Mary Brian
Acting
78
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Noisy Silencers
2024
as (archive footage)
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
Dragnet
1947
as Anne Hogan
Calaboose
1943
as Doris Lane
Danger! Women at Work
1943
as Pert
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943
as Helen
I Was a Criminal
1941
as Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937
as Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
Navy Blues
1937
as Doris Kimbell
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1936
as Frances Clayton
Three Married Men
1936
as Jennie Mullins
Spendthrift
1936
as Sally Barnaby
Killer at Large
1936
as Linda Allen
Once in a Million
1936
as Suzanne
Two's Company
1936
as Julia Madison
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Yvette Lamartine
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as Hope Wolfinger
Monte Carlo Nights
1934
as Mary Vernon
Ever Since Eve
1934
as Elizabeth Vandergrift
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
College Rhythm
1934
as Gloria Van Dayham
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933
as Sally Upton
The World Gone Mad
1933
as Diane Cromwell
Hard to Handle
1933
as Ruth Waters
One Year Later
1933
as Molly Collins
Girl Missing
1933
as June Dale
Song of the Eagle
1933
as Elsa Kranzmeyer
Fog
1933
as Mary Fulton
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
as Muriel Ross aka Muriel Rossi
Blessed Event
1932
as Gladys Price
The Unwritten Law
1932
as Ruth Evans
Manhattan Tower
1932
as Mary Harper
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
as Janet Porter McClenahan
The Front Page
1931
as Peggy Grant
Homicide Squad
1931
as Millie
The Runaround
1931
as Evelyn
Captain Applejack
1931
as Poppy Faire
Gun Smoke
1931
as Sue Vancey
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930
as Gwen Cavendish
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as Ruth Hammond
Only the Brave
1930
as Barbara Calhoun
Only Saps Work
1930
as Barbara Tanner
Burning Up
1930
as Ruth Morgan
The Social Lion
1930
as Cynthia Brown
The Kibitzer
1930
as Josie Lazarus
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
The Virginian
1929
as Molly Stark Wood
The Man I Love
1929
as Celia Fields
The Marriage Playground
1929
as Judith Wheater
The River of Romance
1929
as Lucy Jeffers
Black Waters
1929
as Eunice
Varsity
1928
as Fay
Forgotten Faces
1928
as Alice Deane
Partners in Crime
1928
as Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
Harold Teen
1928
as Lillums Lovewell
The Big Killing
1928
as Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter
Under the Tonto Rim
1928
as Lucy Watson
Someone to Love
1928
as Joan Kendricks
Man Power
1927
as Alice Stoddard
Shanghai Bound
1927
as Sheila
Two Flaming Youths
1927
as Mary Gilfoil
Running Wild
1927
as Elizabeth Finch
Knockout Reilly
1927
as Mary Malone
Her Father Said No
1927
as Charlotte Hamilton
Beau Geste
1926
as Isabel Rivers
Brown of Harvard
1926
as Mary Abbot
Paris at Midnight
1926
as Victorine Tallefer
Behind the Front
1926
as Betty Bartlett-Cooper
More Pay - Less Work
1926
as Betty Ricks
Stepping Along
1926
as Molly Taylor
The Prince of Tempters
1926
as Mary
The Enchanted Hill
1926
as Hallie Purdy
The Street of Forgotten Men
1925
as Mary Vanhern
The Air Mail
1925
as Minnie Wade
The Little French Girl
1925
as Alix Vervier
He's a Prince!
1925
as Girl
Peter Pan
1924
as Wendy Darling