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Mary Brian (1906–2002)

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Dubbed 'the Sweetest Girl in Pictures', Mary Brian started life as Louise Byrdie Datzler. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and went to high school in Dallas. Her widowed mother had big plans for young Louise and took her to California in 1923, with the intention of getting her into the film business... See full bio »

Born:

Louise Byrdie Dantzler
in Corsicana, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 96) in Del Mar, California, USA
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1954 Meet Corliss Archer (TV series)
Janet Archer
– Episode #1.19 (1954) … Janet Archer
– Episode #1.3 (1954) … Janet Archer
– A Party for Corliss (1954) … Janet Archer
– Boat Builders (1954) … Janet Archer
– Corliss the Cheerleader (1954) … Janet Archer
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1952 The Unexpected (TV series)
Mrs. Jensen
– The Doctor Prescribes (1952) … Mrs. Jensen
 
1947 Dragnet
Anne Hogan
 
1945 I Was a Criminal
Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
 
1943 Danger! Women at Work
Pert
 
1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo
Helen
 
1943 Calaboose
Doris Lane
 
1937 Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
 
1937 Navy Blues
Doris Kimbell
 
1936 Killer at Large
Linda Allen
 
1936 Three Married Men
Jennie Mullins
 
1936 The Amazing Adventure
Frances Clayton
 
1936 Spendthrift
Sally Barnaby
 
1936 Two's Company
Julia Madison
 
1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze
Hope Wolfinger
 
1935 Charlie Chan in Paris
Yvette Lamartine
 
1935 Weekend Millionaire
Suzanne
 
1934 College Rhythm
Gloria Van Dayham
 
1934 Monte Carlo Nights
Mary Vernon
 
1934 Private Scandal
Fran Somers
 
1934 Ever Since Eve
Elizabeth Vandergrift
 
1933 Shadows of Sing Sing
Muriel Ross aka Muriel Rossi
 
1933 Fog
Mary Fulton
 
1933 One Year Later
Molly Collins
 
1933 Moonlight and Pretzels
Sally Upton
 
1933 Song of the Eagle
Elsa Kranzmeyer
 
1933 The World Gone Mad
Diane Cromwell
 
1933 Girl Missing
June Dale
 
1933 Hard to Handle
Ruth Waters
 
1932 Manhattan Tower
Mary Harper
 
1932 The Unwritten Law
Ruth Evans
 
1932 Blessed Event
Gladys Price
 
1932 It's Tough to Be Famous
Janet Porter McClenahan
 
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (short)
 
1931 The Runaround
Evelyn
 
1931 Homicide Squad
Millie
 
1931 Gun Smoke
Sue Vancey
 
1931 The Front Page
Peggy Grant
 
1931 Captain Applejack
Poppy Faire
 
1930 The Royal Family of Broadway
Gwen Cavendish
 
1930 Only Saps Work
Barbara Tanner
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount
Sweetheart - Episode 'Dream Girl'
 
1930 The Social Lion
Cynthia Brown
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
 
1930 The Light of Western Stars
Ruth Hammond
 
1930 Only the Brave
Barbara Calhoun
 
1930 Burning Up
Ruth Morgan
 
1930 The Kibitzer
Josie Lazarus
 
1929 The Marriage Playground
Judith Wheater
 
1929 The Virginian
Molly Stark Wood
 
1929 River of Romance
Lucy Jeffers
 
1929 The Man I Love
Celia Fields
 
1929 Black Waters
Eunice
 
1928 Someone to Love
Joan Kendricks
 
1928 Varsity
Fay
 
1928 Forgotten Faces
Alice Deane
 
1928 The Big Killing
Old Man Beagle's Daughter, Mary Beagle
 
1928 Harold Teen
Lillums Lovewell
 
1928 Partners in Crime
Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
 
1928 Under the Tonto Rim
Lucy Watson
 
1927 Two Flaming Youths
Mary Gilfoil
 
1927 Shanghai Bound
Sheila
 
1927 Man Power
Alice Stoddard
 
1927/I Running Wild
Elizabeth Finch
 
1927 Knockout Reilly
Mary Malone
 
1927 High Hat
Millie
 
1927 Her Father Said No
Charlotte Hamilton
 
1926 Stepping Along
Molly Taylor
 
1926 Prince of Tempters
Mary
 
1926 Beau Geste
Isabel Rivers
 
1926 More Pay - Less Work
Betty Ricks
 
1926 Brown of Harvard
Mary Abbott
 
1926 Paris at Midnight
Victorine Tallefer
 
1926 Behind the Front
Betty Bartlett-Cooper
 
1926 The Enchanted Hill
Hallie Purdy
 
1925 A Regular Fellow
Girl
 
1925 The Street of Forgotten Men
Mary Vanhern
 
1925 The Little French Girl
Alix Vervier
 
1925 The Air Mail
Minnie Wade
 
1924 Peter Pan
Wendy Moira Angela Darling
 
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1936 The Captain's Kid (performer: "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" - uncredited)
 
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1953 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Pat O'Brien (1953) … Herself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 3 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Herself
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1927 A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (documentary short)
Herself
 
1926 WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (short)
Herself
 

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Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Trivia:

When she was cast as Wendy in 1924's Peter Pan, Paramount cut two years off her age because 18 sounded too old for the part. See more »

Nickname:

The Sweetest Girl in Pictures See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius