Marie Prevost

Marie Prévost (born Marie Bickford Dunn; Novembre 8, En 1896, January 21, 1937) ce qui 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 ce discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Prevost appeared dans dozens of Sennett's short comedy film before moving on to feature length film for Universal. En 1922, elle signed with Warner Bros where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch oms cast dans three of his comedy film; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925). After being let go by Warner Bros au début de 1926, Prevost s career began to decline and she ce que relegation secondary roles. She was also occupation with personal problème, including the death of her mother en 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Kenneth Harlan, en 1927, which fueled vient de dépression. She began to alcohol abuse and binge manger, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure intérim emplois. By 1935, Prevost was only able to secure bits parts dans le film. She made her last écran d'apparence, en 1936. After years of drinking, Prevost died of acute alcoholism at the age of 38 en Janvier 1937. Prevost s estate que 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.