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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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 Vance | 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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Slightly Married | Nellie Gordon | 1932-10-15 |
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Hell Divers | Lulu | 1932-01-16 |
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Carnival Boat | Babe | 1932-03-19 |
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It's a Wise Child | Annie Ostrom | 1931-04-10 |
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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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Sporting Blood | Angela 'Angie' Ludeking | 1931-08-08 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Rosalie | 1931-10-23 |
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Reckless Living | Alice | 1931-10-20 |
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Gentleman's Fate | Mabel | 1931-03-07 |
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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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War Nurse | Rosalie | 1930-11-22 |
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Paid | Agnes Lynch | 1930-12-30 |
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The Flying Fool | Pat Riley | 1929-07-10 |
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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 Racket | Helen Hayes | 1928-11-01 |
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A Blonde for a Night | Marie | 1928-02-25 |
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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 Sideshow | Queenie Parker | 1928-12-11 |
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Man Bait | Madge Dreyer | 1927-01-18 |
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The Rush Hour | Margie Dolan | 1927-12-12 |
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The Girl in the Pullman | Irene Burton | 1927-10-31 |
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Getting Gertie's Garter | Gertie Darling | 1927-02-28 |
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His Jazz Bride | Gloria Gregory | 1926-01-15 |
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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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Almost a Lady | Marcia Blake | 1926-09-27 |
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The Cave Man | Myra Gaylord | 1926-02-06 |
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Seven Sinners | Molly Brian | 1925-11-07 |
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Bobbed Hair | Connemara Moore | 1925-10-25 |
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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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Being Respectable | Valerie Winship | 1924-07-01 |
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Three Women | Harriet | 1924-08-18 |
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The Lover of Camille | Marie Duplessis | 1924-09-15 |
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Cornered | 1924-08-01 | |
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The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
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The Marriage Circle | Mizzi Stock | 1924-02-10 |
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Tarnish | Nettie Dark | 1924-08-01 |
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The Dark Swan | Eve Quinn | 1924-11-26 |
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Daughters of Pleasure | Marjory Hadley | 1924-06-15 |
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How to Educate a Wife | Mabel Todd | 1924-05-01 |
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Brass | Marjorie Jones | 1923-03-04 |
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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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Heroes of the Street | Betty Benton | 1922-12-24 |
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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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The Beautiful and Damned | 1922-12-10 | |
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Nobody's Fool | 1921-10-31 | |
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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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She Sighed by the Seaside | The Beach Girl | 1921-05-08 |
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Moonlight Follies | Nan Rutledge | 1921-09-24 |
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A Small Town Idol | Marcelle Mansfield | 1921-02-13 |
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Down on the Farm | The Faithful Wife | 1920-04-17 |
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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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She Loved Him Plenty | 1918-08-11 | |
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His Hidden Purpose | The Girl in the Case | 1918-01-27 |
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Two Crooks | The Girl | 1917-08-26 |
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Secrets of a Beauty Parlor | Lady Platt's Niece | 1917-04-22 |
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Her Nature Dance | The Cashier | 1917-04-08 |
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Sunshine | 1916-05-06 | |
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Unto Those Who Sin | Celeste | 1916-03-06 |
