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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Susie's Affairs | Virginia | 1934-06-01 |
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It Happened One Day | Girl on Train | 1934-07-07 |
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College Humor | Student | 1933-07-05 |
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Meet the Baron | College Girl (uncredited) | 1933-10-20 |
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Breed of the Border | Sonia | 1933-03-01 |
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Only Yesterday | Grace (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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The Curse of a Broken Heart | Little Ivy | 1933-02-04 |
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The Crime of the Century | 1933-02-18 | |
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Running Hollywood | Marion Byron | 1932-01-27 |
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They Call It Sin | Soda Jerk (uncredited) | 1932-11-05 |
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The Tenderfoot | Kitty | 1932-05-23 |
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Love Me Tonight | Bakery Girl (uncredited) | 1932-08-18 |
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Trouble in Paradise | Maid (uncredited) | 1932-10-30 |
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The Heart of New York | Mimi | 1932-03-26 |
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Working Girls | Ellen | 1931-12-12 |
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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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The Matrimonial Bed | Marrieanne | 1930-08-01 |
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Golden Dawn | Joanna | 1930-06-14 |
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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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The Bad Man | Angela Hardy | 1930-09-11 |
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Broadway Babies | Florine Chanler | 1929-06-30 |
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The Unkissed Man | 1929-04-27 | |
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A Pair of Tights | Marion | 1929-02-03 |
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The Forward Pass | Mazie | 1929-11-10 |
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His Captive Woman | 1929-02-03 | |
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Show of Shows | Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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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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Steamboat Bill, Jr. | J.J. King's Daughter Kitty | 1928-05-09 |
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Feed 'em and Weep | 1928-12-08 | |
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The Boy Friend | Marion Davidson | 1928-11-10 |
