Marie Prevost

Known for ActingBorn 1896-11-07Died 1937-01-23Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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.Read more

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The Girl in the Pullman

His Jazz Bride

For Wives Only

Bobbed Hair

The Lover of Camille

Don't Get Personal

Moonlight Follies

Nobody's Fool

His Hidden Purpose

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

All Faces West

The Sideshow

Almost a Lady

How to Educate a Wife

Being Respectable

Cornered

Kissed

A Parisian Scandal

Call a Cop

Unto Those Who Sin

Keystone Hotel

The Eleventh Commandment

The Runaround

Getting Gertie's Garter

Man Bait

Other Women's Husbands

The Cave Man

Recompense

Daughters of Pleasure

The Dark Swan

Tarnish

The Wanters

Heroes of the Street

The Dangerous Little Demon

Love, Honor and Behave

On to Reno

Only Yesterday

Up in Mabel's Room

Hands Across the Table

Divorce Made Easy

The Godless Girl

The Rush Hour

Kiss Me Again

Red Lights

The Beautiful and Damned

Her Night of Nights

The Married Flapper

She Sighed by the Seaside