From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Marie Prevost born Marie Bickford Dunn November 8 1896 January 21 1937 was a Canadianborn film actress During her twentyyear career she made 121 silent and talking pictures Prevost 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 Prevost appeared in dozens of Sennetts short comedy films before moving on to feature length films for Universal In 1922 she signed with Warner Bros where her career flourished as a leading lady She was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch 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 Prevosts career began to decline and she was relegated to secondary roles She was also beset with personal problems including the death of her mother in 1926 and the breakdown of her marriage to actor Kenneth Harlan in 1927 which fueled her depression She began to abuse alcohol and binge eat resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs By 1935 Prevost was only able to secure bit parts in films She made her last onscreen appearance in 1936 After years of drinking Prevost died of acute alcoholism at the age of 38 in January 1937 Prevosts estate was 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
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