Marie Prevost

Acting · 0.7 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

Ladies of Leisure

19306.2

It's a Wise Child

19316.3

Party Girl

19303.8

The Godless Girl

19287.0

Hands Across the Table

19357.0

Bobbed Hair

192510.0

Only Yesterday

19337.1

The Flying Fool

19296.0

Man Bait

19278.0

Love, Honor and Behave

19208.0

Parole Girl

19336.2

Tango

19366.0

Down on the Farm

19205.8

Getting Gertie's Garter

19278.0

The Runaround

19318.0

The Racket

19286.5

13 Hours by Air

19365.2

Almost a Lady

19269.0

The Good Bad Girl

19316.5

The Marriage Circle

19246.3

Sunshine

1916

Her Night of Nights

19227.0

Recompense

19258.0

Three Wise Girls

19325.7

His Jazz Bride

192610.0

War Nurse

19305.2

Wedding Yells

1942

Sporting Blood

19315.4

Paid

19306.7

Kissed

19229.0

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

19315.9

Hell Divers

19326.7

A Parisian Scandal

19219.0

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

19195.7

Gentleman's Fate

19316.1

Three Women

19244.2

The Sideshow

19289.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

19336.8

For Wives Only

192610.0

The Hollywood Kid

19245.4

Her Nature Dance

1917

The Girl in the Pullman

192710.0

Keystone Hotel

19358.5

Other Women's Husbands

19268.0

The Dangerous Little Demon

19228.0

Sweethearts on Parade

19302.5

Slightly Married

19326.3

Nobody's Fool

192110.0

Ten Laps to Go

19365.5

Reckless Living

19314.3

A Small Town Idol

19395.0

Brass

19235.0

The Lover of Camille

192410.0

Red Lights

19237.0

The Eleventh Commandment

19338.0

Tarnish

19248.0

Seven Sinners

19256.5

The Beautiful and Damned

19227.0

Heroes of the Street

19228.0

Unto Those Who Sin

19169.0

Being Respectable

19249.0

Up in Mabel's Room

19267.2

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

19437.5

A Small Town Idol

19216.8

A Blonde for a Night

19285.7

Death Scenes

19894.5

Two Crooks

1917

Don't Get Personal

192210.0

The Dark Swan

19248.0

Carnival Boat

19325.5

How to Educate a Wife

19249.0

His Hidden Purpose

191810.0

Kiss Me Again

19257.0

The Wanters

19238.0

The Cave Man

19268.0

The Married Flapper

19227.0

She Loved Him Plenty

19185.0

Divorce Made Easy

19297.0

All Faces West

19299.0

Why Beaches Are Popular

19197.0

Cornered

19249.0

Moonlight Follies

192110.0

Daughters of Pleasure

19248.0

Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6

1919

Secrets of a Beauty Parlor

1917

Call a Cop

19219.0

On to Reno

19287.5

She Sighed by the Seaside

19217.0

The Rush Hour

19277.0