Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 16, 1911
Died
Jul 05, 1985
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Credits
37 titles
Marion Byron
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Swellhead
Bessie
Gift of Gab
Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
It Happened One Day
Girl on Train
Susie's Affairs
Virginia
Only Yesterday
Grace (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron
College Girl (uncredited)
College Humor
Student
Breed of the Border
Sonia
The Crime of the Century
Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Curse of a Broken Heart
Little Ivy
They Call It Sin
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise
Maid (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
Bakery Girl (uncredited)
The Hollywood Handicap
The Tenderfoot
Kitty
The Heart of New York
Mimi
Running Hollywood
Marion Byron
Working Girls
Ellen (uncredited)
Children of Dreams
Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement
Margery
The Bad Man
Angela Hardy
The Matrimonial Bed
Marrieanne
Golden Dawn
Joanna
Song of the West
Penny
Playing Around
Maude
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Forward Pass
Mazie
So Long Letty
Ruth Davis
Broadway Babies
Florine Chanler
The Unkissed Man
A Pair of Tights
Marion
His Captive Woman
Going Ga-Ga
Marion
Feed 'em and Weep
The Boy Friend
Marion Davidson
Plastered in Paris
Mimi
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Kitty King