
Marie Prevost
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.
89 acting credits
Acting · 89

Three Wise Girls
1932
Tango
1936

Hands Across the Table
1935

Ladies of Leisure
1930

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931

Only Yesterday
1933

War Nurse
1930

Down on the Farm
1920

Party Girl
1930

The Godless Girl
1928

Three Women
1924

Death Scenes
1989

Hell Divers
1932

13 Hours by Air
1936

Parole Girl
1933

Seven Sinners
1925

The Racket
1928

Paid
1930

Sporting Blood
1931

Slightly Married
1932

It's a Wise Child
1931

Keystone Hotel
1935

Carnival Boat
1932

Sweethearts on Parade
1930

Man Bait
1927

Getting Gertie's Garter
1927

The Marriage Circle
1924

Heroes of the Street
1922

Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919

The Good Bad Girl
1931

Ten Laps to Go
1936

Brass
1923

The Beautiful and Damned
1922

The Wanters
1923

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943

Love, Honor and Behave
1920

Unto Those Who Sin
1916

Recompense
1925
Wedding Yells
1942

Up in Mabel's Room
1926

The Runaround
1931
Two Crooks
1917

She Sighed by the Seaside
1921

The Dangerous Little Demon
1922

A Blonde for a Night
1928

Daughters of Pleasure
1924
Reckless Living
1931

Don't Get Personal
1922

The Sideshow
1928

The Lover of Camille
1924

Cornered
1924

His Jazz Bride
1926

A Small Town Idol
1921

Other Women's Husbands
1926

Her Night of Nights
1922

On to Reno
1928

How to Educate a Wife
1924

For Wives Only
1926

The Eleventh Commandment
1933

Bobbed Hair
1925

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933

The Flying Fool
1929

Red Lights
1923

Her Nature Dance
1917

Call a Cop
1921

The Married Flapper
1922

The Hollywood Kid
1924

Gentleman's Fate
1931

Tarnish
1924

The Rush Hour
1927

Kissed
1922

Almost a Lady
1926

His Hidden Purpose
1918

The Girl in the Pullman
1927

All Faces West
1929

Being Respectable
1924

Moonlight Follies
1921

A Small Town Idol
1939

The Dark Swan
1924

Kiss Me Again
1925

A Parisian Scandal
1921

The Cave Man
1926
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
1919

Why Beaches Are Popular
1919
Sunshine
1916

Nobody's Fool
1921

Divorce Made Easy
1929

She Loved Him Plenty
1918
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
1917