Marie Quillan
American actress
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Marie Quillan (March 17, 1909 – April 16, 1998)[1] was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. She was known primarily for her work on B-movie Westerns.
March 17, 1909
Marie Quillan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Ann Quillan March 17, 1909 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | April 16, 1998 (aged 89) Sun Valley, California, USA |
| Relatives | Eddie Quillan (brother) |
Biography
Quillan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] to Sarah Owens and Joseph Quillan, both of whom were performers born in Scotland.[citation needed] Actor Eddie Quillan was her brother,[2] and she had nine other siblings.[3]
By the late 1920s, the Quillan family had resettled in Los Angeles, where she and several of her brothers and sisters performed with in vaudeville shows.[4][5] She studied at the Bud Murray School for Stage and Screen.[6] Quillan's first known film credit was 1929's Noisy Neighbors.
Little is known of her life after her appearance in 1935's The Singing Vagabond.
Selected filmography
- Noisy Neighbors (1929)[7]
- Campus Knights (1929)
- The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931)
- The Hurricane Horseman (1931)
- The Saddle Buster (1932)
- The Singing Vagabond (1935)
- Melody Trail (1935)
- Alias Mary Dow (1935)
