Marie Prevost

Marie Prevost was a Canadianborn film actress. During her twentyyear career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures.

Prevost was born Marie Bickford Dunn in Sarnia, Ontario, to Hughlina Marion and Arthur Teddy Dunn. Her father worked as a railroad conductor. When she was an infant, Teddy Dunn was killed when gas seeped into the St. Clair Tunnel. Hughlina later married Frank Prevost and the family moved to Denver. In 1900, Hughlina gave birth to another daughter, Marjorie. Maries stepfather, who worked as a miner and surveyor, frequently moved the family around the country following up on various getrichquick schemes. After living in Ogden, Utah Reno, Nevada and Fresno, California, the family finally settled in Los Angeles. Hughlina and Frank Prevost later divorced. Frank Prevost died in September 1933 and bequeathed Marie 1.

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