Personal Info
Known Credits
75
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1906-02-17 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Corsicana, Texas, USA
Also Known For
The 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. Barrie's Peter Pan. There she starred with Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston, and the three of them stayed cl ...
Acting
1947 --
Dragnet
| Anne Hogan
1943 --
Danger! Women at Work
| Pert
1943 --
I Escaped from the Gestapo
| Helen
1943 --
Calaboose
| Doris Lane
1942 --
Jealous
| dancer
1941 --
I Was a Criminal
| Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
1937 --
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
| Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
1937 --
Navy Blues
| Doris Kimbell
1936 --
Two's Company
| Julia Madison
1936 --
Killer at Large
| Linda Allen
1936 --
Three Married Men
| Jennie Mullins
1936 --
Once in a Million
| Suzanne
1936 --
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
| Frances Clayton
1936 --
Spendthrift
| Sally Barnaby
1935 --
Man on the Flying Trapeze
| Hope Wolfinger
1935 --
Charlie Chan in Paris
| Yvette Lamartine
1934 --
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
| Self
1934 --
College Rhythm
| Gloria Van Dayham
1934 --
Monte Carlo Nights
| Mary Vernon
1934 --
Ever Since Eve
| Elizabeth Vandergrift
1933 --
Fog
| Mary Fulton
1933 --
One Year Later
| Molly Collins
1933 --
Moonlight and Pretzels
| Sally Upton
1933 --
Song of the Eagle
| Elsa Kranzmeyer
1933 --
The World Gone Mad
| Diane Cromwell
1933 --
Girl Missing
| June Dale
1933 --
Hard to Handle
| Ruth Waters
1932 --
Manhattan Tower
| Mary Harper
1932 --
The Unwritten Law
| Ruth Evans
1932 --
Blessed Event
| Gladys Price
1932 --
It's Tough to Be Famous
| Janet Porter McClenahan
1931 --
Hollywood Halfbacks
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1931 --
The Runaround
| Evelyn
1931 --
Homicide Squad
| Millie
1931 --
Gun Smoke
| Sue Vancey
1931 --
The Front Page
| Peggy Grant
1931 --
Captain Applejack
| Poppy Faire
1930 --
The Royal Family of Broadway
| Gwen Cavendish
1930 --
Only Saps Work
| Barbara Tanner
1930 --
The Social Lion
| Cynthia Brown
1930 --
Paramount on Parade
| Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
1930 --
The Light of Western Stars
| Ruth Hammond
1930 --
Only the Brave
| Barbara Calhoun
1930 --
Burning Up
| Ruth Morgan
1930 --
The Kibitzer
| Josie Lazarus
1929 --
The Marriage Playground
| Judith Wheater
1929 --
The Virginian
| Molly Stark Wood
1929 --
The River of Romance
| Lucy Jeffers
1929 --
The Man I Love
| Celia Fields
1929 --
Black Waters
| Eunice
1928 --
Someone to Love
| Joan Kendricks
1928 --
Varsity
| Fay
1928 --
Forgotten Faces
| Alice Deane
1928 --
The Big Killing
| Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter
1928 --
Harold Teen
| Lillums Lovewell
1928 --
Partners in Crime
| Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
1928 --
Under the Tonto Rim
| Lucy Watson
1927 --
Two Flaming Youths
| Mary Gilfoil
1927 --
Shanghai Bound
| Sheila
1927 --
Man Power
| Alice Stoddard
1927 --
Running Wild
| Elizabeth Finch
1927 --
Knockout Reilly
| Mary Malone
1926 --
Stepping Along
| Molly Taylor
1926 --
The Prince of Tempters
| Mary
1926 --
Beau Geste
| Isabel Rivers
1926 --
More Pay - Less Work
| Betty Ricks
1926 --
Brown of Harvard
| Mary Abbot
1926 --
Paris at Midnight
| Victorine Tallefer
1926 --
Behind the Front
| Betty Bartlett-Cooper
1926 --
The Enchanted Hill
| Hallie Purdy
1925 --
He's a Prince!
| Girl
1925 --
The Street of Forgotten Men
| Mary Vanhern
1925 --
The Air Mail
| Minnie Wade
1925 --
The Little French Girl
| Alix Vervier
1924 --
Peter Pan
| Wendy Darling