
Marion Shilling
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1910-12-03
- Died
- 2004-11-06
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Also known as
- Marion Helen Schilling
Biography
Marion Shilling received a Golden Boot award at the 2002 awards ceremony.
She passed away on November 6, 2004 at the Torrance, California Memorial Medical Centre.
Shilling was born as Marion Schilling in Denver, Colorado in 1910 as per the Social Security Death Index under the name COOK, MARION S., although some biographers had formerly cited 1911 or 1914. She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as Miss Lulu Betts and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1929 she received her first screen role in Wise Girls. After a couple of roles in other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the 1930 crime drama Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a B-movie heroine.
In 1931 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood star Marian Marsh. From 1930 to 1936 she starred in forty two films, mostly westerns or mysteries. She often starred opposite Tom Keene and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the 1934 film serial The Red Rider, she starred opposite early western film legend Buck Jones, with a supporting cast that included William Desmond and football legend Jim Thorpe.
Known For
Movies (42)

Niagara Falls
1932

Rio Rattler
1935
as Mary Adams

Wise Girls
1929
as Ruth Bence

Swellhead
1930
as Mamie Judd

The Common Law
1931
as Stephanie Brown

The Keeper of the Bees
1935
as Louise

A Shot in the Dark
1935
as Jean Coates

Elinor Norton
1934
as Publisher's Staff

Forgotten Women
1931
as Patricia Young

Gun Play
1935
as Madge Holt
A Parisian Romance
1932
as Claudette

Inside Information
1934
as Anne Seton

Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Nancy

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
1936
as Verna Gironda

Blazing Guns
1935
as Betty Lou Rickard

Cavalcade of the West
1936
as Mary Christman

Easy to Get
1931
as Marion

I'll Name the Murderer
1936
as Smitty

Sundown Trail
1931
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Beals

Curtain at Eight
1933
as Anice Cresmer

The Red Rider
1934
as Marie Maxwell

Captured in Chinatown
1935
as Ann Parker

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self

Fighting to Live
1934
as Mary Carson

Shadow of the Law
1930
as Edith Wentworth

The Idaho Kid
1936
as Ruth Endicott

Gun Smoke
1935
as Jean Culverson

Shop Angel
1932
as Dorothy Hayes

Society Fever
1935
as Victoria Vandergriff

Young Donovan's Kid
1931
as Kitty Costello

The County Fair
1932
as Alice Ainsworth

Stone of Silver Creek
1935
as Martha Mason

The Westerner
1934
as Juanita Barnes

Thunder Over Texas
1934
as Helen Mason
The Heart Punch
1932
as Kitty Doyle

A Man's Land
1932
as Peggy Turner

Romance Rides the Range
1936
as Carol Marland

Beyond Victory
1931
as Ina
Gigolettes
1932
as Marion

Rule 'Em and Weep
1932
as Ramona

On Your Back
1930
as Jeanne Burke
Take 'em and Shake 'em
1931
About Marion Shilling
Marion Shilling received a Golden Boot award at the 2002 awards ceremony. She passed away on November 6, 2004 at the Torrance, California Memorial Medical Centre. Shilling was born as Marion Schilling in Denver, Colorado in 1910 as per the Social Security Death Index under the name COOK, MARION S., although some biographers had formerly cited 1911 or 1914. She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as Miss Lulu Betts and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1929 she received her first screen role in Wise Girl… With 42 credits spanning from 1929 to 1999, Marion Shilling has appeared in 42 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marion Shilling Movies
- Niagara Falls (1932)
- Rio Rattler (1935) — as Mary Adams
- Wise Girls (1929) — as Ruth Bence
- Swellhead (1930) — as Mamie Judd
- The Common Law (1931) — as Stephanie Brown
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