Swellhead
1935 · Movie
as Bessie
Marion Byron
1911-03-16
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marion Byron (born Miriam Bilenkin; March 16, 1911, Dayton, Ohio – July 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American movie comedian. After following her sister into a short stage career as a singer/dancer, she was given her first movie role as Buster Keaton's leading lady in the film Steamboat Bill, Jr. in 1928. From there she was hired by Hal Roach to co-star in short subjects with Max Davidson, Edgar Kennedy, and Charley Chase, but most significantly with Anita Garvin, where tiny (4'11" in high heels) Marion was teamed with the 6' Anita for a brief three-film series as a "female Laurel & Hardy" in 1928–1929. She left Roach before they made talkies, but she went on working, now in musical features, like the Vitaphone film Broadway Babies (1929) with Alice White, and the early Technicolor feature, Golden Dawn (1930). Her parts slowly got smaller until they were unbilled walk-ons in films like Meet the Baron (1933), starring Jack Pearl and Hips Hips Hooray (1934) with Wheeler & Woolsey. Her final screen appearance was as a baby nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets in their film, Five of a Kind (1938).
Filmography
Gift of Gab
1934 · Movie
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
Susie's Affairs
1934 · Movie
as Virginia
It Happened One Day
1934 · Movie
as Girl on Train
The Crime of the Century
1933 · Movie
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
College Humor
1933 · Movie
as Student
Meet the Baron
1933 · Movie
as College Girl (uncredited)
Breed of the Border
1933 · Movie
as Sonia
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The Curse of a Broken Heart
1933 · Movie
as Little Ivy
Only Yesterday
1933 · Movie
as Grace (Uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
1932 · Movie
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
The Heart of New York
1932 · Movie
as Mimi
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Running Hollywood
1932 · Movie
as Marion Byron
The Tenderfoot
1932 · Movie
as Kitty
Trouble in Paradise
1932 · Movie
as Maid (uncredited)
They Call It Sin
1932 · Movie
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
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The Hollywood Handicap
1932 · Movie
Children of Dreams
1931 · Movie
as Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement
1931 · Movie
as Margery
Working Girls
1931 · Movie
as Ellen (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed
1930 · Movie
as Marrieanne
Golden Dawn
1930 · Movie
as Joanna
Playing Around
1930 · Movie
as Maude
Song of the West
1930 · Movie
as Penny
The Bad Man
1930 · Movie
as Angela Hardy
The Unkissed Man
1929 · Movie
Broadway Babies
1929 · Movie
as Florine Chanler
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Going Ga-Ga
1929 · Movie
as Marion
A Pair of Tights
1929 · Movie
as Marion
His Captive Woman
1929 · Movie
So Long Letty
1929 · Movie
as Ruth Davis
The Show of Shows
1929 · Movie
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Forward Pass
1929 · Movie
as Mazie
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · Movie
as Kitty King
The Boy Friend
1928 · Movie
as Marion Davidson
Feed 'em and Weep
1928 · Movie
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Plastered in Paris
1928 · Movie
as Mimi
