Marion Burns
Biography
Marion Burns was an American film actress whose screen career was concentrated in the 1930s. Born in Los Angeles, she studied dramatics at the University of California, worked in stock theater, and appeared on Broadway in Intimate Relations and They Don't Mean Any Harm in 1931. Her first film role came that year in Oklahoma Jim opposite Bill Cody, which led her into Westerns as a heroine. She starred in The Golden West in 1932 and appeared with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in Me and My Gal (1932), which gave her substantial screen time. In 1934 she appeared in Born to Be Bad with Cary Grant and Loretta Young. Her best-known films were opposite John Wayne: The Dawn Rider (1935) and Paradise Canyon (1935). After leaving the screen following 1935, she returned briefly for the stage production Leaning on Letty in 1936, the 1945 Brenda Starr, Reporter, and a 1961 episode of My Three Sons. Burns died in 1993.
86years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Laguna Niguel
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 3 years1932 to 1935
Every film, newest first
- 1935Paradise CanyonIMDb rating 5.1
- 1935The Dawn RiderIMDb rating 5.1
- 1934Born to Be BadIMDb rating 6.1
- 1932Me and My GalIMDb rating 6.6
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In the scene, Marion Burns rushes in and rescues the hero from the python. To reach Richmond's pistol, which she was supposed to use to shoot the python, Burns had to fight the snake too, and she played her own scene.
First role
In 1931 Burns landed her first film role, playing opposite Bill Cody in Oklahoma Jim. That movie began her career as a heroine in Western films.
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