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Marion Byron

Mar 16, 1911 - Jul 05, 1985 (74 years old) in Dayton, Ohio, USA

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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).

Known For

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Kitty King
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Trouble in Paradise
Maid (uncredited)
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Running Hollywood
Marion Byron
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Show of Shows
Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
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Only Yesterday
Grace (Uncredited)
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College Humor
Student
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Meet the Baron
College Girl (uncredited)
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Love Me Tonight
Bakery Girl (uncredited)
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They Call It Sin
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
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The Crime of the Century
Bridge Player (uncredited)

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