Acting
Marion Byron
EN cinema · 37 credits
Born
16 March 1911
Died
5 July 1985 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also known as Marion Bryon · Marian Byron · Marion 'Peanuts' Byron · Miriam Byron · Miriam Bilenkin
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
Filmography
Swellhead
as Bessie
Gift of Gab
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
Susie's Affairs
as Virginia
It Happened One Day
as Girl on Train
The Crime of the Century
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
College Humor
as Student
Meet the Baron
as College Girl (uncredited)
Breed of the Border
as Sonia
Only Yesterday
as Grace (Uncredited)
Love Me Tonight
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
Running Hollywood
1932
Running Hollywood
as Marion Byron
The Tenderfoot
as Kitty
Trouble in Paradise
as Maid (uncredited)
They Call It Sin
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Children of Dreams
as Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement
as Margery
Working Girls
as Ellen (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed
as Marrieanne
Golden Dawn
as Joanna
Playing Around
as Maude
Song of the West
as Penny
The Bad Man
as Angela Hardy
Broadway Babies
as Florine Chanler
A Pair of Tights
as Marion
His Captive Woman
as Baby Myers
So Long Letty
as Ruth Davis
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Forward Pass
as Mazie
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
as Kitty King
The Boy Friend
as Marion Davidson
