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 | Self (archive footage) | 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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13 Hours by Air | Waitress in Omaha | 1936-04-30 |
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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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Keystone Hotel | Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling | 1935-09-21 |
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Hands Across the Table | Nona | 1935-10-18 |
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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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Only Yesterday | Amy (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
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The Eleventh Commandment | Tessie Florin | 1933-03-25 |
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Hell Divers | Lulu | 1932-01-16 |
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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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It's a Wise Child | Annie Ostrom | 1931-04-10 |
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Sporting Blood | Angela 'Angie' Ludeking | 1931-08-08 |
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The Runaround | Margy | 1931-08-21 |
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The Good Bad Girl | Trixie Barnes | 1931-05-20 |
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Gentleman's Fate | Mabel | 1931-03-07 |
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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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Paid | Agnes Lynch | 1930-12-30 |
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Party Girl | Diana Hoster | 1930-01-01 |
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War Nurse | Rosalie | 1930-11-22 |
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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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All Faces West | Arleta Vance | 1929-03-02 |
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Divorce Made Easy | Mabel Deering | 1929-07-06 |
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The Flying Fool | Pat Riley | 1929-07-10 |
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The Racket | Helen Hayes | 1928-11-01 |
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A Blonde for a Night | Marie | 1928-02-25 |
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The Sideshow | Queenie Parker | 1928-12-11 |
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The Godless Girl | Mame | 1928-08-20 |
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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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The Cave Man | Myra Gaylord | 1926-02-06 |
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For Wives Only | Laura Rittenhaus | 1926-11-08 |
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His Jazz Bride | Gloria Gregory | 1926-01-15 |
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Almost a Lady | Marcia Blake | 1926-09-27 |
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Up in Mabel's Room | Mabel Ainsworth | 1926-06-20 |
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Other Women's Husbands | Kay Lambert | 1926-03-17 |
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Seven Sinners | Molly Brian | 1925-11-07 |
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Kiss Me Again | LouLou Fleury | 1925-08-01 |
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Recompense | Julie Gmelyn | 1925-04-26 |
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Bobbed Hair | Connemara Moore | 1925-10-25 |
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Tarnish | Nettie Dark | 1924-08-01 |
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Being Respectable | Valerie Winship | 1924-07-01 |
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Cornered | 1924-08-01 | |
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The Lover of Camille | Marie Duplessis | 1924-09-15 |
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The Marriage Circle | Mizzi Stock | 1924-02-10 |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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How to Educate a Wife | Mabel Todd | 1924-05-01 |
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Daughters of Pleasure | Marjory Hadley | 1924-06-15 |
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The Dark Swan | Eve Quinn | 1924-11-26 |
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Three Women | Harriet | 1924-08-18 |
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Red Lights | Ruth Carson | 1923-09-30 |
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The Wanters | Myra Hastings | 1923-11-26 |
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Brass | Marjorie Jones | 1923-03-04 |
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Kissed | 1922-05-22 | |
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Her Night of Nights | Molly May Mahone | 1922-06-26 |
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The Dangerous Little Demon | Teddy Harmon | 1922-03-27 |
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The Married Flapper | Pamela Billings | 1922-07-31 |
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Don't Get Personal | Patricia Parker | 1922-01-16 |
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The Beautiful and Damned | 1922-12-10 | |
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Heroes of the Street | Betty Benton | 1922-12-24 |
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Nobody's Fool | 1921-10-31 | |
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A Parisian Scandal | 1921-12-05 | |
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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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A Small Town Idol | Marcelle Mansfield | 1921-02-13 |
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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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Love, Honor and Behave | Newlywed Bride | 1920-11-22 |
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin | A Daughter of Belgium | 1919-03-02 |
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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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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 |
