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George F. Marion, Sr. | |
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Born | George Francis Marion July 16, 1860 |
Died | November 30, 1945 Carmel, California, U.S. | (aged 85)
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Years active | 1915–1935 |
Spouses | Lillian E. Swain
(m. 1894, divorced)Agnes E. Daly (m. 1896) |
Children | 3, including George Marion, Jr. |
George Francis Marion Sr. (July 16, 1860 – November 30, 1945) was an American film and stage actor and director, known for Anna Christie, both (1923) and (1930), and Death from a Distance (1935). Marion acted in 35 films between 1915 and 1935.
George F. Marion was born on July 16, 1860, in San Francisco, California, USA as George Francis Marion.[citation needed]
Marion directed and starred as Count Cassibianca in The Little Duchess in 1901.[1] He directed the 1904 musical Higgledy-Piggledy. He was in the Broadway production of Anna Christie (1921)[2] of Pauline Lord and the two film versions of Anna Christie[3] of Blanche Sweet (1923 silent) and Greta Garbo (1930 talkie).
Marion married to actress Lillian E. Swain in 1894 and later to Agnes E. Daly in 1896. He died of a heart attack in Carmel, California in 1945, at the age of 85. His son George Marion, Jr. was a famous Hollywood screenwriter.[citation needed]