Marie Prevost

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

129

Movies

Born: November 7, 1896 – January 23, 1937
From: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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.

Works

89 films

It's a Wise Child

19316.3

Ladies of Leisure

19306.2

Only Yesterday

19337.1

Bobbed Hair

192510.0

The Godless Girl

19287.0

The Runaround

19318.0

Party Girl

19303.8

Getting Gertie's Garter

19278.0

The Flying Fool

19296.0

Wedding Yells

1942

Almost a Lady

19269.0

Hands Across the Table

19357.0

Man Bait

19278.0

13 Hours by Air

19365.2

Tango

19366.0

Love, Honor and Behave

19208.0

His Jazz Bride

192610.0

Sunshine

1916

Parole Girl

19336.2

Kissed

19229.0

Her Night of Nights

19227.0

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

19315.9

Three Wise Girls

19325.7

The Good Bad Girl

19316.5

Paid

19306.7

The Marriage Circle

19246.3

Recompense

19258.0

Down on the Farm

19205.8

Gentleman's Fate

19316.1

Sporting Blood

19315.4

War Nurse

19305.2

For Wives Only

192610.0

The Racket

19286.5

Three Women

19244.3

The Girl in the Pullman

192710.0

A Parisian Scandal

19219.0

The Sideshow

19289.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

19336.8

The Dangerous Little Demon

19228.0

The Lover of Camille

192410.0

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

19195.7

Tarnish

19248.0

Up in Mabel's Room

19267.2

Ten Laps to Go

19365.5

Her Nature Dance

1917

Carnival Boat

19325.5

A Small Town Idol

19395.0

Hell Divers

19326.7

Red Lights

19237.0

The Eleventh Commandment

19338.0

Keystone Hotel

19358.5

Unto Those Who Sin

19169.0

Heroes of the Street

19228.0

The Beautiful and Damned

19227.0

Brass

19235.0

The Hollywood Kid

19245.4

Slightly Married

19326.3

Nobody's Fool

192110.0

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

19437.5

Seven Sinners

19256.5

Moonlight Follies

192110.0

Death Scenes

19894.5

The Wanters

19238.0

Other Women's Husbands

19268.0

Sweethearts on Parade

19302.5

Kiss Me Again

19257.0

The Dark Swan

19248.0

Reckless Living

19314.3

Being Respectable

19249.0

Two Crooks

1917

Why Beaches Are Popular

19197.0

A Blonde for a Night

19285.7

Cornered

19249.0

The Married Flapper

19227.0

Daughters of Pleasure

19248.0

His Hidden Purpose

191810.0

She Loved Him Plenty

19185.0

All Faces West

19299.0

Divorce Made Easy

19297.0

The Cave Man

19268.0

A Small Town Idol

19216.8

She Sighed by the Seaside

19217.0

The Rush Hour

19277.0

Don't Get Personal

192210.0

How to Educate a Wife

19249.0

Secrets of a Beauty Parlor

1917

On to Reno

19287.5

Call a Cop

19219.0

Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6

1919