Marian Marsh

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Violet Ethelred Krauth, Marilyn Morgan

Born

October 17, 1913

Died

November 09, 2006

Cause of Death

Natural Causes

Filmography

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House of Errors (1942)

Florence Randall

Murder by Invitation (1941)

Gentleman from Dixie (1941)

Margaret Terrell

Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)

Missing Daughters (1939)

A Desperate Adventure (1938)

Photos & Videos

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Road To Singapore, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Drunken Savages

Mad Genius, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) That Sensation Of Screaming

Family & Companions

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Howard Hughes

Companion

Entrepreneur, producer. Dated in the 1930s.

Albert Scott

Husband

Businessman. Born in 1903; formerly married to actress Colleen Moore; married from March 29, 1938 until his death in September 1956.

Clifford Henderson

Husband

Aviation pioneer, entrepreneur. Had originally met in the early 1930s; married from September 1960 until his death in 1984 at age 88.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

House of Errors (1942)

Florence Randall

Murder by Invitation (1941)

Gentleman from Dixie (1941)

Margaret Terrell

Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)

Missing Daughters (1939)

A Desperate Adventure (1938)

Prison Nurse (1938)

The Great Gambini (1937)

When's Your Birthday? (1937)

Saturday's Heroes (1937)

Youth on Parole (1937)

Come Closer, Folks (1936)

The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Lady of Secrets (1936)

Joan [Whittaker]

Counterfeit (1936)

Unknown Woman (1935)

The Black Room (1935)

In Spite of Danger (1935)

Crime and Punishment (1935)

A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)

Elnora Comstock

I Like It That Way (1934)

Daring Daughters (1933)

A Man of Sentiment (1933)

Notorious but Nice (1933)

The Eleventh Commandment (1933)

Alias the Doctor (1932)

Strange Justice (1932)

Under Eighteen (1932)

Beauty and the Boss (1932)

The Sport Parade (1932)

Irene [Stewart]

Svengali (1931)

Trilby [O'Ferrall]

The Road to Singapore (1931)

The Mad Genius (1931)

Five Star Final (1931)

Whoopee! (1930)

Harriett Underwood

Hell's Angels (1930)

Girl selling kisses

Life Events

1923

Moved with family to Boston, Massachusetts

1925

While visiting older sister Jean at Paramount's Astoria Studio in NYC

1926

When sister was signed to contract by F.B.O. (later RKO Pictures), family relocated to Southern California

1928

Put under contract at Pathe; adopted stage name of Marilyn Morgan; only made one film at Pathe

1929

Film debut in small role in "Fairways and Fouls"

1930

Had two-line part in "Whoopie"

1930

Appeared in "Hell's Angels"

1930

Signed by Warner Bros.; acted in over 30 shorts

1931

Now dubbed Marian Marsh, acted in "Svengali"

1932

Was first topbilled in "Beauty and the Boss"

1932

Starred in "Under Eighteen"

1934

Appeared in European produced films, including the German-language "The Prodigal Son/The Lost Son" (1935)

1935

Acted in "Crime and Punishment", directed by Josef Von Sternberg

1937

Began freelancing

1942

Final film, "The House of Errors"

1959

Officially retired from acting

Photo Collections

Under Eighteen - Lobby Cards

Here are a few lobby cards from the Pre-Code film Under Eighteen (1932). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Road To Singapore, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Drunken Savages Dr. March (Louis Calhern), finding his betrothed has not been fetched from the boat, with his sister (Marian Marsh) goes seeking Philippa (Doris Kenyon), who has been taken in by ladies' man Dawltry (William Powell), at a fictional colonial outpost, in Road To Singapore, 1931.

Mad Genius, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) That Sensation Of Screaming 15 years on from his humble introduction, John Barrymore is now impresario Tsarakov, Luis Alberni his desperate dance director Serge, Marian Marsh (Barrymore’s co-star from Svengali) his principal Nana, Mae Madison and Carmel Myers as needier performers, in The Mad Genius, 1931.

Crime And Punishment (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Say Honor? Mother (Elisabeth Risdon) and sister Toni (Tala Birrell) have arrived with Lushin (Gene Lockhart) to present news to Raskolnikov (Peter Lorre), Sonya (Marian Marsh) dropping by, in Josef von Sternberg's Crime And Punishnent, 1935, from the Dostoyevsky novel.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) My Manufactured Love Now rich and famous, John Barrymore (title character) visits "Madame Svengali" (formerly "Trilby," Marian Marsh) and offers a soliloquy, in Archie Mayo's Svengali, 1931.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Come The big scene for Anton Grot's set design, John Barrymore (title character) summons sleeping Trilby (Marian Marsh) who crosses Paris to him in her nightgown, in Svengali, 1931.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) My Funny Headaches Acting as nothing more than a quirky music teacher, John Barrymore (title character) drops in on Billee (Bramwell Fletcher) and Trilby (Marian Marsh), into whom he gets his hypnotic hooks, in Svengali, 1931.

Svengali (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Speaking Of Music Opening credits and the introduction of John Barrymore (title character), sidekick Gecko (Luis Alberni) and flighty musical student Honori (Carmel Myers) from Svengali, 1931, directed by Archie Mayo.

Family

Leo Krauth

Father

Candy manufacturer. Owned chocolate factory in Trinidad.

Harriette Krauth

Mother

Jean Morgan

Sister

Actor. Older; trained at Paramount's Astoria Studio in NYC; signed to contract; moved to California in 1926.

George Krauth

Brother

Older.

Edward Krauth

Brother

Older.

Catherine Mary Scott

Daughter

Born in November 1942.

Albert Parker Scott

Son

Born in August 1944.

Companions

Howard Hughes

Companion

Entrepreneur, producer. Dated in the 1930s.

Albert Scott

Husband

Businessman. Born in 1903; formerly married to actress Colleen Moore; married from March 29, 1938 until his death in September 1956.

Clifford Henderson

Husband

Aviation pioneer, entrepreneur. Had originally met in the early 1930s; married from September 1960 until his death in 1984 at age 88.

Bibliography

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