Fom Wikipedia Marie Prevost (November 8, 1898 – 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 causing her to gain weight thus making 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.
Movie | Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | 13 Hours by Air | Waitress in Omaha | 1936-04-30 |
Movie | Tango | Betty Barlow, Treasure's Roomate | 1936-02-13 |
Movie | Ten Laps to Go | Elsie, Cafe Waitress | 1936-12-05 |
Movie | Keystone Hotel | Mrs. Clarabelle Sterling | 1935-09-21 |
Movie | Hands Across the Table | Nona | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Parole Girl | Jeanie Vance | 1933-03-04 |
Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 | 1933-03-10 | |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Amy (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | The Eleventh Commandment | Tessie Florin | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Hell Divers | Lulu | 1932-01-16 |
Movie | Three Wise Girls | Dot | 1932-02-10 |
Movie | Carnival Boat | Babe | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | Slightly Married | Nellie Gordon | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | It's a Wise Child | Annie Ostrom | 1931-04-10 |
Movie | Gentleman's Fate | Mabel | 1931-03-07 |
Movie | The Good Bad Girl | Trixie Barnes | 1931-05-20 |
Movie | The Runaround | Margy | 1931-08-21 |
Movie | Sporting Blood | Angela 'Angie' Ludeking | 1931-08-08 |
Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Rosalie | 1931-10-23 |
Movie | Ladies of Leisure | Dot Lamarr | 1930-04-05 |
Movie | Sweethearts on Parade | Nita | 1930-09-12 |
Movie | Party Girl | Diana Hoster | 1930-01-01 |
Movie | War Nurse | Rosalie | 1930-11-22 |
Movie | Paid | Agnes Lynch | 1930-12-30 |
Movie | All Faces West | Arleta Vance | 1929-03-02 |
Movie | The Flying Fool | Pat Riley | 1929-07-10 |
Movie | A Blonde for a Night | Marie | 1928-02-25 |
Movie | The Godless Girl | Mame | 1928-08-20 |
Movie | The Sideshow | Queenie Parker | 1928-12-11 |
Movie | The Racket | Helen Hayes | 1928-11-01 |
Movie | Man Bait | Madge Dreyer | 1927-01-18 |
Movie | The Girl in the Pullman | Irene Burton | 1927-10-31 |
Movie | Getting Gertie's Garter | Gertie Darling | 1927-02-28 |
Movie | The Cave Man | Myra Gaylord | 1926-02-06 |
Movie | Other Women's Husbands | Kay Lambert | 1926-03-17 |
Movie | Almost a Lady | Marcia Blake | 1926-09-27 |
Movie | Up in Mabel's Room | Mabel Ainsworth | 1926-06-20 |
Movie | Recompense | Julie Gmelyn | 1925-04-26 |
Movie | Kiss Me Again | LouLou Fleury | 1925-08-01 |
Movie | Seven Sinners | Molly Brian | 1925-11-07 |
Movie | Bobbed Hair | Connemara Moore | 1925-10-25 |
Movie | How to Educate a Wife | Mabel Todd | 1924-05-01 |
Movie | The Marriage Circle | Mizzi Stock | 1924-02-10 |
Movie | Daughters of Pleasure | Marjory Hadley | 1924-06-15 |
Movie | The Hollywood Kid | Self | 1924-04-19 |
Movie | Being Respectable | Valerie Winship | 1924-07-01 |
Movie | The Dark Swan | Eve Quinn | 1924-11-26 |
Movie | The Lover of Camille | Marie Duplessis | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Three Women | Harriet | 1924-08-18 |
Movie | The Wanters | Myra Hastings | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | Her Night of Nights | Molly May Mahone | 1922-06-26 |
Movie | Kissed | 1922-05-22 | |
Movie | The Beautiful and Damned | 1922-12-10 | |
Movie | Heroes of the Street | Betty Benton | 1922-12-24 |
Movie | A Small Town Idol | Marcelle Mansfield | 1921-02-13 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | 1921-10-31 | |
Movie | Down on the Farm | The Faithful Wife | 1920-04-17 |
Movie | Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6 | Herself | 1919-01-01 |
Movie | Why Beaches Are Popular | Bathing Girl | 1919-05-10 |
Movie | Yankee Doodle in Berlin | A Daughter of Belgium | 1919-03-02 |
Movie | His Hidden Purpose | The Girl in the Case | 1918-01-27 |
Movie | Her Nature Dance | The Cashier | 1917-04-08 |
Movie | Secrets of a Beauty Parlor | Lady Platt's Niece | 1917-04-22 |