Occupation Actress Name Marion Leonard | Years active 1908–1915 Role Actress | |
 | ||
Born June 9, 1881 ( 1881-06-09 ) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Died January 9, 1956, Woodland Hills, California, United States Spouse Stanner E.V. Taylor (m. ?–1948) People also search for Stanner E.V. Taylor, Billy Bitzer, D. W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods Movies The Sealed Room, The Lonely Villa, In Old California, A Trap for Santa Claus, The Greaser's Gauntlet | ||
The Sealed Room 1909 Starring Arthur V Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B Walthall and Mary Pickford
Marion Leonard (June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956) was an American stage actress who became one of first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era.
Contents
Early career
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Marion Leonard began working in live theatre until the age of twenty-seven when she was signed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. She made her screen debut in the short film At the Crossroads of Life (1908) directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Jr. (1884–1928) from a screenplay by D. W. Griffith, who also appeared as an actor in this film.
Within a year, she had leading roles, frequently directed by Griffith. At a time when screen credits were not given to actors, she and Florence Auer were the first star actresses to be billed by the studio as a "Biograph Girl". Of her films made at Biograph, thirty-two were with an up-and-coming young actress named Mary Pickford.
Marriage and switch to Universal Pictures
While working for Biograph, Leonard met screenwriter/director Stanner E.V. Taylor and a personal relationship developed that led to marriage. The two would eventually leave Biograph to make films together for Universal Pictures and other studios and sometimes through their own production company.
In 1915, after appearing in more than one hundred and fifty films, Marion Leonard retired from film but did return eleven years later at age forty-five for one final appearance in a 1926 Mack Sennett comedy.
Marion Leonard died in 1956 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Filmography
Actress
1915
The Dragon's Claw (Short)
1915
The Vow
1914
The Romany Rye (Short)
1914
The Drift (Short) as
Marion Harley
1914
The Light Unseen
1914
Mother Love
1914
The Awakening of Donna Isolla (Short) as
Donna Isola
1914
The Rose of Yesteryear (Short)
1913
A Leaf in the Storm (Short) as
Miss Leonard
1913
In the Watches of the Night (Short) as
Mrs. Stockton
1913
The Journey's Ending (Short)
1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook (Short)
1913
The Seed of the Fathers as
The Mother
1913
Those Who Live in Glass Houses (Short)
1913
Carmen (Short) as
Carmen
1913
The Dead Secret as
Mother / Daughter (dual role)
1913
As in a Looking Glass (Short) as
Lena Despard
1912
Through a Higher Power (Short) as
Estella
1912
The Hidden Bonds (Short) as
Ruth Adams
1912
The Conflict's End (Short)
1912
Lost a Husband (Short)
1912
The Ghost of a Bargain (Short)
1912
In Honor Bound (Short)
1912
The Leader of the Band (Short)
1912
Thus Many Souls (Short)
1912
None Can Do More (Short)
1912
The Hour of Peril (Short)
1912
Through Memory Blank (Short)
1912
When Love Rules (Short) as
The Artist's Model
1912
The Mother Heart (Short) as
The Mother
1912
The Unknown Bride (Short) as
The Actress
1912
Looking Backward (Short)
1912
The Voice of the Millions (Short) as
The Girl Advocate
1912
The Diamond Path (Short) as
Dorothy
1912
Tears o' Peggy (Short) as
Peggy
1912
Ashes of Hope (Short)
1912
Stars: Their Courses Change (Short) as
The Actress
1912
What Avails the Crown (Short) as
The Princess
1912
The Eternal Conflict (Short)
1912
A Thorn in Vengeance (Short)
1912
The Serpent's Eyes (Short)
1912
While Wedding Bells Ring Out (Short) as
Marion
1912
The Seal of Time (Short)
1912
The Unending Love (Short)
1912
The Light on the Way (Short) as
Miss Leonard
1912
The Strength of the Weak (Short) as
Marion
1912
In Payment Full (Short)
1912
