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

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Trouble in Paradise

Love Me Tonight

The Show of Shows

The Crime of the Century

Broadway Babies

Only Yesterday

College Humor

All Movies (37)

• Swellhead1935 · as Bessie
• Gift of Gab1934 · as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
• It Happened One Day1934 · as Girl on Train
• Susie's Affairs1934 · as Virginia
• Only Yesterday1933 · as Grace (Uncredited)
• Meet the Baron1933 · as College Girl (uncredited)
• College Humor1933 · as Student
• Breed of the Border1933 · as Sonia
• The Crime of the Century1933 · as Bridge Player (uncredited)
• The Curse of a Broken Heart1933 · as Little Ivy
• They Call It Sin1932 · as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
• Trouble in Paradise1932 · as Maid (uncredited)
• Love Me Tonight1932 · as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
• The Hollywood Handicap1932
• The Tenderfoot1932 · as Kitty
• The Heart of New York1932 · as Mimi
• Running Hollywood1932 · as Marion Byron
• Working Girls1931 · as Ellen (uncredited)
• Children of Dreams1931 · as Gertie
• Girls Demand Excitement1931 · as Margery
• The Bad Man1930 · as Angela Hardy
• The Matrimonial Bed1930 · as Marrieanne
• Golden Dawn1930 · as Joanna
• Song of the West1930 · as Penny
• Playing Around1930 · as Maude
• The Show of Shows1929 · as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
• The Forward Pass1929 · as Mazie
• So Long Letty1929 · as Ruth Davis
• Broadway Babies1929 · as Florine Chanler
• The Unkissed Man1929
• A Pair of Tights1929 · as Marion
• His Captive Woman1929
• Going Ga-Ga1929 · as Marion
• Feed 'em and Weep1928
• The Boy Friend1928 · as Marion Davidson
• Plastered in Paris1928 · as Mimi
• Steamboat Bill, Jr.1928 · as Kitty King