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