Songs of Childhood Days (Short)
1912
Through Flaming Gates (Short) as
The Penitent Mother - the Moth
1912
The End of the Circle (Short)
1912
Under Her Wing (Short) as
Bessie Trenton - the Stenographer
1912
So Speaks the Heart (Short) as
The Blind Girl
1912
Through Twisting Lanes (Short) as
Nell Thornton
1912
The Defender of the Name (Short) as
John Potter's Loyal Sister
1911
For His Sake (Short)
1911
The Price of Vanity (Short) as
Mrs. Murray
1911
The Minute and the Maid (Short) as
Rose Cuneo
1911
In Flowers Paled (Short) as
Helen Blair
1911
O'er Grim Fields Scarred (Short) as
Belle Meade
1911
The Harvest (Short) as
The Wife
1911
The Conflict (Short)
1911
A Left Hook (Short) as
Adele
1911
Over the Shading Edge (Short) as
Jane Grierson
1911
Such Is the Kingdom (Short) as
The Rector's Daughter
1911
In the Tepee's Light (Short) as
Wild Dove
1911
A Tale of Ebon Tints (Short)
1911
Till Death Do Us Part (Short)
1911
Tangled Lines (Short) as
Rosalind - the Gypsy
1911
At Sword's Points (Short)
1911
From the Valley of Shadows (Short)
1911
The Trump Card (Short) as
Grace - George's Sister
1911
Ever the Accuser (Short) as
The Would-be Poisoner
1911
Souls Courageous (Short)
1911
The Little Avenger (Short)
1911
The School Ma'am's Courage (Short)(unconfirmed)
1911
The Command from Galilee (Short) as
The Peasant Girl
1911
A Brass Button (Short)(unconfirmed, uncredited)
1911
The Last Laugh (Short)
1911
For Remembrance (Short)
1911
The Vows (Short)
1911
A Country Girl (Short)(unconfirmed)
1911
On Kentucky Soil (Short)
1911
The Hour of Fate (Short)
1911
As the Master Orders (Short) as
Mrs. Brownell
1911
The Two Paths (Short)
1910
A Sacrifice, and Then (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
The Refuge (Short) as
The Wife
1910
The Thin Dark Line (Short)
1910
A Dispensation (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
When Woman Wills (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
So Runs the Way (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
Moulders of Souls (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
Under a Changing Sky (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
Where Sea and Shore Doth Meet (Short)
1910
The Armorer's Daughter (Short)
1910
The Gray of the Dawn (Short)
1910
Rose o' Salem Town (Short)
1910
The Oath and the Man (Short)
1910
The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (Short)
1910
A Salutary Lesson (Short)
1910
The Call to Arms (Short) as
Regina - the Lord's Wife
1910
An Affair of Hearts (Short)
1910
Over Silent Paths (Short) as
The Daughter
1910
Love Among the Roses (Short) as
The Lady
1910
The Gold Seekers (Short)
1910
Thou Shalt Not (Short) as
Laura Edmonds
1910
As It Is in Life (Short) as
George Forrester's Sweetheart
1910
The Two Brothers (Short) as
Red Rose
1910
His Last Dollar (Short) as
The Woman
1910
Gold Is Not All (Short) as
Mabel Darrell - the Heiress
1910
The Converts (Short)
1910
In Old California (Short) as
Perdita Arguello
1910
The Duke's Plan (Short) as
Flametta - the Duke's Daughter
1910
The Cloister's Touch (Short) as
Elsa - the Mother
1910
The Call (Short)
1910
On the Reef (Short) as
Grace Wallace
1910
The Rocky Road (Short)
1909
The Heart of an Outlaw (Short) as
The Outlaw's Wife
1909
The Day After (Short) as
Mrs. Hilton
1909
In Little Italy (Short) as
Marie Cadrona
1909
A Trap for Santa Claus (Short) as
Helen Rogers
1909
The Test (Short) as
At the Hotel
1909
Through the Breakers (Short) as
Mrs. Nostrand
1909
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (Short) as
The Catholic's Wife
1909
In the Window Recess (Short) as
Mrs. Wallace
1909
A Sweet Revenge (Short) as
Paul's Fiancée - the Jilted One
1909
The Restoration (Short) as
Mrs. Morley
1909
The Light That Came (Short) as
Vivian
1909
Nursing a Viper (Short) as
The Wife
1909
The Gibson Goddess (Short) as
Nanette Ranfrea
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (Short) as
The Second Wife
1909
In the Watches of the Night (Short) as
Mrs. John Whitney
1909
The Expiation (Short) as
Helen Waterbury - John's Wife
1909
His Lost Love (Short) as
The Sister / At Wedding
1909
