Marie Prevost
Date of birth: 1896-11-07
Place of birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mary Prevost, Marie Provost, Mary Bickford Dunn
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.
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Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
A Parisian Scandal
1921-12-05
Without social or romantic interests, young Basil Hammond goes to Paris to study paleontology and to
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921-05-08
Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Char
The Racket
1928-11-01
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Arch
Wedding Yells
1942-03-07
Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).
The Godless Girl
1928-08-20
High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings
The Marriage Circle
1924-02-10
An unhappily married couple moves to Vienna, where the wife’s married best friend lives, and soon, s
Ladies of Leisure
1930-04-05
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich su
A Blonde for a Night
1928-02-25
After an argument, a newlywed decides to test her husband's fidelity by disguising herself as a blon
Recompense
1925-04-26
Clergyman Peter leaves the pulpit to enter World War I to be near Julie, the woman he loves. They ar
Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the f
Reckless Living
1931-10-20
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when t
Hell Divers
1932-01-16
The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
Almost a Lady
1926-09-27
Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She resists h
Gentleman's Fate
1931-03-07
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
His Jazz Bride
1926-01-15
Young lawyer Dick Gregory, is hard pressed to pay the bills of his wife, Gloria, and equally hard pr
Paid
1930-12-30
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plot
The Flying Fool
1929-07-10
A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if
The Eleventh Commandment
1933-03-25
A wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly after,
Party Girl
1930-01-01
Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a we
Tango
1936-02-13
Believing his wife to be unfaithful, a husband deserts her and his child. Destitute, the woman is fo
Ten Laps to Go
1936-12-05
Larry Evans, champion race car driver, is envied by his chief rival, Eddie DeSylva, who has more amb
Three Wise Girls
1932-02-10
Fed up with her tiny hometown, Cassie Barnes moves to New York City to find a job. She and her two f
Unto Those Who Sin
1916-03-06
Nadia, a stenographer, must give her meager earnings to her drunken father. When he shoots his wife'
The Good Bad Girl
1931-05-20
A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding youn
The Hollywood Kid
1924-04-19
A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle
The Runaround
1931-08-21
Filmed in an early Technicolor process, The Runaround tells the story of Broadway dancer Evelyn who
Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multipl
The Rush Hour
1927-12-12
Margie Dolan dreams of endless pleasure and adventures abroad, while her sweetheart, Dan Morley, is
Three Women
1924-08-18
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conni
Slightly Married
1932-10-15
Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for pros
Sweethearts on Parade
1930-09-12
Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husban
Parole Girl
1933-03-04
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being releas
The Sideshow
1928-12-11
Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered h
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927-02-28
Attorney Ken Walrick, not quite realizing the difference between a garter and a bracelet, gives Gert
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919-03-02
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the G
Down on the Farm
1920-04-17
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more
How to Educate a Wife
1924-05-01
Business failure Ernest Todd is advised by his friend, Billy Breese, to enlist his wife's charms as
Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15
Newly rich Mark Hadley drifts from his old-fashioned wife into a secret liason with Lila Millas, a p
Kiss Me Again
1925-08-01
Gaston Fleury's wife, Loulou, takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a musician n
Other Women's Husbands
1926-03-17
When his wife, Kay, goes out of town on a visit, Dick Lambert attends a party arranged by an old col
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931-10-23
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her i
Red Lights
1923-09-30
A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
War Nurse
1930-11-22
Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
Man Bait
1927-01-18
Madge Dreyer is a sales girl in a large department store whose street-wise past long ago taught her
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933-03-10
In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduc
It's a Wise Child
1931-04-10
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pr
Carnival Boat
1932-03-19
Buck is a hard working lumberjack, but likes to have fun. Buck's father is the foreman and wants Buc
Up in Mabel's Room
1926-06-20
Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but
The Dark Swan
1924-11-26
Clever vamp Eve Quinn has generally had her way with men, while her quiet, deep-thinking sister Corn
Seven Sinners
1925-11-07
Six burglars separately break into the Vickers mansion on Long Island to loot the safe but catch eac
13 Hours by Air
1936-04-30
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to Calif
Bobbed Hair
1925-10-25
Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.
The Girl in the Pullman
1927-10-31
Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turni
Brass
1923-03-04
With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her hus
His Hidden Purpose
1918-01-27
The movie starts out with Marie as The Girl in the Case in love with Neal Burns, “Her Sweetheart.”
A Small Town Idol
1921-02-13
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and no
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
Tarnish
1924-08-01
On to Reno
1928-01-01
This is a farce, concerning itself with a young husband and a wife who are becoming stranged over mo
Moonlight Follies
1921-09-24
Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who stages mo
The Cave Man
1926-02-06
A bored society girl cuts a hundred dollar bill in half, writes a message on one half for whoever fi
Being Respectable
1924-07-01
Wealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is reall
The Beautiful and Damned
1922-12-10
Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries
The Lover of Camille
1924-09-15
The Lover of Camille was a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, and
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
Cornered
1924-08-01
A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer for we
Her Nature Dance
1917-04-08
An entomologist and his wife head out into the countryside for his studies and happen upon a group o
Heroes of the Street
1922-12-24
When a smart-alec street kid's father, a policeman, is killed in the line of duty, the boy turns ove
The Wanters
1923-11-26
Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; E
Nobody's Fool
1921-10-31
Unattractive and poor Polly Gordon, is taken to the college dance by eligible Vincent DePuyster only
Kissed
1922-05-22
Constance Keener, who is betrothed to young millionaire Merton Torrey, confesses to him her desire f
Her Night of Nights
1922-06-26
Molly, a glamorous clothing model in New York, though yearning for a life of luxury, spurns the adva
Why Beaches Are Popular
1919-05-10
This short was a promo piece for Mack Sennett's Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Small Town Idol
1939-02-11
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
1919-01-01
Shows brief glimpses into the lives of movie stars of the time. Included is shots of Elsie Janis in
Sunshine
1916-05-06
A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.
Call a Cop
1921-06-26
Wacky shenanigans ensue when our gang of merrymakers "Call a Cop"!
Divorce Made Easy
1929-07-06
When his aunt disapproves of his marriage to Mabel Deering and threatens to disinherit him, Percy el
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
1917-04-22
Short comedy
All Faces West
1929-03-02
Outlaw trio joins wagon train, planning to rob it.
She Loved Him Plenty
1918-08-11
“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Char
The Married Flapper
1922-07-31
A decline in family fortunes forces Bill to become a racing car driver. His wife, Pam, has been carr
Two Crooks
1917-08-26
Death Scenes
1989-01-01
Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.
The Dangerous Little Demon
1922-03-27
Teddy Harmon, a society girl preoccupied with pleasure, is persuaded by her father's serious-minded
Don't Get Personal
1922-01-16
Patricia Parker, on the advice of her father, leaves her life as a chorus girl for the bucolic surro
For Wives Only
1926-11-08
Dr. Josef Rittenhaus, a popular young society physician of Vienna, at the behest of his friend Walds
Love, Honor and Behave
1920-11-22
A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictur