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Marie Prevost (1898–1937)

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Popular star in Hollywood for two decades through 1936. Began as a Mack Sennett "Bathing Beauty" in 1917, later starring in dozens of light comedies. But not long into the sound era, she would have encountered problems with her burgeoning weight, to the jeopardy of her career. Her self-remedy resulted ultimately in her starving to death. (See also Laird Cregar.) See full bio »

Born:

Mary Bickford Dunn
in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Died:

(age 38) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1936 Ten Laps to Go
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
 
1936 Cain and Mabel
Sherman's Receptionist (uncredited)
 
1936 Bengal Tiger
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
 
1936 Thirteen Hours by Air
Waitress in Omaha
 
1936 Tango
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
 
1935 Hands Across the Table
Nona
 
1935 Keystone Hotel (short)
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Amy (uncredited)
 
1933 Pick Me Up (short)
 
1933 The Eleventh Commandment
Tessie Florin
 
1933 Parole Girl
Jeanie Vance
 
1933 Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (short)
Marie
 
1932 Hesitating Love (short)
 
1932 Slightly Married
Nellie Gordon
 
1932 Carnival Boat
Babe
 
1932 Three Wise Girls
Dot
 
1931 Hell Divers
Lulu
 
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Rosalie Lebeau
 
1931 Reckless Living
Alice
 
1931 The Runaround
Margy
 
1931 Sporting Blood
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
 
1931 West of the Rockies
Arleta Vance
 
1931 The Good Bad Girl
Trixie Barnes
 
1931 It's a Wise Child
Annie Ostrom
 
1931 Gentleman's Fate
Mabel
 
1930 Paid
Agnes Lynch
 
1930 War Nurse
Rosalie
 
1930 Sweethearts on Parade
Nita
 
1930 Ladies of Leisure
Dot Lamar
 
1930 Party Girl
Diana Hoster
 
1929 Divorce Made Easy
Mabel Deering
 
1929 The Flying Fool
Pat Riley
 
1929 The Godless Girl
Mame - The Other Girl
 
1928 The Rush Hour
Margie Dolan
 
1928 The Sideshow
Queenie Parker
 
1928 The Racket
Helen Hayes
 
1928 A Blonde for a Night
Marie
 
1928 On to Reno
Vera
 
1927 The Girl in the Pullman
Hazel Burton
 
1927 Night Bride
Cynthia Stockton
 
1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
Gertie Darling
 
1927 Man Bait
Madge Dreyer
 
1926 For Wives Only
Laura Rittenhaus
 
1926 Almost a Lady
Marcia Blake
 
1926 Up in Mabel's Room
Mabel Ainsworth
 
1926 Nana
Gaga (uncredited)
 
1926 Other Women's Husbands
Kay Lambert
 
1926 The Caveman
Myra Gaylord
 
1926 His Jazz Bride
Gloria Gregory
 
1925 Seven Sinners
Molly Brian
 
1925 Bobbed Hair
Connemara Moore
 
1925 Kiss Me Again
LouLou Fleury
 
1925 Recompense
Julie Gmelyn
 
1924 The Dark Swan
Eve Quinn
 
1924 The Lover of Camille
Marie Duplessis
 
1924 Three Women
Harriet
 
1924 Tarnish
Nettie Dark
 
1924 Cornered
Mary Brennan/Margaret Waring
 
1924 Being Respectable
Valerie Winship (as Mary Prevost)
 
1924 Daughters of Pleasure
Marjory Hadley
 
1924 How to Educate a Wife
Mabel Todd
 
1924 The Marriage Circle
Mizzi Stock
 
1923 The Wanters
Myra Hastings
 
1923 Red Lights
Ruth Carson
 
1923 Brass
Marjorie Jones
 
1922 Heroes of the Street
Betty Benton
 
1922 The Beautiful and Damned
Gloria
 
1922 The Married Flapper
Pamela Billings
 
1922 Her Night of Nights
Molly May Mahone
 
1922 Kissed
Constance Keener
 
1922 The Crossroads of New York
 
1922 The Dangerous Little Demon
Teddy Harmon
 
1922 Don't Get Personal
Patricia Parker
 
1921 A Parisian Scandal
Liane-Demarest
 
1921 Nobody's Fool
Polly Gordon
 
1921 Moonlight Follies
Nan Rutledge
 
1921 Call a Cop (short)
Banker's daughter
 
1921 She Sighed by the Seaside (short)
 
1921 Wedding Bells Out of Tune (short)
 
1921 A Small Town Idol
Marcelle Mansfield
 
1921 On a Summer Day (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1921 Dabbling in Art (short)
 
1920 Love, Honor and Behave!
Newlywed
 
1920 Movie Fans (short)
 
1920 His Youthful Fancy (short)
 
1920 You Wouldn't Believe It (short)
 
1920 Fresh from the City (short)
 
1920/I Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife
 
1920 A Kitchen Cinderella (short)
Above her position
 
1919 The Speakeasy (short)
 
1919 Salome vs. Shenandoah (short)
 
1919 Up in Alf's Place (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1919 Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (short)
Eliza
 
1919 The Dentist (short)
 
1919 Love's False Faces (short)
 
1919 When Love Is Blind (short)
A Brunette
 
1919 Why Beaches Are Popular (short)
 
1919 Reilly's Wash Day (short)
 
1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Belgian Girl
 
1919 East Lynne with Variations (short)
The Girl
 
1919 Rip & Stitch: Tailors (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1919 Never Too Old (short)
 
1918 The Village Chestnut (short)
 
1918 Hide and Seek, Detectives (short)
 
1918 Whose Little Wife Are You? (short)
 
1918 Sleuths (short)
 
1918 She Loved Him Plenty (short)
 
1918 Her Screen Idol (short)
 
1918 His Smothered Love (short)
 
1918/II Friend Husband (short)
 
1918 Those Athletic Girls (short)
 
1918 His Hidden Purpose (short)
The Girl in the Case
 
1917 Two Crooks (short)
 
1917 Secrets of a Beauty Parlor (short)
 
1917 Her Nature Dance (short)
 
1916 A Scoundrel's Toll (short)
 
1916 Sunshine (short)
 
1916 Unto Those Who Sin
Celeste
 
1916 Better Late Than Never (short)
 
1915 His Father's Footsteps (short) (unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
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1930 Paid (performer: "Happy Days Are Here Again")
 
1930 Ladies of Leisure (performer: "FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Flying Fool (performer: "If I Had My Way" - uncredited)
 
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1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 (short)
Herself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (short)
Himself
 
1929 Players at Play (documentary short)
Herself
 
1927 Life in Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1924 The Hollywood Kid (short)
Herself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1918 Grauman Special (documentary short)
Herself
 
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1989 Death Scenes (video documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1975 The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (documentary)
Herself - playing pesant girl
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
(uncredited)
 
1939 A Small Town Idol (short)
Marcelle Mansfield
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Mary Prevost | Marie Provost

Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Trivia:

Died from a combination of acute alcoholism and extreme malnutrition. ["The Celebrity Death Book," by James Robert Parish]. See more »

Trademark:

Plump, good-hearted best friend roles See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio