Marion Shilling

Marion Shilling Biography

Marion Shilling (December 3, 1910 " November 6, 2004) was an American film actress of the 1930s.

Shilling was born as Marion Schilling in Denver, Colorado in 1910 as per the Social Security Death Index under the name COOK, MARION S., although some biographers had formerly cited 1911 or 1914. She started her acting career as a stage actress, starring in stage plays such as Miss Lulu Betts and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1929 she received her first screen role in Wise Girls. After a couple of roles in other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the 1930 crime drama Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a B-movie heroine.

In 1931 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list that included future Hollywood star Marian Marsh. From 1930 to 1936 she starred in forty two films, mostly westerns or mysteries. She often starred opposite Tom Keene and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In the 1934 film serial The Red Rider, she starred opposite early western film legend Buck Jones, with a supporting cast that included William Desmond and football legend Jim Thorpe.

Personal life

Despite her success in films, Shilling retired in 1936, to marry and have a family. She was married to Edward Cook from 1937 until his death in 1998. They had two children, Edward and Frances.

Death

She never returned to acting, and died from natural causes on November 6, 2004, in Torrance, California, aged 93.

Selected Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1929	Wise Girls	Ruth Bence
1930	Lord Byron of Broadway	Nancy
1930	The Swellhead	Mamie Judd
1930	Free and Easy	Singer and dancer	Uncredited
1930	Shadow of the Law	Edith Wentworth
1930	On Your Back	Jeanne Burke
1931	Beyond Victory	Ina
1931	Young Donovan's Kid	Kitty Costello
1931	The Common Law	Stephanie Brown
1931	June First	Marion	21 min
1931	Sundown Trail	Dorothy ?Dottie? Beals
1931	Take 'em and Shake 'em	18 min
1931	Forgotten Women	Patricia Young
1931	Easy to Get	Marion	18 min
1932	Only Men Wanted		20 min
1932	Shop Angel	Dorothy Hayes
1932	The County Fair	Alice Ainsworth
1932	Rule 'Em and Weep	Ramona	19 min
1932	Gigolettes		18 min
1932	A Man's Land	Peggy Turner
1932	Niagara Falls		19 min
1932	A Parisian Romance	Claudette
1932	The Heart Punch	Kitty Doyle
1933	Curtain at Eight	Anice Cresmer
1934	Fighting to Live	Mary Carson
1934	The Red Rider	Marie Maxwel
1934	Inside Information	Anne Seton
1934	Thunder Over Texas	Helen Mason
1934	Elinor Norton	Publisher's Staff	Uncredited
1934	The Westerner	Juanita Barnes
1935	Blazing Guns	Betty Lou Rickard (as Marian Shilling)
1935	A Shot in the Dark	Jean Coates
1935	Stone of Silver Creek	Martha Mason
1935	Gun Smoke	Jean Culverson (as Marian Shilling)
1935	The Keeper of the Bees	Louise
1935	Society Fever	Victoria Vandergriff
1935	Captured in Chinatown	Ann Parker
1935	Rio Rattler	Mary Adams
1935	Gun Play	Madge Holt
1936	I'll Name the Murderer	Smitty
1936	The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand	Verna Gironda
1936	The Idaho Kid	Ruth Endicott
1936	Romance Rides the Range	Carol Marland
1936	Cavalcade of the West	Mary Christman

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