Fools of Fate (Short) as
Fanny Webster
1909
Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (Short) as
Ottima
1909
Leather Stocking (Short) as
One of the Colonel's Nieces
1909
The Broken Locket (Short) as
Mexican Woman
1909
The Children's Friend (Short)
1909
Comata, the Sioux (Short) as
Clear Eyes
1909
The Hessian Renegades (Short)
1909
The Sealed Room (Short) as
The Countess
1909
Pranks (Short) as
Ethel
1909
The Mills of the Gods (Short) as
Nellie
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance (Short)
1909
With Her Card (Short) as
Adele Alletta
1909
The Way of Man (Short) as
Wedding Guest
1909
The Peachbasket Hat (Short) as
Gypsy
1909
Her First Biscuits (Short) as
Biscuit Victim
1909
The Faded Lilies (Short)
1909
A New Trick (Short) as
The Woman
1909
The Lonely Villa (Short) as
Mrs. Robert Cullison
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona (Short) as
The Judge's Companion
1909
His Duty (Short) as
Woman in Store
1909
Two Memories (Short) as
Marion Francis
1909
Resurrection (Short) as
A Prisoner
1909
The Jilt (Short) as
Dorothy Kirk
1909
The Note in the Shoe (Short) as
Factory Employee
1909
The Eavesdropper (Short) as
Mercedes
1909
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (Short) as
Landlady
1909
Lucky Jim (Short) as
Gertrude
1909
The Drive for a Life (Short) as
Madame Lebrun
1909
The Winning Coat (Short) as
Noblewoman
1909
A Rude Hostess (Short) as
Mrs. Leffingwell
1909
Trying to Get Arrested (Short) as
Extra
1909
A Drunkard's Reformation (Short) as
Woman In the Play
1909
The Medicine Bottle (Short) as
Mrs. Parker
1909
A Burglar's Mistake (Short) as
Mrs. Newman
1909
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (Short) as
The Mother
1909
The Voice of the Violin (Short) as
Helen Walker
1909
The Lure of the Gown (Short) as
Isabelle
1909
The Salvation Army Lass (Short) as
Landlady / Shoplifter
1909
The Roue's Heart (Short) as
The Blind Sculptress
1909
A Fool's Revenge (Short) as
The Daughter
1909
The Prussian Spy (Short) as
Lady Florence
1909
At the Altar (Short) as
Minnie - the Daughter
1909
The Golden Louis (Short) as
Reveller
1909
The Politician's Love Story (Short) as
Peters - the Cartoonist
1909
The Hindoo Dagger (Short) as
The Woman
1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (Short) as
Mrs. Trouble
1909
Tragic Love (Short) as
In Factory
1909
A Wreath in Time (Short)
1909
The Brahma Diamond (Short) as
Dancer (unconfirmed)
1909
The Girls and Daddy (Short) as
At Black & Tan Ball
1909
The Cord of Life (Short) as
Galora's Wife
1909
The Welcome Burglar (Short) as
Alice Pierce
1909
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (Short) as
Mrs. Francis
1909
The Criminal Hypnotist (Short) as
The Man's Fiancee
1909
A Rural Elopement (Short) as
In Crowd
1909
The Sacrifice (Short) as
At Wigmaker's
1909
Love Finds a Way (Short) as
Their Daughter
1909
The Maniac Cook (Short) as
Mrs. Holland
1909
One Touch of Nature (Short) as
Sicilian Woman
1908
The Helping Hand (Short) as
Wedding Guest
1908
The Christmas Burglars (Short) as
Customer
1908
An Awful Moment (Short) as
Fiammetta - Matteo's Wife
1908
The Test of Friendship (Short) as
Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
1908
The Feud and the Turkey (Short) as
Nellie Caufield as an Adult
1908
Father Gets in the Game (Short)
1908
Where the Breakers Roar (Short)
1908
The Fatal Hour (Short) as
Detective
1908
The Greaser's Gauntlet (Short) as
Mildred West
1908
The Bandit's Waterloo (Short) as
Kidnapped Woman
1908
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (Short) as
Daughter
1908
At the Crossroads of Life (Short) as
Daughter
Writer
1913
Those Little Flowers (Short) (writer)
Archive Footage
1955
Film Fun (Short) as
Self (uncredited)
1954
Long Time No See (Short) as
From 'The Sealed Room (1909)'
1948
Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5 (Short) as
Ingrid, the Fiancee (edited from "The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)") (uncredited)
1947
Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
References
Marion Leonard Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA