Actor
Marie Prevost
November 7, 1896 · Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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).
Often works with
John Miljan
4 titles together
Paid, Hell Divers, War Nurse
Louis Wolheim
2 titles together
The Racket, Gentleman's Fate
Lucien Prival
2 titles together
The Racket, Party Girl
Fred MacMurray
2 titles together
Hands Across the Table, 13 Hours by Air
Ralph Bellamy
2 titles together
Hands Across the Table, Parole Girl
Ruth Donnelly
2 titles together
Hands Across the Table, 13 Hours by Air
Full filmography · 80
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1943
A Small Town Idol
as Marcelle
1939
Ten Laps to Go
as Elsie, Cafe Waitress
1936
13 Hours by Air
as Waitress in Omaha
1936Tango
as Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate
1936
Hands Across the Table
as Nona
19357
Keystone Hotel
as Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling
1935
Only Yesterday
as Amy (Uncredited)
1933
The Eleventh Commandment
as Tessie Florin
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
cast
1933
Parole Girl
as Jeanie
1933
Carnival Boat
as Babe
1932