Marian Nixon

Marian Nixon

1904-10-20 Superior, Wisconsin, USA 67 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marian Nixon (October 20, 1904 – February 13, 1983) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films. Born Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin to parents of Finnish descent, Nixon began her career as a teen dancing in choruses in vaudeville. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film Cupid's Fireman, opposite Buck Jones. The following year, she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star. Nix...

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Captain Calamity

Captain Calamity

1936

as Madge

2.5
Acting

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

The Drag-Net

The Drag-Net

1936

as Katherine 'Kit' van Buren

4.7
Acting

A playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime boss and his gang.

Tango

1936

as Treasure McGuire

5.0
Acting

Believing his wife to be unfaithful, a husband deserts her and his child. Destitute, the woman is forced to take a job as a tango dancer.

The Reckless Way

The Reckless Way

1936

as Helen Rogers

4.0
Acting

The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who doesn't want to settle for second best. She is offered ch...

Sweepstake Annie

1935

as Annie Foster

3.7
Acting

A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and...

By Your Leave

By Your Leave

1934

as Andree

3.0
Acting

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

Embarrassing Moments

Embarrassing Moments

1934

as Jane

Acting

Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in...

We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again

1934

as Arabella Sykes (as Marion Nixon)

4.0
Acting

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

1934

as Sylvia

5.3
Acting

A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

Chance at Heaven

Chance at Heaven

1933

as Glory Franklyn

5.7
Acting

A young woman's ambitious boyfriend falls for a ditzy socialite.

Doctor Bull

Doctor Bull

1933

as May Tupping

6.5
Acting

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regar...

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

1933

as Mary Saunders

6.9
Acting

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

1933

as Lena Schneider

Acting

Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon playing the grown children of feuding German-Americans Frank Morgan and Joseph Cawthorn. Romance blossoms between Rogers...

Face in the Sky

Face in the Sky

1933

as Madge

4.5
Acting

Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her f...

Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work

1932

as Rose

4.0
Acting

A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

1932

as Bee

6.2
Acting

Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When ...

Winner Take All

Winner Take All

1932

as Peggy Harmon

5.3
Acting

Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves ...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1932

as Rebecca

Acting

A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel...

Amateur Daddy

Amateur Daddy

1932

as Sally Smith

Acting

Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred'...

After Tomorrow

After Tomorrow

1932

as Sidney Taylor

5.8
Acting

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get marr...

Charlie Chan's Chance

Charlie Chan's Chance

1932

as Shirley Marlowe

6.5
Acting

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie mu...

A Private Scandal

A Private Scandal

1931

as Mary Gate

4.3
Acting

There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristocracy, and a Count d'Alencourt is arrested on the ...

Women Go on Forever

Women Go on Forever

1931

as Betty

Acting
Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes

1931

as Babe Ellis

4.5
Acting

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

The Lash

The Lash

1930

as Dona Dolores Delfino

5.3
Acting

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

Ex-Flame

Ex-Flame

1930

as Lady Catherine

Acting

A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from h...

The Pay-Off

The Pay-Off

1930

as Annabelle

5.0
Acting

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes...

College Lovers

College Lovers

1930

as Madge Hutton

Acting

Romance on a college campus.

Scarlet Pages

Scarlet Pages

1930

as Nora Mason

6.5
Acting

Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does ...

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

1930

as Self

3.4
Acting

Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, atten...

Courage

Courage

1930

as Muriel Colbrook

Acting

Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to ed...

General Crack

General Crack

1929

as Archduchess Maria Luisa

Acting

The film takes place in the 18th century Austria and revolves around Prince Christian, commonly known as General Crack. His father had been a respecta...

The Show of Shows

The Show of Shows

1929

as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

5.5
Acting

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...

Young Nowheres

Young Nowheres

1929

as Annie Jackson

Acting

Albert Whalen, a hotel elevator operator, together with one of the pretty chambermaids, Annie Jackson, on the hotel staff are accused of breaking and ...

In the Headlines

In the Headlines

1929

as Anna Lou Anderson

Acting

A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find themselves the targets of the as yet unknown murd...

Say It with Songs

Say It with Songs

1929

as Katherine Lane

5.2
Acting

Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine....

Rainbow Man

Rainbow Man

1929

as Mary Lane

Acting

The Rainbow Man is a 1929 black and white American musical film.

Geraldine

Geraldine

1929

as Geraldine

Acting

Ambitious social climber Mr. Wygate hires charming rogue Eddie Able to polish his shy daughter Geraldine into a dazzling debutante. Geraldine, smitten...

Silks and Saddles

Silks and Saddles

1929

as Lucy Calhoun

Acting

Jockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named Sybil, who made Johnny hold back Mrs. Calhoun's horse,...

Man, Woman and Wife

Man, Woman and Wife

1929

as Bella Rogers / Helen Brandon

Acting

Helen Brandon, an unhappily married woman, marries former suitor Jack Mason when her husband, Ralph, is killed in action. The report of Ralph's death ...

Jazz Mad

Jazz Mad

1928

as Elsa Hausmann

Acting

A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope...

How to Handle Women

How to Handle Women

1928

as Beatrice Fairbanks

Acting

When Leonard Higgins, a cartoonist, meets Prince Hendryx, ruler of the small nation of Vulgaria, he offers to help save the country by advertising the...

Out of the Ruins

Out of the Ruins

1928

as Yvonne Gilbert

Acting

He hid from life in the ruins -he came out of the ruins to death! A man condemned to live in the shadow of a great love-never to realize it until he m...

The Fourflusher

1928

as June Allen

Acting

Young and ambitious but so far unsuccessful shoe clerk Andy Whittaker meets June Allen and tries to impress her by pretending to be an important busin...

The Chinese Parrot

The Chinese Parrot

1927

as Sally Phillmore

Acting

The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective C...

Out All Night

Out All Night

1927

as Molly O'Day

Acting

A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.

Taxi! Taxi!

Taxi! Taxi!

1927

as Rose Zimmerman

Acting

An architect, constantly in trouble with his employers, falls for the boss's niece. When he spontaneously buys a taxicab to take her home on a rainy n...

The Auctioneer

The Auctioneer

1927

as Ruth Levi

Acting

Simon, a young Jewish man emigrating to the US, adopts the daughter of a dying woman on the ship. After he settles in the US, he eventually builds up ...

Spangles

Spangles

1926

as 'Spangles' Delancy

Acting

At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a wanted man, Dick Radley, who uses the circus as a h...

Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1926

as Rose Marie

Acting

A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.

Rolling Home

Rolling Home

1926

as Phyllis

Acting

Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luc...

What Happened to Jones

What Happened to Jones

1926

as Lucille Bigbee

5.8
Acting

On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies...

Hands Up!

Hands Up!

1926

as Mae Woodstock

5.2
Acting

Jack, a southern spy during the Civil War, must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, Native Americans, and a...

Sporting Life

Sporting Life

1925

as Nora Cavanaugh

Acting

A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can sav...

Durand of the Bad Lands

Durand of the Bad Lands

1925

as Molly Gore

Acting

A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands is the story a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem...

Where Was I?

Where Was I?

1925

as Alicia Stone

Acting

A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.

I'll Show You the Town

I'll Show You the Town

1925

as Hazel Deming

Acting

British comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs to make a choice.

Let 'er Buck

Let 'er Buck

1925

as Jacqueline McCall

Acting

A young cowboy falls in love with the daughter of a rich rancher, and they plan to marry. However, the cowboy winds up getting in a fight with the gir...

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

1925

as Bess Erne

5.7
Acting

A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.

The Saddle Hawk

The Saddle Hawk

1925

as Rena Newhall

Acting

Ben Johnson, a sheepherder who hates sheep, is instructed by his employer, Vasquez, to escort beautiful Rena Newhall to her father's ranch. On the jou...

The Hurricane Kid

The Hurricane Kid

1925

as Joan Langdon

Acting

The Hurricane Kid runs afoul of Colonel Langdon's ranch foreman, Lafe Baxter when Joan Langdon shows an obvious preference for The Kid, and The Kid re...

The Last of the Duanes

The Last of the Duanes

1924

as Ruth

Acting

Buck Duane is on the run after killing his father's murderer. He rescues a beautiful young woman from an outlaw, but the outlaw's wife has eyes for th...

The Circus Cowboy

The Circus Cowboy

1924

as Bird Taylor

Acting

After a 2-year absence, Buck Saxon returns home to find his girl, Norma, married to the town's wealthiest citizen, Ezra Bagley, yet professing to love...

The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios

1924

7.0
Acting

The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farr...

The Vagabond Trail

The Vagabond Trail

1924

as Lou Macon

Acting

Searching for his wayward brother, saddle tramp Donnegan (Buck Jones) gets in trouble with a bully and is thrown off a freight train

Cupid's Fireman

Cupid's Fireman

1923

as Agnes Evans

4.0
Acting

McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son sacrifice his life the way his father did. When she dies, McG...

Big Dan

Big Dan

1923

as Dora Allen

Acting

Dan O'Hara, known as "Big Dan," returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys' camp and begins to train box...