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Marion Byron

Biography

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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

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Unkissed Man
The Unkissed Man
Swellhead
Swellhead
The Heart of New York
The Heart of New York
Broadway Babies
Broadway Babies
The Matrimonial Bed
The Matrimonial Bed
Golden Dawn
Golden Dawn

Filmography

1935 Swellhead
as Bessie
1934 Gift of Gab
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
1934 It Happened One Day
as Girl on Train
1934 Susie's Affairs
as Virginia
1933 Only Yesterday
as Grace (Uncredited)
1933 Meet the Baron
as College Girl (uncredited)
1933 College Humor
as Student
1933 Breed of the Border
as Sonia
1933 The Crime of the Century
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
1933 The Curse of a Broken Heart
as Little Ivy
1932 They Call It Sin
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1932 Trouble in Paradise
as Maid (uncredited)
1932 Love Me Tonight
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
1932 The Hollywood Handicap
as
1932 The Tenderfoot
as Kitty
1932 The Heart of New York
as Mimi
1932 Running Hollywood
as Marion Byron
1931 Working Girls
as Ellen (uncredited)
1931 Children of Dreams
as Gertie
1931 Girls Demand Excitement
as Margery