Marian Nixon

Personal Info

Birthday

October 20, 1904

Day of Death

1983-02-13

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Superior, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Marion Nixon

Marian Nissinen

Marian Nixon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marian Nixon (October 20, 1904 – February 13, 1983) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films.

Born Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin to parents of Finnish descent, Nixon began her career as a teen dancing in choruses in vaudeville. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film Cupid's Fireman, opposite Buck Jones. The following year, she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star.

Known For

Captain Calamity

The Show of Shows

After Tomorrow

Doctor Bull

Pilgrimage

Say It with Songs

Amateur Daddy

Chance at Heaven

Filmography

1936
Captain Calamity
as Madge
The Drag-Net
as Katherine 'Kit' van Buren
Tango
as Treasure McGuire
The Reckless Way
as Helen Rogers
1935
Sweepstake Annie
as Annie Foster
1934
By Your Leave
as Andree
Embarrassing Moments
as Jane
We're Rich Again
as Arabella Sykes (as Marion Nixon)
Strictly Dynamite
as Sylvia
1933
Chance at Heaven
as Glory Franklyn
Doctor Bull
as May Tupping
Pilgrimage
as Mary Saunders
Best of Enemies
as Lena Schneider
Face in the Sky
as Madge
1932
Too Busy to Work
as Rose
Madison Square Garden
as Bee
Winner Take All
as Peggy Harmon
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca
Amateur Daddy
as Sally Smith
After Tomorrow
as Sidney Taylor
Charlie Chan's Chance
as Shirley Marlowe
1931
A Private Scandal
as Mary Gate
Women Go on Forever
as Betty
Sweepstakes
as Babe Ellis
1930
The Lash
as Dona Dolores Delfino
Ex-Flame
as Lady Catherine
The Pay-Off
as Annabelle
College Lovers
as Madge Hutton
Scarlet Pages
as Nora Mason
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
Courage
as Muriel Colbrook
1929
General Crack
as Archduchess Maria Luisa
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Young Nowheres
as Annie Jackson
In the Headlines
as Anna Lou Anderson
Say It with Songs
as Katherine Lane
Rainbow Man
as Mary Lane
Silks and Saddles
as Lucy Calhoun
Geraldine
as Geraldine
Man, Woman and Wife
as Bella Rogers / Helen Brandon
1928
Jazz Mad
as Elsa Hausmann
How to Handle Women
as Beatrice Fairbanks
Out of the Ruins
as Yvonne Gilbert
The Fourflusher
as June Allen
1927
The Chinese Parrot
as Sally Phillmore
Out All Night
as Molly O'Day
Taxi! Taxi!
as Rose Zimmerman
The Auctioneer
as Ruth Levi
1926
Spangles
as 'Spangles' Delancy
Devil's Island
as Rose Marie
Rolling Home
as Phyllis
What Happened to Jones
as Lucille Bigbee
Hands Up!
as Mae Woodstock
1925
Sporting Life
as Nora Cavanaugh
Durand of the Bad Lands
as Molly Gore
Where Was I?
as Alicia Stone
I'll Show You the Town
as Hazel Deming
Let 'er Buck
as Jacqueline McCall
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Bess Erne
The Saddle Hawk
as Rena Newhall
The Hurricane Kid
as Joan Langdon
1924
The Last of the Duanes
as Ruth
The Circus Cowboy
as Bird Taylor
The Vagabond Trail
as Lou Macon
1923
Cupid's Fireman
as Agnes Evans
Big Dan
as Dora Allen