Marion Byron
Born
March 16, 1911
Died
July 5, 1985 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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

Swellhead
Bessie
1935

Gift of Gab
Telephone Girl (as Marian Byron)
1934

It Happened One Day
Girl on Train
1934

Susie's Affairs
Virginia
1934

Only Yesterday
Grace (Uncredited)
1933

Meet the Baron
College Girl (uncredited)
1933

College Humor
Student
1933

Breed of the Border
Sonia
1933

The Crime of the Century
Bridge Player (uncredited)
1933
The Curse of a Broken Heart
Little Ivy
1933

They Call It Sin
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1932

Trouble in Paradise
Maid (uncredited)
1932

Love Me Tonight
Bakery Girl (uncredited)
1932
The Hollywood Handicap
1932

The Tenderfoot
Kitty
1932

The Heart of New York
Mimi
1932
Running Hollywood
Marion Byron
1932

Working Girls
Ellen (uncredited)
1931

Children of Dreams
Gertie
1931

Girls Demand Excitement
Margery
1931

The Bad Man
Angela Hardy
1930

The Matrimonial Bed
Marrieanne
1930

Golden Dawn
Joanna
1930

Song of the West
Penny
1930

Playing Around
Maude
1930

The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
1929

The Forward Pass
Mazie
1929

So Long Letty
Ruth Davis
1929

Broadway Babies
Florine Chanler
1929

The Unkissed Man
1929

A Pair of Tights
Marion
1929

His Captive Woman
1929
Going Ga-Ga
Marion
1929
Feed 'em and Weep
1928

The Boy Friend
Marion Davidson
1928
Plastered in Paris
Mimi
1928

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Kitty King
1928