Dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures", Mary Brian started life as Louise Byrdie Datzler. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and went to high school in Dallas. Her widowed mother had big plans for young Louise and took her to California in 1923, with the intention of getting her into the film business. After several unsuccessful attempts, a bathing...
February 17, 1906, Corsicana, Texas, United States
Died
December 30, 2002, Del Mar, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Corsicana, Texas, USA
Height
5' 2" (1.57 m)
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse
George Tomasini (m. 1947–1964), Jon Whitcomb (m. 1941–1941)
Parents
Louise B. Dantzler, Taurrence J. Dantzler
Siblings
Taurrence J. Dantzler, Jr.
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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[on homosexuality in Hollywood] I was around all that time, and it didn't seem that it was that big a deal. There were art directors, wonderful, integral part of the business, that were taken for granted. You admired them for their talent. It was no big deal. If there was a big set party, there was never any division there. Franklin Pangborn. He was accepted by everybody on set. They thought he was funny in the things he did. He didn't socialize a great deal. But that was not from any prejudice. I never thought that way.
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[on working with William Haines in Brown of Harvard] When his friend, Jimmy Shields, used to come on the quite often to see him, I think I just took it for granted.
3
[on the marriage of Edmund Lowe and Lilyan Tashman] They played both sides of the tracks.
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Fact
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Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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Painting portraits was a hobby she picked up later in life.
3
When she was cast as Wendy in 1924's Peter Pan (1924), Paramount cut two years off her age because 18 sounded too old for the part.
$250,000
