Marion Byron
Known for Acting · 37 credits
- Born
- 1911-03-16
- Died
- 1985-07-05
- Place of birth
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Marion Bryon · Marian Byron · Marion 'Peanuts' Byron · Miriam Byron · Miriam Bilenkin
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).
Known For
Movies (37)
Working Girls
1931
as Ellen (uncredited)
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as Kitty King
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Trouble in Paradise
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as Grace (Uncredited)
Swellhead
1935
as Bessie
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
as Marrieanne
The Unkissed Man
1929
Children of Dreams
1931
as Gertie
Girls Demand Excitement
1931
as Margery
The Crime of the Century
1933
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Susie's Affairs
1934
as Virginia
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
College Humor
1933
as Student
The Boy Friend
1928
as Marion Davidson
They Call It Sin
1932
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933
as College Girl (uncredited)
So Long Letty
1929
as Ruth Davis
Plastered in Paris
1928
as Mimi
Gift of Gab
1934
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
Running Hollywood
1932
as Marion Byron
A Pair of Tights
1929
as Marion
It Happened One Day
1934
as Girl on Train
Breed of the Border
1933
as Sonia
His Captive Woman
1929
The Heart of New York
1932
as Mimi
Broadway Babies
1929
as Florine Chanler
The Bad Man
1930
as Angela Hardy
The Tenderfoot
1932
as Kitty
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Marion
Golden Dawn
1930
as Joanna
The Forward Pass
1929
as Mazie
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
Playing Around
1930
as Maude
The Curse of a Broken Heart
1933
as Little Ivy
Song of the West
1930
as Penny
About Marion Byron
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 hee… With 37 credits spanning from 1928 to 1935, Marion Byron has appeared in 37 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Working Girls (1931) — as Ellen (uncredited)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) — as Kitty King
- Love Me Tonight (1932) — as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
- The Show of Shows (1929) — as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- Trouble in Paradise (1932) — as Maid (uncredited)
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