Mary Brian Net Worth

Mary Brian was born Louise Byrdie Datzler in Corsicana, Texas in 1906. After moving to California with her widowed mother in 1923, she won a second-prize letter of introduction to Herbert Brenon at Paramount and was cast as Wendy in Peter Pan (1924). She was then signed to a five-year contract with Paramount (1925-30) and became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Mary made the transition from silents to talkies, co-starring with Gary Cooper in The Virginian (1929) and with Ina Claire and Fredric March in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). She also acted three times opposite W.C. Fields, first as his daughter in Running Wild (1927). After signing up for another four-year contract, Mary was in the all-star cast of Paramount on Parade (1930) and The Front Page (1931). When her contract ended, she freelanced and performed in vaudeville. Her last good picture was Hard to Handle (1933) with James Cagney. Mary then went to England and made several pictures for Poverty Row companies. After her motion picture career faded in 1937, she turned to the stage and entertained American troops in the South Pacific as part of the USO. In the 1950's, she appeared in the syndicated sitcom Meet Corliss Archer (1954). After the death of her second husband, Mary retired and pursued her passion for portrait painting.
Mary Brian is a member of Actress

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day February 17, 1906
Birth Place  Corsicana, Texas, United States
Mary Brian age 114 YEARS OLD
Died On December 30, 2002(2002-12-30) (aged 96)\nDel Mar, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Pisces
Occupation Actress
Years active 1924–1954
Spouse(s) Jon Whitcomb (m. 1941–1941) (divorced) George Tomasini (m. 1947–1964) (his death)

💰 Net worth: $700,000

Mary Brian, an acclaimed actress and talented soundtrack artist from the United States, is speculated to have a net worth of approximately $700,000 by the year 2024. With a successful career spanning several decades, Mary Brian has made significant contributions to the entertainment industry. Known for her remarkable acting skills and melodious vocals, she has played pivotal roles in numerous films, leaving an indelible mark on the audience. As her wealth continues to grow, Mary Brian's legacy as a versatile actress and skilled soundtrack artist remains a testament to her immense talent and hard work.

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Biography/Timeline

1906

She was born Louise Byrdie Dantzler in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. Dantzler (December 1869 – March 18, 1906) and Louise B. (August 12, 1876 – April 3, 1973). Her brother was Taurrence J. Dantzler, Jr. (August 9, 1903 – April 6, 1973).

1920

Her father died when she was one month old and the family later moved to Dallas. In the early 1920s, they moved to Long Beach, California. She had intended becoming an Illustrator but that was laid aside when at age 16 she was discovered in a local bathing beauty contest. One of the judges was famous motion picture star Esther Ralston (who was to play her mother in the upcoming Peter Pan and who became a lifelong friend).

1924

After her showing in the beauty contest, she was given an audition by Paramount Pictures and cast by Director Herbert Brenon as Wendy Darling in his silent movie version of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1924). There she starred with Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston, and the three of them stayed close for the rest of their lives. Ralston described both Bronson and Brian as 'very charming people'.

1925

The studio, who created her stage name for the movie and said she was age 16 instead of 18, because the latter sounded too old for the role, then signed her to a long-term motion picture contract. Brian played Fancy Vanhern, daughter of Percy Marmont, in Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men (1925), which had newcomer Louise Brooks in an uncredited debut role as a moll.

1926

During her years at Paramount, Brian appeared in more than 40 movies as the lead, the ingenue or co-star. She worked with Brenon again in 1926 when she played Isabel in P. C. Wren's Beau Geste starring Ronald Colman. That same year she made Behind the Front and Harold Teen. In 1928, she played ingenue Alice Deane in Forgotten Faces opposite Clive Brook, her sacrificing father, with Olga Baclanova as her vixen mother and william Powell as Froggy. Forgotten Faces is preserved in the Library of Congress.

1928

Her first talkie was Varsity (1928), which was filmed with part-sound and talking sequences, opposite Buddy Rogers. After successfully making the transition to sound, she co-starred with Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and Richard Arlen in one of the earliest Western talkies, The Virginian (1929), her first all-talkie feature. In it, she played a spirited frontier heroine, schoolmarm Molly Stark Wood, who was the love interest of the Virginian (Cooper).

1930

Her final film of the 1930s was Affairs of Cappy Ricks although she auditioned unsuccessfully for the part that would go to Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born.

1932

After her contract with Paramount ended in 1932, Brian freelanced. That same year, she appeared on the vaudeville stage at New York's Palace Theatre. Also in the same year, she starred in Manhattan Tower.

1933

Other movie roles include Murial Ross, aka Murial Rossi, in Shadows of Sing Sing (1933), in which she received top billing, Gloria Van Dayham in College Rhythm (1934), Yvette Lamartine in Charlie Chan in Paris (1935), Hope Wolfinger, W. C. Fields’s daughter, in Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935), Sally Barnaby in Spendthrift (1936) opposite Henry Fonda, and Doris in Navy Blues (1937), in which she received top billing.

1936

In 1936, she went to England and made three movies, including The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss in which she starred opposite Cary Grant, to whom she became engaged at one stage.

1937

Brian was absent from the screen from 1937 to 1943. During World War II, she entertained servicemen in the South Pacific and in Europe. She spent Christmas of 1944 with the Soldiers fighting the Battle of the Bulge.

1941

Though she was engaged numerous times and was linked romantically to numerous Hollywood men, including Cary Grant and notorious womaniser Jack Pickford, Brian had only two husbands: magazine Illustrator Jon Whitcomb (for six weeks, beginning May 4, 1941) and film Editor George Tomasini (from 1947 until his death in 1964). After retiring from the screen for good, she devoted herself to her husband's career; Tomasini worked as film Editor for Hitchcock on the classics Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960).

1947

She appeared in only a handful of films thereafter. Her last performance on the silver screen was in Dragnet (1947), a B-movie in which she played Anne Hogan opposite Henry Wilcoxon. Over the course of 22 years, Brian had appeared in more than 79 movies.

1950

During the 1950s, Brian had something of a career in television, most notably playing the title character's mother in Meet Corliss Archer (1954).

1951

She played in the stage comedy Mary Had a Little... in the 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, co-starring with John Hubbard.

1960

In 1960, Brian was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star located at 1559 Vine Street.

2002

She died of natural causes on December 30, 2002 at a retirement home in Del Mar, California at the age of 96. She is interred in the Eternal Love Section, Lot 4134, Space 2, Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles, overlooking Burbank.