Hollywood Kid
Self
The Flying Fool
Pat Riley
The Godless Girl
Mame
The Cave Man
Myra Gaylord
It's a Wise Child
Annie Ostrom
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Sweethearts on Parade
Nita
Cornered
Being Respectable
Valerie Winship
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Daughter of Belgium
She Loved Him Plenty
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Lady Platt's Niece
Man Bait
Madge Dreyer
Other Women's Husbands
Kay Lambert
Kissed
His Jazz Bride
Gloria Gregory
Her Nature Dance
The Cashier
Wedding Yells
Winifred Snood
The Lover of Camille
Marie Duplessis
Heroes of the Street
Betty Benton
Getting Gertie's Garter
Gertie Darling
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle
Nobody's Fool
Unto Those Who Sin
Celeste
All Faces West
Arleta Vance
A Small Town Idol
Marcelle Mansfield
Two Crooks
The Girl
The Sideshow
Queenie Parker
The Married Flapper
Pamela Billings
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Herself
His Hidden Purpose
The Girl in the Case
A Parisian Scandal
The Rush Hour
Margie Dolan