1896-11-07 ( 128 years old ) in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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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.
Movies
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01
Wedding Yells
1942-03-07
A Small Town Idol
1939-02-11
Ten Laps to Go
1936-12-05
13 Hours by Air
1936-04-30
Tango
1936-02-13
Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18
Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
The Eleventh Commandment
1933-03-25
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933-03-10
Parole Girl
1933-03-04
Slightly Married
1932-10-15
Carnival Boat
1932-03-19
Three Wise Girls
1932-02-10
Hell Divers
1932-01-16
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23
Reckless Living
1931-10-20
The Runaround
1931-08-21
Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
The Good Bad Girl
1931-05-20
It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10
Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07
Paid
1930-12-30
War Nurse
1930-11-22
Sweethearts on Parade
1930-09-12
Ladies of Leisure
1930-04-05
Party Girl
1930-01-01
The Flying Fool
1929-07-10
Divorce Made Easy
1929-07-06
All Faces West
1929-03-02
The Sideshow
1928-12-11
The Racket
1928-11-01
The Godless Girl
1928-08-20
A Blonde for a Night
1928-02-25
On to Reno
1928-01-01
The Rush Hour
1927-12-12
The Girl in the Pullman
1927-10-31
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927-02-28
Man Bait
1927-01-18
Almost a Lady
1926-09-27
Up in Mabel's Room
1926-06-20
Other Women's Husbands
1926-03-17
The Cave Man
1926-02-06
His Jazz Bride
1926-01-15
Seven Sinners
1925-11-07
Bobbed Hair
1925-10-25
Kiss Me Again
1925-08-01
Recompense
1925-04-26
The Dark Swan
1924-11-26
The Lover of Camille
1924-09-15
Three Women
1924-08-18
Tarnish
1924-08-01
Cornered
1924-08-01
Being Respectable
1924-07-01
Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15
How to Educate a Wife
1924-05-01
The Hollywood Kid
1924-04-19
The Marriage Circle
1924-02-10
The Wanters
1923-11-26
Red Lights
1923-09-30
Brass
1923-03-04
Heroes of the Street
1922-12-24
The Beautiful and Damned
1922-12-10
The Married Flapper
1922-07-31
Her Night of Nights
1922-06-26
Kissed
1922-05-22
A Parisian Scandal
1921-12-05
Nobody's Fool
1921-10-31
Moonlight Follies
1921-09-24
Call a Cop
1921-06-26
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921-05-08
A Small Town Idol
1921-02-13
Down on the Farm
1920-04-17
Why Beaches Are Popular
1919-05-10
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919-03-02
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
1919-01-01
She Loved Him Plenty
1918-08-11
His Hidden Purpose
1918-01-27
Two Crooks
1917-08-26
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
1917-04-22
Her Nature Dance
1917-04-08
Sunshine
1916-05-06
Unto Those Who Sin
1916-03-06
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