
Marie Prevost
Born: 1896-11-07
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

Seven Sinners

The Cave Man

Paid

The Marriage Circle

Sporting Blood

The Racket

The Wanters

The Lover of Camille

Moonlight Follies

The Sideshow

Man Bait

Party Girl

Tarnish

Three Women

Only Yesterday

Brass

Parole Girl

Death Scenes

Bobbed Hair

Carnival Boat

Recompense

Being Respectable

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Don't Get Personal

Call a Cop

Red Lights

Hell Divers

She Sighed by the Seaside

On to Reno

The Eleventh Commandment

Gentleman's Fate

Ladies of Leisure

Down on the Farm

Cornered

Her Nature Dance

The Godless Girl

Kissed

Her Night of Nights

Getting Gertie's Garter

The Girl in the Pullman

The Runaround

Unto Those Who Sin

The Married Flapper

Nobody's Fool

The Flying Fool

The Good Bad Girl

Hands Across the Table

13 Hours by Air

The Beautiful and Damned

Almost a Lady

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

Kiss Me Again

How to Educate a Wife

For Wives Only

A Parisian Scandal

His Jazz Bride

The Hollywood Kid

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

A Blonde for a Night

Other Women's Husbands

Heroes of the Street

Daughters of Pleasure

A Small Town Idol

She Loved Him Plenty

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

War Nurse

Sweethearts on Parade

Up in Mabel's Room

Love, Honor and Behave

It's a Wise Child

Slightly Married

A Small Town Idol

His Hidden Purpose

Divorce Made Easy

Ten Laps to Go

All Faces West

Keystone Hotel

Three Wise Girls

The Dark Swan

Why Beaches Are Popular
