Marie Prevost
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2971 |
| Birthday | 1896-11-07 |
| Place of Birth | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Also Known As | Mary Prevost, Marie Provost, Mary Bickford Dunn, |
1935
Hands Across the Table
6.8/18
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1921
A Parisian Scandal
0/0
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1921
She Sighed by the Seaside
0/0
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1928
The Racket
6.5/41
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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1942
Wedding Yells
0/0
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1928
The Godless Girl
7/13
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1924
The Marriage Circle
6.3/40
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1930
Ladies of Leisure
6.1/27
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1928
A Blonde for a Night
5.1/7
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1925
Recompense
0/0
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Recompense
1935
Keystone Hotel
8/1
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1931
Reckless Living
3/2
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1932
Hell Divers
6.4/10
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1926
Almost a Lady
0/0
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1931
Gentleman's Fate
6/6
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1926
His Jazz Bride
0/0
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1930
Paid
6.625/16
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1929
The Flying Fool
5.5/3
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1933
The Eleventh Commandment
0/0
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1930
Party Girl
3.5/11
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1936
Tango
5/1
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1936
Ten Laps to Go
4/1
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1932
Three Wise Girls
5.5/15
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1916
Unto Those Who Sin
0/0
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Unto Those Who Sin
1931
The Good Bad Girl
5.7/3
A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.
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1924
The Hollywood Kid
4.2/4
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1931
The Runaround
7/1
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1931
Sporting Blood
5.1/9
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1927
The Rush Hour
0/0
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1924
Three Women
2.7/3
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1932
Slightly Married
5.6/5
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1930
Sweethearts on Parade
1/3
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1933
Parole Girl
5.9/9
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1928
The Sideshow
0/0
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1927
Getting Gertie's Garter
7.3/3
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1919
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
5.3/8
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
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1920
Down on the Farm
5.5/7
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1924
How to Educate a Wife
0/0
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1924
Daughters of Pleasure
0/0
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1925
Kiss Me Again
0/0
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1926
Other Women's Husbands
0/0
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1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
5.7/26
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1923
Red Lights
0/0
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1930
War Nurse
4.6/8
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1927
Man Bait
0/0
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1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
6.5/4
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1931
It's a Wise Child
0/1
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
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1932
Carnival Boat
5/3
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Carnival Boat
1926
Up in Mabel's Room
6.5/2
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1924
The Dark Swan
0/0
Clever vamp Eve Quinn has generally had her way with men, while her quiet, deep-thinking sister Cornelia cannot bring herself to deliberately pursue t...
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The Dark Swan
1925
Seven Sinners
6/1
Six burglars separately break into the Vickers mansion on Long Island to loot the safe but catch each other in the act. They all pretend to be members...
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Seven Sinners
1936
13 Hours by Air
4.6/7
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves o...
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13 Hours by Air
1925
Bobbed Hair
0/0
Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.
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Bobbed Hair
1927
The Girl in the Pullman
0/0
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The Girl in the Pullman
1923
Brass
3/1
With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her husband and child.
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Brass
1918
His Hidden Purpose
0/0
The movie starts out with Marie as The Girl in the Case in love with Neal Burns, “Her Sweetheart.” But her dad wants her to marry someone else (Chest...
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His Hidden Purpose
1921
A Small Town Idol
6/3
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villai...
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A Small Town Idol
1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
0/0
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1924
Tarnish
0/0
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Tarnish
1928
On to Reno
6/1
This is a farce, concerning itself with a young husband and a wife who are becoming stranged over money matters. A stenographer, Vera, overheats her b...
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On to Reno
1921
Moonlight Follies
0/0
Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who stages moonlight dances at her father's country estate in o...
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Moonlight Follies
1926
The Cave Man
0/0
A bored society girl cuts a hundred dollar bill in half, writes a message on one half for whoever finds it and throws it out the window of her apartme...
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The Cave Man
1924
Being Respectable
0/0
Wealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is really in love with young "flapper" Valerie. He gives i...
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Being Respectable
1922
The Beautiful and Damned
0/0
Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries Tony, whose as much of a reckless spendthrift as s...
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1924
The Lover of Camille
0/0
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The Lover of Camille
1933
Only Yesterday
6.8/5
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his...
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Only Yesterday
1924
Cornered
0/0
A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer for wealthy heiress Margaret Waring. They wait until Mar...
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1917
Her Nature Dance
0/0
An entomologist and his wife head out into the countryside for his studies and happen upon a group of free-spirited young dancers.
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Her Nature Dance
1922
Heroes of the Street
0/0
When a smart-alec street kid's father, a policeman, is killed in the line of duty, the boy turns over a new leaf and goes to work to support his mothe...
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Heroes of the Street
1923
The Wanters
0/0
Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns ho...
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The Wanters
1921
Nobody's Fool
0/0
Unattractive and poor Polly Gordon, is taken to the college dance by eligible Vincent DePuyster only as part of a fraternity initiation. Suitors flock...
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Nobody's Fool
1922
Kissed
0/0
Constance Keener, who is betrothed to young millionaire Merton Torrey, confesses to him her desire for romance such as he does not give her. On the oc...
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Kissed
1922
Her Night of Nights
0/0
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1919
Why Beaches Are Popular
0/0
This short was a promo piece for Mack Sennett's Yankee Doodle in Berlin
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Why Beaches Are Popular
1939
A Small Town Idol
0/0
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicit...
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A Small Town Idol
1919
Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
0/0
Shows brief glimpses into the lives of movie stars of the time. Included is shots of Elsie Janis in her garden in Tarrytown, where she gives an impers...
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Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6
1916
Sunshine
0/0
A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.
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Sunshine
1921
Call a Cop
0/0
Wacky shenanigans ensue when our gang of merrymakers "Call a Cop"!
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Call a Cop
1929
Divorce Made Easy
0/0
When his aunt disapproves of his marriage to Mabel Deering and threatens to disinherit him, Percy elicits the aid of his buddy Billy Haskell, who is e...
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Divorce Made Easy
1917
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
0/0
Short comedy
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Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
1929
All Faces West
0/0
Outlaw trio joins wagon train, planning to rob it.
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All Faces West
1918
She Loved Him Plenty
5/1
“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Charles Lynn as her appraisers and clerks. Ben is her...
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She Loved Him Plenty
1922
The Married Flapper
0/0
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The Married Flapper
1917
Two Crooks
0/0
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1989
Death Scenes
4.6/8
Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.
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Death Scenes
1922
The Dangerous Little Demon
0/0
Teddy Harmon, a society girl preoccupied with pleasure, is persuaded by her father's serious-minded secretary that she is in love with him, but meetin...
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The Dangerous Little Demon
1922
Don't Get Personal
0/0
Patricia Parker, on the advice of her father, leaves her life as a chorus girl for the bucolic surroundings of Silas Wainwright, an old friend of her...
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Don't Get Personal
1926
For Wives Only
0/0
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For Wives Only
1920
Love, Honor and Behave
0/0
A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another wom...
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