Mary Brian

Personal Info

Birthday

February 17, 1906

Day of Death

2002-12-30

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Corsicana, Texas, USA

Also Known As

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.

Known For

The Front Page

Only Saps Work

Charlie Chan in Paris

Peter Pan

Hard to Handle

The Virginian

One Year Later

Paramount on Parade

Filmography

2024
Noisy Silencers
as (archive footage)
1947
Dragnet
as Anne Hogan
1943
Danger! Women at Work
as Pert
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Helen
Calaboose
as Doris Lane
1942
Jealous
as dancer
1941
I Was a Criminal
as Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
1937
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
Navy Blues
as Doris Kimbell
1936
Two's Company
as Julia Madison
Killer at Large
as Linda Allen
Three Married Men
as Jennie Mullins
Once in a Million
as Suzanne
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
as Frances Clayton
Spendthrift
as Sally Barnaby
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Hope Wolfinger
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Yvette Lamartine
1934
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self
College Rhythm
as Gloria Van Dayham
Monte Carlo Nights
as Mary Vernon
Ever Since Eve
as Elizabeth Vandergrift
1933
Fog
as Mary Fulton
One Year Later
as Molly Collins
Moonlight and Pretzels
as Sally Upton
Song of the Eagle
as Elsa Kranzmeyer
The World Gone Mad
as Diane Cromwell
Girl Missing
as June Dale
Hard to Handle
as Ruth Waters
1932
Manhattan Tower
as Mary Harper
The Unwritten Law
as Ruth Evans
Blessed Event
as Gladys Price
It's Tough to Be Famous
as Janet Porter McClenahan
1931
The Runaround
as Evelyn
Homicide Squad
as Millie
Gun Smoke
as Sue Vancey
The Front Page
as Peggy Grant
Captain Applejack
as Poppy Faire
1930
The Royal Family of Broadway
as Gwen Cavendish
Only Saps Work
as Barbara Tanner
The Social Lion
as Cynthia Brown
Paramount on Parade
as Sweetheart (Dream Girl)
The Light of Western Stars
as Ruth Hammond
Only the Brave
as Barbara Calhoun
Burning Up
as Ruth Morgan
The Kibitzer
as Josie Lazarus
1929
The Marriage Playground
as Judith Wheater
The Virginian
as Molly Stark Wood
The River of Romance
as Lucy Jeffers
The Man I Love
as Celia Fields
Black Waters
as Eunice
1928
Someone to Love
as Joan Kendricks
Varsity
as Fay
Forgotten Faces
as Alice Deane
The Big Killing
as Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter
Harold Teen
as Lillums Lovewell
Partners in Crime
as Marie Burke, The Cigarette Girl
Under the Tonto Rim
as Lucy Watson
1927
Two Flaming Youths
as Mary Gilfoil
Shanghai Bound
as Sheila
Man Power
as Alice Stoddard
Running Wild
as Elizabeth Finch
Knockout Reilly
as Mary Malone
1926
Stepping Along
as Molly Taylor
The Prince of Tempters
as Mary
Beau Geste
as Isabel Rivers
More Pay - Less Work
as Betty Ricks
Brown of Harvard
as Mary Abbot
Paris at Midnight
as Victorine Tallefer
Behind the Front
as Betty Bartlett-Cooper
The Enchanted Hill
as Hallie Purdy
1925
He's a Prince!
as Girl
The Street of Forgotten Men
as Mary Vanhern
The Air Mail
as Minnie Wade
The Little French Girl
as Alix Vervier
1924
Peter Pan
as Wendy Darling