Acting · Dayton, Ohio, USA · Born March 16, 1911
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).
MovieSwellhead
1935
as Bessie
MovieGift of Gab
1934
as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
MovieIt Happened One Day
1934
as Girl on Train
MovieSusie's Affairs
1934
as Virginia
MovieOnly Yesterday
1933
as Grace (Uncredited)
MovieMeet the Baron
1933
as College Girl (uncredited)
MovieCollege Humor
1933
as Student
MovieBreed of the Border
1933
as Sonia
MovieThe Crime of the Century
1933
as Bridge Player (uncredited)
The Curse of a Broken Heart
1933
as Little Ivy
MovieThey Call It Sin
1932
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
MovieTrouble in Paradise
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieLove Me Tonight
1932
as Bakery Girl (uncredited)
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
MovieThe Tenderfoot
1932
as Kitty
MovieThe Heart of New York
1932
as Mimi
Running Hollywood
1932
as Marion Byron
MovieWorking Girls
1931
as Ellen (uncredited)
MovieChildren of Dreams
1931
as Gertie
MovieGirls Demand Excitement
1931
as Margery
MovieThe Bad Man
1930
as Angela Hardy
MovieThe Matrimonial Bed
1930
as Marrieanne
MovieGolden Dawn
1930
as Joanna
MovieSong of the West
1930
as Penny
MoviePlaying Around
1930
as Maude
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
MovieThe Forward Pass
1929
as Mazie
MovieSo Long Letty
1929
as Ruth Davis
MovieBroadway Babies
1929
as Florine Chanler
MovieThe Unkissed Man
1929
MovieA Pair of Tights
1929
as Marion
MovieHis Captive Woman
1929
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Marion
MovieFeed 'em and Weep
1928
MovieThe Boy Friend
1928
as Marion Davidson
Plastered in Paris
1928
as Mimi
MovieSteamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as Kitty King
