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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Gift of Gab | Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron) | 1934-09-01 |
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It Happened One Day | Girl on Train | 1934-07-07 |
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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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Meet the Baron | College Girl (uncredited) | 1933-10-20 |
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The Crime of the Century | Bridge Player (uncredited) | 1933-02-18 |
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Only Yesterday | Grace (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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College Humor | Student | 1933-07-05 |
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The Curse of a Broken Heart | Little Ivy | 1933-02-04 |
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Trouble in Paradise | Maid (uncredited) | 1932-10-30 |
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They Call It Sin | Soda Jerk (uncredited) | 1932-11-05 |
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The Hollywood Handicap | 1932-08-10 | |
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The Tenderfoot | Kitty | 1932-05-23 |
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Running Hollywood | Marion Byron | 1932-01-27 |
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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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Children of Dreams | Gertie | 1931-06-25 |
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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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The Bad Man | Angela Hardy | 1930-09-11 |
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The Matrimonial Bed | Marrieanne | 1930-08-01 |
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Golden Dawn | Joanna | 1930-06-14 |
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Playing Around | Maude | 1930-01-10 |
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Song of the West | Penny | 1930-03-15 |
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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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The Unkissed Man | 1929-04-27 | |
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So Long Letty | Ruth Davis | 1929-10-16 |
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Going Ga-Ga | Marion | 1929-01-05 |
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His Captive Woman | 1929-02-03 | |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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A Pair of Tights | Marion | 1929-02-03 |
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Plastered in Paris | Mimi | 1928-09-23 |
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Feed 'em and Weep | 1928-12-08 | |
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The Boy Friend | Marion Davidson | 1928-11-10 |
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. | Kitty King | 1928-05-09 |
