03/16/1911
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).
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Swellhead (1935) as Bessie |
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Gift of Gab (1934) as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron) |
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It Happened One Day (1934) as Girl on Train |
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Susie's Affairs (1934) as Virginia |
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Only Yesterday (1933) as Grace (Uncredited) |
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Meet the Baron (1933) as College Girl (uncredited) |
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College Humor (1933) as Student |
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Breed of the Border (1933) as Sonia |
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The Crime of the Century (1933) as Bridge Player (uncredited) |
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The Curse of a Broken Heart (1933) as Little Ivy |
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They Call It Sin (1932) as Soda Jerk (uncredited) |
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Trouble in Paradise (1932) as Maid (uncredited) |
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Love Me Tonight (1932) as Bakery Girl (uncredited) |
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The Hollywood Handicap (1932) as |
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The Tenderfoot (1932) as Kitty |
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The Heart of New York (1932) as Mimi |
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Running Hollywood (1932) as Marion Byron |
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Working Girls (1931) as Ellen (uncredited) |
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Children of Dreams (1931) as Gertie |
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Girls Demand Excitement (1931) as Margery |
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The Bad Man (1930) as Angela Hardy |
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The Matrimonial Bed (1930) as Marrieanne |
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Golden Dawn (1930) as Joanna |
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Song of the West (1930) as Penny |
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Playing Around (1930) as Maude |
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The Show of Shows (1929) as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number |
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The Forward Pass (1929) as Mazie |
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So Long Letty (1929) as Ruth Davis |
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Broadway Babies (1929) as Florine Chanler |
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The Unkissed Man (1929) as |
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His Captive Woman (1929) as |
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A Pair of Tights (1929) as Marion |
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Going Ga-Ga (1929) as Marion |
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Feed 'em and Weep (1928) as |
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The Boy Friend (1928) as Marion Davidson |
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Plastered in Paris (1928) as Mimi |
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) as Kitty King |