Marie Prevost
Age: N/A | From: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Mary Prevost , Marie Provost , Mary Bickford Dunn
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Homepage:
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
(1930) Dot Lamarr
The Racket
(1928) Helen Hayes
Three Women
(1924) Harriet
Only Yesterday
(1933) Amy (Uncredited)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931) Rosalie
The Lover of Camille
(1924) Marie Duplessis
Paid
(1930) Agnes Lynch
The Godless Girl
(1929) MameActing
| 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 |
