1. Marie Prevost was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late 1910s.
24 Facts About Marie Prevost
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Marie Prevost was a favorite of director Ernst Lubitsch who cast her in three of his comedy films: The Marriage Circle, Three Women and Kiss Me Again.
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Marie Prevost was 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.
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Marie Prevost began to abuse alcohol and binge eat, resulting in a weight gain that made it difficult for her to secure acting jobs.
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Marie Prevost was born in Sarnia, Ontario, to Hughina Marion and Arthur "Teddy" Dunn.
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Marie Prevost looked very stern as I walked into his office.
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The couple soon separated, and Marie Prevost kept news of the marriage a secret.
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Marie Prevost scored another success in the 1920 romantic film Love, Honor, and Behave, opposite George O'Hara, another newcomer and Sennett protege.
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Marie Prevost was released from her contract with Keystone, and she signed with Universal in 1921.
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At Universal, Irving Thalberg took an interest in Marie Prevost and became determined to make her a star.
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The Los Angeles Mirror got wind that Prevost still was married and ran a story with the headline "Marie Prevost Will Be a Bigamist if She Marries Kenneth Harlan".
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Marie Prevost tried to get past her personal torment by burying herself in her work, starring in numerous roles as a temptress who in the end was always the honorable heroine.
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Hughes and Marie Prevost later had a brief affair, which left her heartbroken and further depressed.
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Marie Prevost's depression led to binge eating, resulting in significant weight gain.
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Marie Prevost's career continued but she was relegated to secondary roles.
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Marie Prevost made her last on-screen appearance as a waitress in Ten Laps to Go.
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Marie Prevost was married twice, with both marriages ending in divorce.
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Marie Prevost first wed socialite Henry Charles "Sonny" Gerke, in June 1918.
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Gerke claimed that the marriage was kept a secret because Marie Prevost feared it would damage her budding acting career.
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Marie Prevost stated that she and Gerke had remained friendly and dated on occasion.
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Marie Prevost died on January 21,1937, at the age of 40, evidently from the combination of acute alcoholism and malnutrition stemming from anorexia nervosa.
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Marie Prevost's sister had her remains cremated and combined them with those of their mother, who had died in 1926.
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In February 1937, it was discovered that Marie Prevost's estate was valued at $300.
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On February 8,1960, Marie Prevost was honored for her contribution to the motion picture industry with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6211 Hollywood Boulevard.