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Marie Prevost

Actress / Film Actress | * 11/08/1896 († 40, 01/23/1937) | Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)
Marie Prevost (born Mary Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. 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 ... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Movies with Marie Prevost as Actress(75)

as (archive footage)1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as Marcelle1939 A Small Town Idol
as Waitress in Omaha1936 13 Hours by Air
as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate1936 Tango
as Elsie, Cafe Waitress1936 Ten Laps to Go
as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling1935 Keystone Hotel
as Amy (Uncredited)1933 Only Yesterday
as Tessie Florin1933 The Eleventh Commandment
as Jeanie Vance1933 Parole Girl
as Dot1932 Three Wise Girls
as Lulu1932 Hell Divers
as Babe1932 Carnival Boat
as Nellie Gordon1932 Slightly Married
as Annie Ostrom1931 It's a Wise Child
as Margy1931 The Runaround
as Mabel1931 Gentleman's Fate
as Angela 'Angie' Ludeking1931 Sporting Blood
as Trixie Barnes1931 The Good Bad Girl
as Diana Hoster1930 Party Girl
as Agnes Lynch1930 Paid
as Rosalie1930 War Nurse
as Dot Lamarr1930 Ladies of Leisure
as Mabel Deering1929 Divorce Made Easy
as Pat Riley1929 The Flying Fool
as Mame1929 The Godless Girl
as Arleta Vance1929 All Faces West
as Helen Hayes1928 The Racket
as Queenie Parker1928 The Sideshow
as Vera1928 On to Reno
as Gertie Darling1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
as Irene Burton1927 The Girl in the Pullman
as Madge Dreyer1927 Man Bait
as Mabel Ainsworth1926 Up in Mabel's Room
as Kay Lambert1926 Other Women's Husbands
as Marcia Blake1926 Almost a Lady
as Gloria Gregory1926 His Jazz Bride
as Myra Gaylord1926 The Cave Man
as Connemara Moore1925 Bobbed Hair
as LouLou Fleury1925 Kiss Me Again
as Julie Gmelyn1925 Recompense
as Molly Brian1925 Seven Sinners
as Eve Quinn1924 The Dark Swan
as Valerie Winship1924 Being Respectable
as herself1924 The Hollywood Kid
as Marie Duplessis1924 The Lover of Camille
as Harriet1924 Three Women
as Nettie Dark1924 Tarnish
as Mizzi Stock1924 The Marriage Circle
as Marjory Hadley1924 Daughters of Pleasure
as Mabel Todd1924 How to Educate a Wife
as Marjorie Jones1923 Brass
as Myra Hastings1923 The Wanters
as Betty Benton1922 Heroes of the Street
as Molly May Mahone1922 Her Night of Nights
1922 Kissed
as Marcelle Mansfield1921 A Small Town Idol
as Nan Rutledge1921 Moonlight Follies
as The Banker's Daughter1921 Call a Cop
as The Faithful Wife1920 Down on the Farm
as A Daughter of Belgium1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as Bathing Girl1919 Why Beaches Are Popular
as The Girl in the Case1918 His Hidden Purpose
as The Cashier1917 Her Nature Dance
as Lady Platt's Niece1917 Secrets of a Beauty Parlor

Full Name: Marie Dunn
Born: Sunday, 11/08 1896 (November) in Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)
Died: Saturday, 01/23 1937 (January) in Hollywood (aged: 40)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: Manual Arts High School
Employer: Warner Bros.
Spouses (current/former): Kenneth Harlan
Other names for Marie Prevost (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mary Prevost"
"Marie Provost"
"Mary Bickford Dunn"
Marie Prevost frequently works together with these people:
Mack Sennett (12x, Crew)
Phyllis Haver (11x, Actress)
Monte Blue (10x, Actor)
Ben Turpin (8x, Actor)
Louise Fazenda (7x, Actress)
Bert Roach (7x, Actor)
Harry Myers (7x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (6x, Crew)
Lewis Milestone (6x, Crew)
Ernst Lubitsch (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:196647, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 02/25/2024