Mary Brian
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday17 February 1906
Died30 December 2002 (age 96)
Place of birthCorsicana, Texas, USA
Known credits79
Biography
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'.…
Noisy Silencers
2024 · (archive footage)
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
Dragnet
1947 · Anne Hogan
Danger! Women at Work
1943 · Pert
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943 · Helen
Calaboose
1943 · Doris Lane
Jealous
1942 · Self
I Was a Criminal
1941 · Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937 · Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
Navy Blues
1937 · Doris Kimbell
Two's Company
1936 · Julia Madison
Killer at Large
1936 · Linda Allen
Three Married Men
1936 · Jennie Mullins
Once in a Million
1936 · Suzanne
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936 · Frances Clayton
Spendthrift
1936 · Sally Barnaby
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Hope Wolfinger
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935 · Yvette Lamartine
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
College Rhythm
1934 · Gloria Van Dayham
Monte Carlo Nights
1934 · Mary Vernon
Ever Since Eve
1934 · Elizabeth Vandergrift
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Muriel Ross aka Muriel Rossi
Fog
1933 · Mary Fulton
One Year Later
1933 · Molly Collins
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933 · Sally Upton
Song of the Eagle
1933 · Elsa Kranzmeyer
The World Gone Mad
1933 · Diane Cromwell
Girl Missing
1933 · June Dale
Hard to Handle
1933 · Ruth Waters
Manhattan Tower
1932 · Mary Harper
The Unwritten Law
1932 · Ruth Evans
Blessed Event
1932 · Gladys Price
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932 · Janet Porter McClenahan
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Runaround
1931 · Evelyn
Homicide Squad
1931 · Millie
Gun Smoke
1931 · Sue Vancey
The Front Page
1931 · Peggy Grant
Captain Applejack
1931 · Poppy Faire
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930 · Gwen Cavendish
Only Saps Work
1930 · Barbara Tanner
The Social Lion
1930 · Cynthia Brown
Paramount on Parade
1930 · Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
The Light of Western Stars
1930 · Ruth Hammond
Only the Brave
1930 · Barbara Calhoun
Burning Up
1930 · Ruth Morgan
The Kibitzer
1930 · Josie Lazarus
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