1896-11-07 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Prevost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 - January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Prevost appeared in dozens of Sennett's short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal. In 1922, she signed with Warner Bros. where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch who cast her in three of his comedy films; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925). After being let go by Warner Bros in early 1926, Prevost's career began to decline and she was relegated to secondary roles. She was also beset with personal problems, including the death of her mother in 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Kenneth Harlan in 1927, which fueled her depression. She began to abuse alcohol and binge eat, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs. By 1935, Prevost was only able to secure bit parts in films. She made her last onscreen appearance in 1936. After years of drinking, Prevost died of acute alcoholism at the age of 38 in January 1937. Prevost's estate was valued at $300 since she had squandered most of her earnings. Her death prompted the Hollywood community to create the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital.
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Death Scenes | 1989-01-01 | |
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
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Wedding Yells | Winifred Snood | 1942-03-07 |
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A Small Town Idol | Marcelle | 1939-02-11 |
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Tango | Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate | 1936-02-13 |
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Ten Laps to Go | Elsie, Cafe Waitress | 1936-12-05 |
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13 Hours by Air | Waitress in Omaha | 1936-04-30 |
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Hands Across the Table | Nona | 1935-10-18 |
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Keystone Hotel | Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling | 1935-09-21 |
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Parole Girl | Jeanie | 1933-03-04 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 | 1933-03-10 | |
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The Eleventh Commandment | Tessie Florin | 1933-03-25 |
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Only Yesterday | Amy (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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Three Wise Girls | Dot | 1932-02-10 |
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Carnival Boat | Babe | 1932-03-19 |
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Slightly Married | Nellie Gordon | 1932-10-15 |
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Hell Divers | Lulu | 1932-01-16 |
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The Good Bad Girl | Trixie Barnes | 1931-05-20 |
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The Runaround | Margy | 1931-08-21 |
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It's a Wise Child | Annie Ostrom | 1931-04-10 |
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Reckless Living | Alice | 1931-10-20 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Rosalie | 1931-10-23 |
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Sporting Blood | Angela 'Angie' Ludeking | 1931-08-08 |
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Gentleman's Fate | Mabel | 1931-03-07 |
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War Nurse | Rosalie | 1930-11-22 |
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Paid | Agnes Lynch | 1930-12-30 |
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Sweethearts on Parade | Nita | 1930-09-12 |
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Ladies of Leisure | Dot Lamarr | 1930-04-05 |
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Party Girl | Diana Hoster | 1930-01-01 |
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The Flying Fool | Pat Riley | 1929-07-10 |
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Divorce Made Easy | Mabel Deering | 1929-07-06 |
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All Faces West | Arleta Vance | 1929-03-02 |
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A Blonde for a Night | Marie | 1928-02-25 |
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The Racket | Helen Hayes | 1928-11-01 |
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The Godless Girl | Mame | 1928-08-20 |
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The Sideshow | Queenie Parker | 1928-12-11 |
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On to Reno | Vera | 1928-01-01 |
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The Girl in the Pullman | Irene Burton | 1927-10-31 |
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Man Bait | Madge Dreyer | 1927-01-18 |
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Getting Gertie's Garter | Gertie Darling | 1927-02-28 |
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The Rush Hour | Margie Dolan | 1927-12-12 |
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Up in Mabel's Room | Mabel Ainsworth | 1926-06-20 |
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Almost a Lady | Marcia Blake | 1926-09-27 |
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Other Women's Husbands | Kay Lambert | 1926-03-17 |
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The Cave Man | Myra Gaylord | 1926-02-06 |
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His Jazz Bride | Gloria Gregory | 1926-01-15 |
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Recompense | Julie Gmelyn | 1925-04-26 |
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Kiss Me Again | LouLou Fleury | 1925-08-01 |
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Bobbed Hair | Connemara Moore | 1925-10-25 |
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Seven Sinners | Molly Brian | 1925-11-07 |
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The Lover of Camille | Marie Duplessis | 1924-09-15 |
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Tarnish | Nettie Dark | 1924-08-01 |
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Cornered | 1924-08-01 | |
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Being Respectable | Valerie Winship | 1924-07-01 |
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Daughters of Pleasure | Marjory Hadley | 1924-06-15 |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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Three Women | Harriet | 1924-08-18 |
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How to Educate a Wife | Mabel Todd | 1924-05-01 |
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The Marriage Circle | Mizzi Stock | 1924-02-10 |
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The Dark Swan | Eve Quinn | 1924-11-26 |
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The Wanters | Myra Hastings | 1923-11-26 |
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Red Lights | Ruth Carson | 1923-09-30 |
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Brass | Marjorie Jones | 1923-03-04 |
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The Married Flapper | Pamela Billings | 1922-07-31 |
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Her Night of Nights | Molly May Mahone | 1922-06-26 |
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Kissed | 1922-05-22 | |
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Heroes of the Street | Betty Benton | 1922-12-24 |
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The Beautiful and Damned | 1922-12-10 | |
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Moonlight Follies | Nan Rutledge | 1921-09-24 |
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She Sighed by the Seaside | The Beach Girl | 1921-05-08 |
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Nobody's Fool | 1921-10-31 | |
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A Small Town Idol | Marcelle Mansfield | 1921-02-13 |
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A Parisian Scandal | 1921-12-05 | |
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Call a Cop | The Banker's Daughter | 1921-06-26 |
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Down on the Farm | The Faithful Wife | 1920-04-17 |
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Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
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Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6 | Herself | 1919-01-01 |
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin | A Daughter of Belgium | 1919-03-02 |
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His Hidden Purpose | The Girl in the Case | 1918-01-27 |
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She Loved Him Plenty | 1918-08-11 | |
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Secrets of a Beauty Parlor | Lady Platt's Niece | 1917-04-22 |
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Two Crooks | The Girl | 1917-08-26 |
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Her Nature Dance | The Cashier | 1917-04-08 |
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Unto Those Who Sin | Celeste | 1916-03-06 |
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Sunshine | 1916-05-06 |
