1911-03-16 Dayton, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Byron (born Miriam Bilenkin; March 16, 1911, Dayton, Ohio – July 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American movie comedian. After following her sister into a short stage career as a singer/dancer, she was given her first movie role as Buster Keaton's leading lady in the film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in 1928. From there she was hired by Hal Roach to co-star in short subjects with Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy, and Charley Chase, but most significantly with Anita Garvin, where tiny (4'11" in high heels) Marion was teamed with the 6' Anita for a brief three-film series as a "female Laurel & Hardy" in 1928–1929. She left Roach before they made talkies, but she went on working, now in musical features, like the Vitaphone film Broadway Babies (1929) with Alice White, and the early Technicolor feature, Golden Dawn (1930). Her parts slowly got smaller until they were unbilled walk-ons in films like Meet the Baron (1933), starring Jack Pearl and Hips Hips Hooray (1934) with Wheeler & Woolsey. Her final screen appearance was as a baby nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets in their film, Five of a Kind (1938).
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Swellhead | Bessie | 1935-05-04 |
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It Happened One Day | Girl on Train | 1934-07-07 |
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Gift of Gab | Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron) | 1934-09-01 |
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Susie's Affairs | Virginia | 1934-06-01 |
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Breed of the Border | Sonia | 1933-03-01 |
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The Curse of a Broken Heart | Little Ivy | 1933-02-04 |
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Only Yesterday | Grace (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Meet the Baron | College Girl (uncredited) | 1933-10-20 |
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College Humor | Student | 1933-07-05 |
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The Crime of the Century | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1933-02-18 |
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Running Hollywood | Marion Byron | 1932-01-27 |
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Trouble in Paradise | Maid (uncredited) | 1932-10-30 |
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The Tenderfoot | Kitty | 1932-05-23 |
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They Call It Sin | Soda Jerk (uncredited) | 1932-11-05 |
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The Heart of New York | Mimi | 1932-03-26 |
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Love Me Tonight | Bakery Girl (uncredited) | 1932-08-18 |
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Girls Demand Excitement | Margery | 1931-02-08 |
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Working Girls | Ellen (uncredited) | 1931-12-12 |
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Children of Dreams | Gertie | 1931-06-25 |
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The Bad Man | Angela Hardy | 1930-09-11 |
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Golden Dawn | Joanna | 1930-06-14 |
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The Matrimonial Bed | Marrieanne | 1930-08-01 |
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Song of the West | Penny | 1930-03-15 |
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Playing Around | Maude | 1930-01-10 |
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Broadway Babies | Florine Chanler | 1929-06-30 |
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The Forward Pass | Mazie | 1929-11-10 |
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A Pair of Tights | Marion | 1929-02-03 |
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The Unkissed Man | 1929-04-27 | |
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Going Ga-Ga | Marion | 1929-01-05 |
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So Long Letty | Ruth Davis | 1929-10-16 |
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Show of Shows | Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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His Captive Woman | 1929-02-03 | |
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. | Kitty King | 1928-05-09 |
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The Boy Friend | Marion Davidson | 1928-11-10 |
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Feed 'em and Weep | 1928-12-08 |
