Marion Mack
Marion Mack (born April 8, 1902 in Mammoth , Utah as Joey Marion McCreery , † May 1, 1989 in Costa Mesa , California ) was an American film actress and screenwriter , now mainly known as the female lead actress in Buster Keaton's classic film The General .
Life
Marion Mack began her professional career as one of Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties at Keystone Studios . She soon appeared prominently in short films, both in front of and behind the camera: she co-wrote the script for Mary of the Movies (1923), in which she played the leading role. She then had more prominent roles in such dramas as One of the Bravest (1925) and Carnival Girl (1926). Today, however, Mack is best known as the female lead in Buster Keaton's classic film The General , but the film flopped at the premiere and did not give her a career boost. After she last worked as an actress in Alice in Movieland in 1927 , she switched to working behind the camera.
She worked as a screenwriter with her husband, Lewis Lewyn, who subsequently produced the films. Mack and Lewyn served from 1923 until his death in 1969. In later years she also worked successfully as a real estate agent. When Keaton's The General was hailed as a masterpiece in the 1960s, Marion Mack also attracted new attention and she gave numerous interviews and attended film festivals, among other things. She died of heart failure in 1989 at the age of 87.
Web links
- Marion Mack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marion Mack in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Mack, Marion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCreery, Joey Marion (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actress, screenwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mammoth , Utah , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1989 |
| Place of death | Costa Mesa , California , United States |