Personal Info
The Sweetest Girl in Pictures (nickname)
Louise Byrdie Dantzler
Mary Brian
Acting
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 close for the rest of their lives. Ralston described both Bronson and Brian as 'very charming people'.…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Noisy Silencers
as (archive footage)
Dragnet
as Anne Hogan
Calaboose
as Doris Lane
I Escaped from the Gestapo
as Helen
Danger! Women at Work
as Pert
Jealous
as dancer
I Was a Criminal
as Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
as Frances 'Frankie' Ricks
Navy Blues
as Doris Kimbell
Spendthrift
as Sally Barnaby
