Marion Byron
Age: 74 | From: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1911-03-16 01:31:02
Death: 1985-07-05 01:31:02
Aliases: Marion Bryon , Marian Byron , Marion 'Peanuts' Byron , Miriam Byron
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 8
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Byron (born Miriam Bilenkin; March 16, 1911, Dayton, Ohio – July 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American movie comedian. After following her sister into a short stage career as a singer/dancer, she was given her first movie role as Buster Keaton's leading lady in the film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in 1928. From there she was hired by Hal Roach to co-star in short subjects with Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy, and Charley Chase, but most significantly with Anita Garvin, where tiny (4'11" in high heels) Marion was teamed with the 6' Anita for a brief three-film series as a "female Laurel & Hardy" in 1928–1929. She left Roach before they made talkies, but she went on working, now in musical features, like the Vitaphone film Broadway Babies (1929) with Alice White, and the early Technicolor feature, Golden Dawn (1930). Her parts slowly got smaller until they were unbilled walk-ons in films like Meet the Baron (1933), starring Jack Pearl and Hips Hips Hooray (1934) with Wheeler & Woolsey. Her final screen appearance was as a baby nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets in their film, Five of a Kind (1938).
Most Famous Work
Show of Shows
(1929) Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Only Yesterday
(1933) Grace (Uncredited)
Song of the West
(1930) Penny
The Forward Pass
(1929) Mazie
The Bad Man
(1930) Angela Hardy
Breed of the Border
(1933) Sonia
They Call It Sin
(1932) Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Broadway Babies
(1929) Florine ChanlerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Bessie | |
| 1934 | Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron) | |
| Girl on Train | ||
| Virginia | ||
| 1933 | Grace (Uncredited) | |
| College Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Student | ||
| Sonia | ||
| N/A | ||
| Little Ivy | ||
| 1932 | Soda Jerk (uncredited) | |
| Maid (uncredited) | ||
| Bakery Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Kitty | ||
| Mimi | ||
| Marion Byron | ||
| 1931 | Ellen | |
| Margery | ||
| 1930 | Angela Hardy | |
| Marrieanne | ||
| Joanna | ||
| Penny | ||
| Maude | ||
| 1929 | Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number | |
| Ruth Davis | ||
| Florine Chanler | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Marion | ||
| Marion | ||
| Mazie | ||
| 1928 | N/A | |
| Marion Davidson | ||
| J.J. King's Daughter Kitty | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
