Marion Helen Schilling (December , â€" November , ) was an American
stage and film actress. She was one of the most famous "B" leading
ladies of the s.Marion Helen Schilling was born in Denver, Colorado in
.Her family moved to St. Louis when she was young. She graduated from
Central High School there in . 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. While playing in Dracula on stage
with Bela Lugosi, she developed a blood-curdling scream so effective,
when she was working in Hollywood, she was asked to dub screams for
Constance Bennett and Shilling's idol Pola Negri. In she received her
first screen role in Wise Girls. Shilling had good memories of her
director E. Mason Hopper when interviewed in the 's. "I can still
remember some of his early suggestions. 'Keep your head above the
tide.' 'Be on your toes.' 'Hold your head high.' 'Act like the queen
of the studio.' Those were wonderful words to a new, green girl numbed
by all that was suddenly happening to her." After a couple of roles in
other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the crime drama
Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a
B-movie heroine.
stage and film actress. She was one of the most famous "B" leading
ladies of the s.Marion Helen Schilling was born in Denver, Colorado in
.Her family moved to St. Louis when she was young. She graduated from
Central High School there in . 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. While playing in Dracula on stage
with Bela Lugosi, she developed a blood-curdling scream so effective,
when she was working in Hollywood, she was asked to dub screams for
Constance Bennett and Shilling's idol Pola Negri. In she received her
first screen role in Wise Girls. Shilling had good memories of her
director E. Mason Hopper when interviewed in the 's. "I can still
remember some of his early suggestions. 'Keep your head above the
tide.' 'Be on your toes.' 'Hold your head high.' 'Act like the queen
of the studio.' Those were wonderful words to a new, green girl numbed
by all that was suddenly happening to her." After a couple of roles in
other films, she starred opposite William Powell in the crime drama
Shadow of the Law. That movie springboarded her into roles as a
B-movie heroine.
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