Person Details

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Aliases: Mary Prevost , Marie Provost , Mary Bickford Dunn

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Ladies of Leisure
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6

Ladies of Leisure

(1930) Dot Lamarr
The Racket
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7

The Racket

(1928) Helen Hayes
Three Women
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4

Three Women

(1924) Harriet
Only Yesterday
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7

Only Yesterday

(1933) Amy (Uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
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6
The Lover of Camille
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0

The Lover of Camille

(1924) Marie Duplessis
Paid
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7

Paid

(1930) Agnes Lynch
The Godless Girl
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7

The Godless Girl

(1929) Mame

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 (archive footage)
1942 Winifred Snood
1939 Marcelle
1936 Elsie, Cafe Waitress
Waitress in Omaha
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
1935 Nona
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
1933 Amy (Uncredited)
Tessie Florin
N/A
Jeanie Vance
1932 Nellie Gordon
Babe
Dot
Lulu
1931 Rosalie
Alice
Margy
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
Trixie Barnes
Annie Ostrom
Mabel
1930 Agnes Lynch
Rosalie
Nita
Dot Lamarr
Diana Hoster
1929 Pat Riley
Mabel Deering
Mame
Arleta Vance
1928 Queenie Parker
Helen Hayes
Margie Dolan
Marie
Vera
1927 Irene Burton
Gertie Darling
Madge Dreyer
1926 Marcia Blake
Mabel Ainsworth
Kay Lambert
Myra Gaylord
Gloria Gregory
1925 Molly Brian
Connemara Moore
LouLou Fleury
Julie Gmelyn
1924 Eve Quinn
Marie Duplessis
Harriet
N/A
Nettie Dark
Valerie Winship
Marjory Hadley
Mabel Todd
Self
Mizzi Stock
1923 Myra Hastings
Marjorie Jones
1922 Betty Benton
N/A
Molly May Mahone
N/A
1921 N/A
N/A
Nan Rutledge
The Banker's Daughter
The Beach Girl
Marcelle Mansfield
1920 The Faithful Wife
1919 Bathing Girl
A Daughter of Belgium
Herself
1918 N/A
The Girl in the Case
1917 Lady Platt's Niece
The Cashier
1916 N/A
Celeste
Year Character Movie/Tv

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