Marion Byron
Acting
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).
Born: March 16, 1911
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Bessie
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
as Girl on Train
as Virginia
as Grace (Uncredited)
as College Girl (uncredited)
as Student
as Sonia
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
as Maid (uncredited)
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
as Kitty
as Mimi
as Ellen (uncredited)
as Gertie
as Margery
as Angela Hardy
as Marrieanne
as Joanna
as Penny
as Maude
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
as Mazie
as Ruth Davis
as Florine Chanler
as Marion
as Marion Davidson
as Kitty King