Mary Brian

Mary Brian

Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002), was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films. Brian was dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures." After her showing in a beauty contest, she was given an audition by Paramount Pictures and cast by director Herbert Brenon as Wendy Darling in his silent movie version of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. There she starred with Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston, and the three of them stayed close for the rest of their lives. Ralston described both Bronson and Brian as 'very charming people'. The studio, who created her stage name for the movie and said she was age 16 instead of 18, because the latter sounded too old for the role, then signed her to a long-term motion picture contract. Brian played Fancy Vanhern, daughter of Percy Marmont, in Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men, which had newcomer Louise Brooks in an uncredited debut role as a moll. Her first talkie was Varsity, which was filmed with part-sound and talking sequences, opposite Buddy Rogers. After successfully making the transition to sound, she co-starred with Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and Richard Arlen in one of the earliest Western talkies, The Virginian, her first all-talkie feature. In it, she played a spirited frontier heroine, schoolmarm Molly Stark Wood, who was the love interest of the Virginian. Brian co-starred in several hits during the 1930s, including The Royal Family of Broadway, Paramount on Parade, and The Front Page. After her contract with Paramount ended in 1932, Brian decided to freelance, which was unusual in a period when multi-year contracts with one studio were common. That same year, she appeared on the vaudeville stage at New York's Palace Theatre. Also in the same year, she starred in Manhattan Tower. When World War II hit in 1941, Brian began traveling to entertain the troops, ending up spending most of the war years traveling the world with the U.S.O., and entertaining servicemen from the South Pacific to Europe, including Italy and North Africa.Flying to England on a troop shoot, Mary got caught in the Battle of the Bulge and spent the Christmas of 1944 with the soldiers fighting that battle. She appeared in only a handful of films thereafter. Her last performance on the silver screen was in Dragnet, a B-movie in which she played Anne Hogan opposite Henry Wilcoxon. Over the course of 22 years, Brian had appeared in more than 79 movies. She played in the stage comedy Mary Had a Little... in the 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, co-starring with John Hubbard. Like many "older" actresses, during the 1950s Brian created a career for herself in television. Perhaps her most notable role was playing the title character's mother in Meet Corliss Archer in 1954. She also dedicated much time to portrait painting after her acting years.

  • Tiotal: Mary Brian
  • Popularity: 1.185
  • Aithnichte airson: Acting
  • Co-là-breith: 1906-02-17
  • Àite breith: Corsicana, Texas, USA
  • Duilleag-dhachaigh:
  • Cuideachd aithnichte mar: The Sweetest Girl in Pictures (nickname), Louise Byrdie Dantzler
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  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Paris

    Charlie Chan in Paris

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  • 1936
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    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

    The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

    6.9 1936 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    5.5 1929 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Front Page

    The Front Page

    6.545 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Blessed Event

    Blessed Event

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1927
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    Man Power

    Man Power

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Shanghai Bound

    Shanghai Bound

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1930
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    Galas de la Paramount

    Galas de la Paramount

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1927
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    Two Flaming Youths

    Two Flaming Youths

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Unwritten Law

    The Unwritten Law

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1935
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    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Royal Family of Broadway

    The Royal Family of Broadway

    5.5 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Homicide Squad

    Homicide Squad

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Man I Love

    The Man I Love

    4.5 1929 HD

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  • 1933
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    Moonlight and Pretzels

    Moonlight and Pretzels

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    The World Gone Mad

    The World Gone Mad

    4.3 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Light of Western Stars

    The Light of Western Stars

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  • 1932
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    Manhattan Tower

    Manhattan Tower

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hard to Handle

    Hard to Handle

    6.6 1933 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Marriage Playground

    The Marriage Playground

    5.8 1929 HD

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  • 1933
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    One Year Later

    One Year Later

    6.3 1933 HD

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  • 1934
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    Monte Carlo Nights

    Monte Carlo Nights

    5.9 1934 HD

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  • 1930
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    Only the Brave

    Only the Brave

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1942
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    Jealous

    Jealous

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  • 1930
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    Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

    4 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    Girl Missing

    Girl Missing

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1926
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    Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

    5.9 1926 HD

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  • 1932
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    It's Tough to Be Famous

    It's Tough to Be Famous

    5.7 1932 HD

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  • 1943
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    Calaboose

    Calaboose

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Affairs of Cappy Ricks

    Affairs of Cappy Ricks

    4.8 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Three Married Men

    Three Married Men

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Runaround

    The Runaround

    7 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Captain Applejack

    Captain Applejack

    6.5 1931 HD

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  • 1936
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    Spendthrift

    Spendthrift

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1928
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    Varsity

    Varsity

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1926
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    Brown of Harvard

    Brown of Harvard

    5.8 1926 HD

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  • 1930
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    Burning Up

    Burning Up

    3.5 1930 HD

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  • 1928
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    Forgotten Faces

    Forgotten Faces

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Social Lion

    The Social Lion

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1928
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    Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

    2 1928 HD

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  • 1928
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    Harold Teen

    Harold Teen

    7 1928 HD

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  • 1943
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    Danger! Women at Work

    Danger! Women at Work

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  • 1925
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    The Street of Forgotten Men

    The Street of Forgotten Men

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  • 1924
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    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

    7.036 1924 HD

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  • 1926
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    Paris at Midnight

    Paris at Midnight

    9 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    Behind the Front

    Behind the Front

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  • 1929
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    River of Romance

    River of Romance

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Kibitzer

    The Kibitzer

    4.7 1930 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Air Mail

    The Air Mail

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Little French Girl

    The Little French Girl

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  • 1934
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    Ever Since Eve

    Ever Since Eve

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    Song of the Eagle

    Song of the Eagle

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1943
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    I Escaped from the Gestapo

    I Escaped from the Gestapo

    5.5 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    I Was a Criminal

    I Was a Criminal

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1926
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    More Pay - Less Work

    More Pay - Less Work

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1934
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    Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

    Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

    5.5 1934 HD

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  • 1930
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    Paramount on Parade

    Paramount on Parade

    6.4 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Gun Smoke

    Gun Smoke

    5.5 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    Black Waters

    Black Waters

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1927
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    Running Wild

    Running Wild

    5.7 1927 HD

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  • 1934
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    College Rhythm

    College Rhythm

    4.7 1934 HD

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  • 1947
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    Dragnet

    Dragnet

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1926
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    Stepping Along

    Stepping Along

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1925
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    He's a Prince!

    He's a Prince!

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1933
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    Fog

    Fog

    5 1933 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Prince of Tempters

    The Prince of Tempters

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Big Killing

    The Big Killing

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1927
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    Knockout Reilly

    Knockout Reilly

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Enchanted Hill

    The Enchanted Hill

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1936
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    Killer at Large

    Killer at Large

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    Once in a Million

    Once in a Million

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1928
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    Under the Tonto Rim

    Under the Tonto Rim

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1936
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    Two's Company

    Two's Company

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1931
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    Hollywood Halfbacks

    Hollywood Halfbacks

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1954
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    Meet Corliss Archer

    Meet Corliss Archer

    1 1954 HD

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