Marion Byron
Known for Acting · 37 credits
- Born
- 1911-03-16
- Died
- 1985-07-05
- Place of birth
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Marion Bryon · Marian Byron · Marion 'Peanuts' Byron · Miriam Byron · Miriam Bilenkin
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
Movies (37)
Working Girls
1931
as Ellen (uncredited)
Playing Around
1930
as Maude
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as Kitty King
Trouble in Paradise
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
College Humor
1933
as Student
The Crime of the Century
1933
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Running Hollywood
1932
as Marion Byron
Only Yesterday
1933
as Grace (Uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
Golden Dawn
1930
as Joanna
Swellhead
1935
as Bessie
The Heart of New York
1932
as Mimi
Broadway Babies
1929
as Florine Chanler
They Call It Sin
1932
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
So Long Letty
1929
as Ruth Davis
The Bad Man
1930
as Angela Hardy
Children of Dreams
1931
as Gertie
Meet the Baron
1933
as College Girl (uncredited)
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
as Margery
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Marion
The Boy Friend
1928
as Marion Davidson
Song of the West
1930
as Penny
Gift of Gab
1934
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
The Tenderfoot
1932
as Kitty
The Unkissed Man
1929
The Curse of a Broken Heart
1933
as Little Ivy
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
as Marrieanne
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Marion
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
His Captive Woman
1929
The Forward Pass
1929
as Mazie
Breed of the Border
1933
as Sonia
Plastered in Paris
1928
as Mimi
Susie's Affairs
1934
as Virginia
It Happened One Day
1934
as Girl on Train
About Marion Byron
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 hee… With 37 credits spanning from 1928 to 1935, Marion Byron has appeared in 37 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marion Byron Movies
- Working Girls (1931) — as Ellen (uncredited)
- Playing Around (1930) — as Maude
- The Show of Shows (1929) — as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) — as Kitty King
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) — as Maid (uncredited)
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