Marie Prevost
Acting • Born 1896-11-07 – Died 1937-01-23
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.
Filmography
89 credits
Hands Across the Table
Movie • 1935
Nona
A Parisian Scandal
Movie • 1921
She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie • 1921
The Beach Girl
The Racket
Movie • 1928
Helen Hayes
Wedding Yells
Movie • 1942
Winifred Snood
The Godless Girl
Movie • 1928
Mame
The Marriage Circle
Movie • 1924
Mizzi Stock
Ladies of Leisure
Movie • 1930
Dot Lamarr
A Blonde for a Night
Movie • 1928
Marie
Recompense
Movie • 1925
Julie Gmelyn
Keystone Hotel
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
Reckless Living
Movie • 1931
Alice
Hell Divers
Movie • 1932
Lulu
Almost a Lady
Movie • 1926
Marcia Blake
Gentleman's Fate
Movie • 1931
Mabel
His Jazz Bride
Movie • 1926
Gloria Gregory
Paid
Movie • 1930
Agnes Lynch
The Flying Fool
Movie • 1929
Pat Riley
The Eleventh Commandment
Movie • 1933
Tessie Florin
Party Girl
Movie • 1930
Diana Hoster
Tango
Movie • 1936
Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
Ten Laps to Go
Movie • 1936
Elsie, Cafe Waitress
Three Wise Girls
Movie • 1932
Dot
Unto Those Who Sin
Movie • 1916
Celeste
The Good Bad Girl
Movie • 1931
Trixie Barnes
The Hollywood Kid
Movie • 1924
Self
The Runaround
Movie • 1931
Margy
Sporting Blood
Movie • 1931
Angela 'Angie' Ludeking
The Rush Hour
Movie • 1927
Margie Dolan
Three Women
Movie • 1924
Harriet
Slightly Married
Movie • 1932
Nellie Gordon
Sweethearts on Parade
Movie • 1930
Nita
Parole Girl
Movie • 1933
Jeanie
The Sideshow
Movie • 1928
Queenie Parker
Getting Gertie's Garter
Movie • 1927
Gertie Darling
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie • 1919
A Daughter of Belgium
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1920
The Faithful Wife
How to Educate a Wife
Movie • 1924
Mabel Todd
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie • 1924
Marjory Hadley
Kiss Me Again
Movie • 1925
LouLou Fleury
Other Women's Husbands
Movie • 1926
Kay Lambert
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie • 1931
Rosalie
Red Lights
Movie • 1923
Ruth Carson
War Nurse
Movie • 1930
Rosalie
Man Bait
Movie • 1927
Madge Dreyer
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Movie • 1933
It's a Wise Child
Movie • 1931
Annie Ostrom
Carnival Boat
Movie • 1932
Babe
Up in Mabel's Room
Movie • 1926
Mabel Ainsworth
The Dark Swan
Movie • 1924
Eve Quinn
Seven Sinners
Movie • 1925
Molly Brian
13 Hours by Air
Movie • 1936
Waitress in Omaha
Bobbed Hair
Movie • 1925
Connemara Moore
The Girl in the Pullman
Movie • 1927
Irene Burton
Brass
Movie • 1923
Marjorie Jones
His Hidden Purpose
Movie • 1918
The Girl in the Case
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1921
Marcelle Mansfield
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie • 1943
(archive footage)
Tarnish
Movie • 1924
Nettie Dark
On to Reno
Movie • 1928
Vera
Moonlight Follies
Movie • 1921
Nan Rutledge
The Cave Man
Movie • 1926
Myra Gaylord
Being Respectable
Movie • 1924
Valerie Winship
The Beautiful and Damned
Movie • 1922
The Lover of Camille
Movie • 1924
Marie Duplessis
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Amy (Uncredited)
Cornered
Movie • 1924
Her Nature Dance
Movie • 1917
The Cashier
Heroes of the Street
Movie • 1922
Betty Benton
The Wanters
Movie • 1923
Myra Hastings
Nobody's Fool
Movie • 1921
Kissed
Movie • 1922
Her Night of Nights
Movie • 1922
Molly May Mahone
Why Beaches Are Popular
Movie • 1919
Bathing Girl
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1939
Marcelle
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
Movie • 1919
Herself
Sunshine
Movie • 1916
Call a Cop
Movie • 1921
The Banker's Daughter
Divorce Made Easy
Movie • 1929
Mabel Deering
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
Movie • 1917
Lady Platt's Niece
All Faces West
Movie • 1929
Arleta Vance
She Loved Him Plenty
Movie • 1918
The Married Flapper
Movie • 1922
Pamela Billings
Two Crooks
Movie • 1917
The Girl
Death Scenes
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
The Dangerous Little Demon
Movie • 1922
Teddy Harmon
Don't Get Personal
Movie • 1922
Patricia Parker
For Wives Only
Movie • 1926
Laura Rittenhaus
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1920
Newlywed Bride