- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Corsicana, Texas, USA
- Died
- December 30, 2002
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 …
Filmography
movieNoisy Silencers
2024 · (archive footage)
tvMeet Corliss Archer
1954
movieDragnet
1947 · Anne Hogan
movieDanger! Women at Work
1943 · Pert
movieI Escaped from the Gestapo
1943 · Helen
movieCalaboose
1943 · Doris Lane
Jealous
movieJealous
1942 · dancer
movieI Was a Criminal
1941 · Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
movieAffairs of Cappy Ricks
1937 · Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
movieNavy Blues
1937 · Doris Kimbell
movieTwo's Company
1936 · Julia Madison
movieKiller at Large
1936 · Linda Allen
movieThree Married Men
1936 · Jennie Mullins
Once in a Million
movieOnce in a Million
1936 · Suzanne
movieThe Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936 · Frances Clayton
movieSpendthrift
1936 · Sally Barnaby
movieMan on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Hope Wolfinger
movieCharlie Chan in Paris
1935 · Yvette Lamartine
movieStar Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
movieCollege Rhythm
1934 · Gloria Van Dayham
movieMonte Carlo Nights
1934 · Mary Vernon
movieEver Since Eve
1934 · Elizabeth Vandergrift
movieShadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Muriel Ross aka Muriel Rossi
movieFog
1933 · Mary Fulton
movieOne Year Later
1933 · Molly Collins
movieMoonlight and Pretzels
1933 · Sally Upton
movieSong of the Eagle
1933 · Elsa Kranzmeyer
movieThe World Gone Mad
1933 · Diane Cromwell
movieGirl Missing
1933 · June Dale
movieHard to Handle
1933 · Ruth Waters
movieManhattan Tower
1932 · Mary Harper
movieThe Unwritten Law
1932 · Ruth Evans
movieBlessed Event
1932 · Gladys Price
movieIt's Tough to Be Famous
1932 · Janet Porter McClenahan
Hollywood Halfbacks
movieHollywood Halfbacks
1931
movieThe Runaround
1931 · Evelyn
movieHomicide Squad
1931 · Millie
movieGun Smoke
1931 · Sue Vancey
movieThe Front Page
1931 · Peggy Grant
movieCaptain Applejack
1931 · Poppy Faire
movieThe Royal Family of Broadway
1930 · Gwen Cavendish
movieOnly Saps Work
1930 · Barbara Tanner
movieThe Social Lion
1930 · Cynthia Brown
movieParamount on Parade
1930 · Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
movieThe Light of Western Stars
1930 · Ruth Hammond
movieOnly the Brave
1930 · Barbara Calhoun
movieBurning Up
1930 · Ruth Morgan
movieThe Kibitzer
1930 · Josie Lazarus
movieThe Marriage Playground
1929 · Judith Wheater
movieThe Virginian
1929 · Molly Stark Wood
movieThe River of Romance
1929 · Lucy Jeffers
movieThe Man I Love
1929 · Celia Fields
movieBlack Waters
1929 · Eunice
movieSomeone to Love
1928 · Joan Kendricks
movieVarsity
1928 · Fay
movieForgotten Faces
1928 · Alice Deane
movieThe Big Killing
1928 · Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter
movieHarold Teen
1928 · Lillums Lovewell
moviePartners in Crime
1928 · Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
movieUnder the Tonto Rim
1928 · Lucy Watson
movieTwo Flaming Youths
1927 · Mary Gilfoil
movieShanghai Bound
1927 · Sheila
movieMan Power
1927 · Alice Stoddard
movieRunning Wild
1927 · Elizabeth Finch
movieKnockout Reilly
1927 · Mary Malone
movieHer Father Said No
1927 · Charlotte Hamilton
movieStepping Along
1926 · Molly Taylor
movieThe Prince of Tempters
1926 · Mary
movieBeau Geste
1926 · Isabel Rivers
movieMore Pay - Less Work
1926 · Betty Ricks
movieBrown of Harvard
1926 · Mary Abbot
movieParis at Midnight
1926 · Victorine Tallefer
movieBehind the Front
1926 · Betty Bartlett-Cooper
movieThe Enchanted Hill
1926 · Hallie Purdy
movieHe's a Prince!
1925 · Girl
movieThe Street of Forgotten Men
1925 · Mary Vanhern
movieThe Air Mail
1925 · Minnie Wade
movieThe Little French Girl
1925 · Alix Vervier
moviePeter Pan
1924 · Wendy Darling