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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).

Known For

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Bessie

Swellhead

1935

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Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)

Gift of Gab

1934

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Girl on Train

It Happened One Day

1934

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Virginia

Susie's Affairs

1934

6.8

Grace (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday

1933

4.2

College Girl (uncredited)

Meet the Baron

1933

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Student

College Humor

1933

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Sonia

Breed of the Border

1933

6.4

Bridge Player (uncredited)

The Crime of the Century

1933

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Little Ivy

The Curse of a Broken Heart

1933

Credits

Swellhead

as Bessie

1935

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Gift of Gab

as Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)

1934

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It Happened One Day

as Girl on Train

1934

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Susie's Affairs

as Virginia

1934

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Only Yesterday

as Grace (Uncredited)

1933

6.8

Meet the Baron

as College Girl (uncredited)

1933

4.2

College Humor

as Student

1933

5.3

Breed of the Border

as Sonia

1933

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The Crime of the Century

as Bridge Player (uncredited)

1933

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The Curse of a Broken Heart

as Little Ivy

1933

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They Call It Sin

as Soda Jerk (uncredited)

1932

5.8

Trouble in Paradise

as Maid (uncredited)

1932

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Love Me Tonight

as Bakery Girl (uncredited)

1932

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The Hollywood Handicap

1932

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The Tenderfoot

as Kitty

1932

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The Heart of New York

as Mimi

1932

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Running Hollywood

as Marion Byron

1932

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Working Girls

as Ellen (uncredited)

1931

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Children of Dreams

as Gertie

1931

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Girls Demand Excitement

as Margery

1931

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The Bad Man

as Angela Hardy

1930

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The Matrimonial Bed

as Marrieanne

1930

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Golden Dawn

as Joanna

1930

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Song of the West

as Penny

1930

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Playing Around

as Maude

1930

4.3

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number

1929

5.5

The Forward Pass

as Mazie

1929

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So Long Letty

as Ruth Davis

1929

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Broadway Babies

as Florine Chanler

1929

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The Unkissed Man

1929

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A Pair of Tights

as Marion

1929

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His Captive Woman

1929

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Going Ga-Ga

as Marion

1929

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Feed 'em and Weep

1928

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The Boy Friend

as Marion Davidson

1928

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Plastered in Paris

as Mimi

1928

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.

as Kitty King

1928

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