Marie Prevost - Фильмы

Мари Прево (born Мари Bickford Dunn; 8 ноября, 1896 - 21 января, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her twenty-year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures. Прево began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s. Прево appeared in dozens of Sennett's short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal. В 1922, she signed with Warner Bros. where her career flourished as a leading lady. She was a favorite of director Эрнста любича who cast her in three of his comedy films; The Marriage Circle (1924), Three Women (1924) and Kiss Me Again (1925). After being let go by Warner Bros in early 1926, Prevost's career began to decline and she was relegated to secondary roles. She was also beset with personal problems, including the death of her mother в 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Кеннет Харлан в 1927, which fueled her депрессии. She began to alcohol abuse and запоя eat, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs. By 1935, что Прево only able to secure bit parts в кино. She made her last onscreen appearance в 1936. After years of drinking, Прево died of acute алкоголизм at the age of January 38 в 1937 году. Prevost's estate что 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.