Marian Nixon
Marian Nixon (born October 20, 1904 in Superior as Maria Nissinen , † February 13, 1983 in Los Angeles ) was an American film actress . She was a busy actress during the silent and early talkies era.
Live and act
Nixon, whose parents were from Finland, was born in Superior and moved to Minneapolis early with her parents . There she spent her childhood and attended school. She developed an interest in theater and dance at an early age.
She went to Los Angeles and Fox Film Corporation signed her. At the beginning of her film career, she starred in various western films, such as Big Dan (1923), The Vagabond Trail (1924), The Circus Cowboy (1924) and Durand of the Bad Lands (1925) either alongside Buck Jones or also in The Last of the Duanes (1924) and The Avenger (1925) with Tom Mix . Fox Film Corporation then loaned it to Universal Studios . They changed their name to Marion Nixon and had her play alongside Hoot Gibson in The Hurricane Kid (1925), The Saddle Hawk (1925) and Let 'er Buck (1925). Soon she was cast in other film genres and developed into a popular actress.
In 1924 she was selected as a promising young star among the WAMPAS Baby Stars of the Year. She caused a stir in 1925 when she led a leopard on a leash on Hollywood Boulevard and wore a leopard fur coat.
Directed by her future husband, William A. Seiter , she made the films Where Was I? (1925), Der chaste Josef (1926), Rolling Home (1926), Out All Night (1927), Chance at Heaven (1933) and We're Rich Again (1934).
When the talkies came to Hollywood in the late 1920s , unlike many of her silent film colleagues, she mastered the upheaval without any problems. In the following years she had numerous successes: In Winner Take All (1932) she played alongside James Cagney , in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) the female lead alongside Ralph Bellamy and Mae Marsh and in Once to Every Bachelor ( 1934) with Neil Hamilton .
After she married William A. Seiter on August 16, 1934, she retired from the screen in 1936 to look after their children.
On February 8, 1960, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street.
Nixon was married four times:
- 1925–1927 with Joseph Benjamin (1898–1983), boxer
- 1929–1933 with Edward Hillman, Jr., department store heir
- 1934–1964 with William A. Seiter (1890–1964), film director, with whom she had a son, Christopher N. Seiter (1935–2003) and two daughters, Selena († 1980) and Jessica
- 1972–1979 with Ben Lyon , actor, (1901–1979)
She died of open heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 1983 at the age of 78 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park .
Filmography
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Web links
- Marian Nixon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marian Nixon in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crazy Celebrity Pets: My House, My Boat, My Ocelot. Der Spiegel, August 9, 2012, accessed on March 17, 2017 .
- ^ Marian Nixon. walkoffame.com, accessed March 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Film star Marian Nixon, who was Spencer Tracy's first ... upi.com, February 16, 1983, accessed March 17, 2017 .
- ^ Marian Nixon, 78, Actress; Tracy's First Leading Lady. The New York Times, February 17, 1983, accessed March 17, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nixon, Marian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nixon, Marion; Nissinen, Maria (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Superior |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1983 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |