Occupation Actress Name Marion Shilling | Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Marion Schilling Spouse Edward Cook (m. 1937–1998) Movies I'll Name the Murderer, Cavalcade of the West, The Red Rider, Lord Byron of Broadway, A Shot in the Dark Similar People Louis King, Lew Landers, William Nigh, Harry Beaumont, John S Robertson | ||
Children Frances Cook, Edward Cook | ||
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Marion Shilling (December 3, 1910 – November 6, 2004) was an American film actress of the 1930s.
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- 1930 free and easy buster keaton en marion shilling
- The Marion Kind
- Biography
- Recognition
- Personal life
- Death
- References
The Marion Kind
Biography
Shilling was born Marion Helen Schilling (Marion Schilling in Denver, Colorado in 1910 as per the Social Security Death Index under the name COOK, MARION S.), although some biographers had formerly cited 1911 or 1914.
Shilling's family moved to St. Louis when she was young. She graduated from Central High School there in 1928.
She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as Miss Lulu Betts and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
In 1929 she received her first screen role in Wise Girls. After a couple of roles in other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the 1930 crime drama Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a B-movie heroine.
In 1931 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood star Marian Marsh. From 1930 to 1936 she starred in forty two films, mostly westerns or mysteries. She often starred opposite Tom Keene and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the 1934 film serial The Red Rider, she starred opposite early western film legend Buck Jones, with a supporting cast that included William Desmond and football legend Jim Thorpe.
Recognition
In 2002, Shilling received a Golden Boot Award for her contribution to Western films.
Personal life
Despite her success in films, Shilling retired in 1936, to marry and have a family. She was married to Edward Cook from 1937 until his death in 1998. They had two children, Edward and Frances.
Death
She never returned to acting, and died from natural causes on November 6, 2004, in a hospital in Torrance, California, aged 93.