Marion Aye

Marion Aye

Born: April 5, 1903
Died: July 21, 1951
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia

Marion Aye (April 5, 1903 – July 21, 1951) was an American actress of screen and stage who starred in several films during the 1920s, mostly comedies. She is sometimes credited as Maryon Aye.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of James H. Aye, she was "discovered" by legendary moviemaker Mack Sennett. She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922. She was a capable dancer, a talent she exhibited in several films. She also appeared in eighteen western shorts opposite Bob Reeves.

Following retirement, she suffered isolation from the film industry, which had virtually forgotten her. In 1935 she attempted suicide. There were several more attempts, ending with her successful suicide attempt in 1951 in Hollywood, California.

Movies for Marion Aye...

Up the River
Title: Up the River
Character: Actress (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1930
Type: Movie
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
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Irene
Title: Irene
Character: Helen Cheston
Released: January 24, 1926
Type: Movie
Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.
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The Roughneck
Title: The Roughneck
Character: Marrat's Girl
Released: November 30, 1924
Type: Movie
Beautiful Felicity Arden, is forced by a storm to take refuge in Mad Marrat's dwelling on the South Sea Isle.
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The Last Man on Earth
Title: The Last Man on Earth
Character: Red Sal
Released: November 2, 1924
Type: Movie
An epidemic has killed off all of the fertile men on earth, except for Elmer Smith, a hillbilly who lives out in a cabin in the Ozarks, when he is discovered, every woman on the planet begins fighting over him.
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The Weak-End Party
Title: The Weak-End Party
Character: Lily - the Birthday Girl
Released: October 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A riotous comedy of social errors, as absurd as a butler's whiskers.
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Title: The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Character: Self
Released: March 15, 1922
Type: Movie
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (15 in 1932) young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. 1922 was the first.
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The Vengeance Trail
Title: The Vengeance Trail
Character: Grace Winwood
Released: October 14, 1921
Type: Movie
When a couple of ranch hands frame a youngster in a rustling scheme and a bank robbery, the young man must prove that he is a man.
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Hearts and Flowers
Title: Hearts and Flowers
Character: Bathing Girl
Released: June 22, 1919
Type: Movie
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
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Why Beaches Are Popular
Title: Why Beaches Are Popular
Character: Bathing Girl
Released: May 10, 1919
Type: Movie
This short was a promo piece for Mack Sennett's Yankee Doodle in Berlin