Marie Prevost

Birthday: November 8th, 1898 Date of Death: January 23rd, 1937 Place of Birth: Sarnia - Ontario - Canada

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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.