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Marion Byron
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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.…
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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).
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1935
Swellhead
Movie Bessie
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1934
Gift of Gab
Movie Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
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1934
It Happened One Day
Movie Girl on Train
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1934
Susie's Affairs
Movie Virginia
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1933
Only Yesterday
Movie Grace (Uncredited)
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1933
Meet the Baron
Movie College Girl (uncredited)
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1933
College Humor
Movie Student
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1933
Breed of the Border
Movie Sonia
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1933
The Crime of the Century
Movie Bridge Player (uncredited)
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1933
The Curse of a Broken Heart
Movie Little Ivy
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1932
They Call It Sin
Movie Soda Jerk (uncredited)
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1932
Trouble in Paradise
Movie Maid (uncredited)
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1932
Love Me Tonight
Movie Bakery Girl (uncredited)
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1932
The Hollywood Handicap
Movie
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1932
The Tenderfoot
Movie Kitty
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1932
The Heart of New York
Movie Mimi
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1932
Running Hollywood
Movie Marion Byron
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1931
Working Girls
Movie Ellen (uncredited)
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1931
Children of Dreams
Movie Gertie
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1931
Girls Demand Excitement
Movie Margery
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1930
The Bad Man
Movie Angela Hardy
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1930
The Matrimonial Bed
Movie Marrieanne
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1930
Golden Dawn
Movie Joanna
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1930
Song of the West
Movie Penny
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1930
Playing Around
Movie Maude
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1929
The Show of Shows
Movie Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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1929
The Forward Pass
Movie Mazie
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1929
So Long Letty
Movie Ruth Davis
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1929
Broadway Babies
Movie Florine Chanler
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1929
The Unkissed Man
Movie
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1929
A Pair of Tights
Movie Marion
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1929
His Captive Woman
Movie
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1929
Going Ga-Ga
Movie Marion
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1928
Feed 'em and Weep
Movie
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1928
The Boy Friend
Movie Marion Davidson
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1928
Plastered in Paris
Movie Mimi
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1928
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Movie Kitty King
