Mary Brian
Acting
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…
Filmography
79
Noisy Silencers
2024
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
Dragnet
1947
Danger! Women at Work
1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
Calaboose
1943
Jealous
Jealous
1942
I Was a Criminal
1941
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937
Navy Blues
1937
Two's Company
1936
Killer at Large
1936
Three Married Men
1936
Once in a Million
Once in a Million
1936
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936
Spendthrift
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
College Rhythm
1934
Monte Carlo Nights
1934
Ever Since Eve
1934
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
Fog
1933
One Year Later
1933
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933
Song of the Eagle
1933
The World Gone Mad
1933
Girl Missing
1933
Hard to Handle
1933
Manhattan Tower
1932
The Unwritten Law
1932
Blessed Event
1932
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Runaround
1931
Homicide Squad
1931
Gun Smoke
1931
The Front Page
1931
Captain Applejack
1931
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
Only Saps Work
1930
The Social Lion
1930
Paramount on Parade
1930
The Light of Western Stars
1930
Only the Brave
1930
Burning Up
1930
The Kibitzer
1930
The Marriage Playground
1929
The Virginian
1929
The River of Romance
1929
The Man I Love
1929
Black Waters
1929
Someone to Love
1928
Varsity
1928
Forgotten Faces
1928
The Big Killing
1928
Harold Teen
1928
Partners in Crime
1928
Under the Tonto Rim
1928
Two Flaming Youths
1927
Shanghai Bound
1927
Man Power
1927
Running Wild
1927
Knockout Reilly
1927
Her Father Said No
1927
Stepping Along
1926
The Prince of Tempters
1926
Beau Geste
1926
More Pay - Less Work
1926
Brown of Harvard
1926
Paris at Midnight
1926
Behind the Front
1926
The Enchanted Hill
1926
He's a Prince!
1925
The Street of Forgotten Men
1925
The Air Mail
1925
The Little French Girl
1925
Peter Pan
1924