Marie Quillan (March 17, 1909 – April 16, 1998) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. She was known primarily for her work on B-movie

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Biography

Quillan was born in

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, to Sarah Owens and Joseph Quillan, both of whom were performers born in Scotland. By the late 1920s, the Quillan family had resettled in Los Angeles, where she and several of her brothers and sisters performed with in vaudeville shows. Quillan's first known film credit was 1929's ''Noisy Neighbors''. Little is known of her life after her appearance in 1935's ''The Singing Vagabond''.

Selected filmography

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Noisy Neighbors ''Noisy Neighbors'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Eddie Quillan, Alberta Vaughn and Jane Keckley. Cast * Eddie Quillan as Eddie Van Revel * Alberta Vaughn as Mary Carstairs * Jane Keckley as Mother * Josep ...

'' (1929) * '' Campus Knights'' (1929) * ''

The Cheyenne Cyclone ''The Cheyenne Cyclone'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan and Frankie Darro.Pitts p.205 It is a remake of the 1928 silent film ''Phantom of the Range''. Main cast * Lane Chan ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Hurricane Horseman ''The Hurricane Horseman'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan and Walter Miller.Pitts p.205 It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. Cast * Lane Chandler as 'Gun' Smith * Marie Qu ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Saddle Buster ''The Saddle Buster'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Fred Allen and starring Tom Keene and Helen Foster.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p47 Cast * Tom Keene as Mo ...

'' (1932) *''

The Singing Vagabond ''The Singing Vagabond'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Carl Pierson and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, the film is a ...

'' (1935) * ''

Melody Trail ''Melody Trail'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette.Magers 2007, p. 35. Written by Sherman L. Lowe and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who goe ...

'' (1935) * ''

Alias Mary Dow ''Alias Mary Dow'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Sally Eilers, Ray Milland and Henry O'Neill.Quinlan p.331 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ralph Berger. Premise In order to comfort his dy ...

'' (1935)

References

American actresses Actresses from Pennsylvania 1909 births 1998 deaths Actresses from Philadelphia 20th-century American women {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub