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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.
Filmography
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Movies 86
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The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
Wedding Yells (1942)
A Small Town Idol (1939)
Ten Laps to Go (1936)
13 Hours by Air (1936)
Tango (1936)
Keystone Hotel (1935)
Only Yesterday (1933)
The Eleventh Commandment (1933)
Parole Girl (1933)
Slightly Married (1932)
Sporting Blood (1931)
The Good Bad Girl (1931)
It's a Wise Child (1931)
Paid (1930)
War Nurse (1930)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Party Girl (1930)
The Flying Fool (1929)
Divorce Made Easy (1929)
All Faces West (1929)
The Sideshow (1928)
The Racket (1928)
The Godless Girl (1928)
A Blonde for a Night (1928)
The Rush Hour (1927)
The Girl in the Pullman (1927)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)
Man Bait (1927)
Almost a Lady (1926)
Up in Mabel's Room (1926)
Other Women's Husbands (1926)
The Cave Man (1926)
His Jazz Bride (1926)
Seven Sinners (1925)
Bobbed Hair (1925)
Kiss Me Again (1925)
Recompense (1925)
The Dark Swan (1924)
The Lover of Camille (1924)
Three Women (1924)
Tarnish (1924)
Cornered (1924)
Being Respectable (1924)
Daughters of Pleasure (1924)
How to Educate a Wife (1924)
The Marriage Circle (1924)
The Wanters (1923)
Red Lights (1923)
Brass (1923)
Heroes of the Street (1922)
The Married Flapper (1922)
Her Night of Nights (1922)
Kissed (1922)
The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
Don't Get Personal (1922)
A Parisian Scandal (1921)
Nobody's Fool (1921)
Moonlight Follies (1921)
Call a Cop (1921)
She Sighed by the Seaside (1921)
A Small Town Idol (1921)
Down on the Farm (1920)
Why Beaches Are Popular (1919)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
She Loved Him Plenty (1918)
His Hidden Purpose (1918)
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor (1917)
Her Nature Dance (1917)
Sunshine (1916)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1896-11-08
Deathday1937-01-23 (40 years old)
Birth NameMary Bickford Dunn
Birth PlaceSarnia, Canada
RelationshipsKenneth Harlan (1924 - 1927)
CitizenshipsUnited States, Canada
Also Known AsMary Prevost, Marie Provost, Mary Bickford Dunn
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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