Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1906-02-17
- Day of Death2002-12-30 (96 years)
- Place of BirthCorsicana, Texas, USA
- Also Known AsThe Sweetest Girl in Pictures (nickname)Louise Byrdie Dantzler
Mary Brian
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....Read More
Acting Career
- 1947
Dragnet
As: Anne Hogan
- 1943
Danger! Women at Work
As: Pert
- 1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
As: Helen
- 1943
Calaboose
As: Doris Lane
- 1941
I Was a Criminal
As: Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
- 1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
As: Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
- 1937
Navy Blues
As: Doris Kimbell
- 1936
Killer at Large
As: Linda Allen
1936Three Married Men
As: Jennie Mullins
- 1936
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
As: Frances Clayton
1936Spendthrift
As: Sally Barnaby
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze
As: Hope Wolfinger
- 1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
As: Yvette Lamartine
1934College Rhythm
As: Gloria Van Dayham
1934Monte Carlo Nights
As: Mary Vernon
1934Ever Since Eve
As: Elizabeth Vandergrift
1933Fog
As: Mary Fulton
1933One Year Later
As: Molly Collins
1933Moonlight and Pretzels
As: Sally Upton
1933Song of the Eagle
As: Elsa Kranzmeyer
1933The World Gone Mad
As: Diane Cromwell
1933Girl Missing
As: June Dale
- 1933
Hard to Handle
As: Ruth Waters
1932Manhattan Tower
As: Mary Harper
1932The Unwritten Law
As: Ruth Evans
1932Blessed Event
As: Gladys Price
1932It's Tough to Be Famous
As: Janet Porter McClenahan
1931The Runaround
As: Evelyn
1931Homicide Squad
As: Millie
1931Gun Smoke
As: Sue Vancey
- 1931
The Front Page
As: Peggy Grant
1931Captain Applejack
As: Poppy Faire
1930The Royal Family of Broadway
As: Gwen Cavendish
1930Only Saps Work
As: Barbara Tanner
1930The Social Lion
As: Cynthia Brown
1930Paramount on Parade
As: Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
1930The Light of Western Stars
As: Ruth Hammond
1930Only the Brave
As: Barbara Calhoun
1930Burning Up
As: Ruth Morgan
1930The Kibitzer
As: Josie Lazarus
1929The Marriage Playground
As: Judith Wheater
1929The Virginian
As: Molly Stark Wood
1929The River of Romance
As: Lucy Jeffers
1929The Man I Love
As: Celia Fields
1929Black Waters
As: Eunice
1928Someone to Love
As: Joan Kendricks
1928Varsity
As: Fay
1928Forgotten Faces
As: Alice Deane
1928The Big Killing
As: Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter
1928Harold Teen
As: Lillums Lovewell
1928Partners in Crime
As: Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
1928Under the Tonto Rim
As: Lucy Watson
1927Two Flaming Youths
As: Mary Gilfoil
1927Shanghai Bound
As: Sheila
1927Man Power
As: Alice Stoddard
1927Running Wild
As: Elizabeth Finch
1927Knockout Reilly
As: Mary Malone
1926Stepping Along
As: Molly Taylor
1926The Prince of Tempters
As: Mary
1926Beau Geste
As: Isabel Rivers
1926More Pay - Less Work
As: Betty Ricks
1926Brown of Harvard
As: Mary Abbot
1926Paris at Midnight
As: Victorine Tallefer
1926Behind the Front
As: Betty Bartlett-Cooper
1926The Enchanted Hill
As: Hallie Purdy
1925He's a Prince!
As: Girl
1925The Street of Forgotten Men
As: Mary Vanhern
1925The Air Mail
As: Minnie Wade
1925The Little French Girl
As: Alix Vervier
- 1924
Peter Pan
As: Wendy Darling