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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).
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6765113
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Filmography (Movies)
Swellhead
Character:Bessie
Release Date:04/05/1935
Gift of Gab
Character:Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
Release Date:01/09/1934
It Happened One Day
Character:Girl on Train
Release Date:07/07/1934
Susie's Affairs
Character:Virginia
Release Date:01/06/1934
Only Yesterday
Character:Grace (Uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1933
Meet the Baron
Character:College Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:20/10/1933
College Humor
Character:Student
Release Date:05/07/1933
Breed of the Border
Character:Sonia
Release Date:01/03/1933
The Crime of the Century
Character:Bridge Player (uncredited)
Release Date:18/02/1933
The Curse of a Broken Heart
Character:Little Ivy
Release Date:04/02/1933
They Call It Sin
Character:Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1932
Trouble in Paradise
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:30/10/1932
Love Me Tonight
Character:Bakery Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:18/08/1932
The Hollywood Handicap
Character:
Release Date:10/08/1932
The Tenderfoot
Character:Kitty
Release Date:23/05/1932
The Heart of New York
Character:Mimi
Release Date:26/03/1932
Running Hollywood
Character:Marion Byron
Release Date:27/01/1932
Working Girls
Character:Ellen (uncredited)
Release Date:12/12/1931
Children of Dreams
Character:Gertie
Release Date:25/06/1931
Girls Demand Excitement
Character:Margery
Release Date:08/02/1931
The Bad Man
Character:Angela Hardy
Release Date:11/09/1930
The Matrimonial Bed
Character:Marrieanne
Release Date:01/08/1930
Golden Dawn
Character:Joanna
Release Date:14/06/1930
Song of the West
Character:Penny
Release Date:15/03/1930
Playing Around
Character:Maude
Release Date:10/01/1930
The Show of Shows
Character:Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Release Date:21/11/1929
The Forward Pass
Character:Mazie
Release Date:10/11/1929
So Long Letty
Character:Ruth Davis
Release Date:16/10/1929
Broadway Babies
Character:Florine Chanler
Release Date:30/06/1929
The Unkissed Man
Character:
Release Date:27/04/1929
A Pair of Tights
Character:Marion
Release Date:03/02/1929
His Captive Woman
Character:
Release Date:03/02/1929
Going Ga-Ga
Character:Marion
Release Date:05/01/1929
Feed 'em and Weep
Character:
Release Date:08/12/1928
The Boy Friend
Character:Marion Davidson
Release Date:10/11/1928
Plastered in Paris
Character:Mimi
Release Date:23/09/1928
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Character:Kitty King
Release Date:09/05/1928
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