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Marion Byron
Actor
Born March 16, 1911Died July 5, 1985 (74 years)
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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).
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).
Filmography
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King · as Edited From 'a Pair Of Tights' |
| 1938 | Five of a Kind · as Nurse Corday |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab · as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron) |
| 1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! · as Page Girl |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday · as Grace (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Meet the Baron · as College Girl (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Husbands' Reunion · as Elmer's Sister |
| 1933 | College Humor · as Student |
| 1933 | Melody Cruise · as Second Stewardess |
| 1933 | Breed of the Border · as Sonia |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century · as Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Lucky Devils · as Peanuts |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot · as Kitty |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin · as Soda Jerk (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Love Me Tonight · as Bakery Girl (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Hollywood Handicap · as Character |
| 1932 | The Heart of New York · as Mimi |
| 1931 | Working Girls · as Ellen |
| 1931 | Girls Demand Excitement · as Margery |
| 1930 | The Matrimonial Bed · as Marrieanne |
| 1930 | Golden Dawn · as Joanna |
| 1930 | Playing Around · as Maude |
| 1929 | Show of Shows · as Performer In 'meet My Sister' Number |
| 1929 | The Forward Pass · as Mazie |
| 1929 | So Long Letty · as Ruth Davis |
| 1929 | Broadway Babies · as Florine Chanler |
| 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. · as Kitty King |