Marion Shilling
Marion Shilling received a Golden Boot award at the 2002 awards ceremony. She passed away on November 6, 2004 at the Torrance, California Memorial Medical Centre. 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.
Filmography
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self
Cavalcade of the West
as Mary Christman
Cavalcade of the West
as Mary Christman
Romance Rides the Range
as Carol Marland
Romance Rides the Range
as Carol Marland
The Idaho Kid
as Ruth Endicott
The Idaho Kid
as Ruth Endicott
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Verna Gironda
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Verna Gironda
I'll Name the Murderer
as Smitty
I'll Name the Murderer
as Smitty
Gun Play
as Madge Holt
Gun Play
as Madge Holt
Rio Rattler
as Mary Adams
Rio Rattler
as Mary Adams
Society Fever
as Victoria Vandergriff
Society Fever
as Victoria Vandergriff
The Keeper of the Bees
as Louise
The Keeper of the Bees
as Louise
Captured in Chinatown
as Ann Parker
Captured in Chinatown
as Ann Parker
Gun Smoke
as Jean Culverson
Gun Smoke
as Jean Culverson
Stone of Silver Creek
as Martha Mason
Stone of Silver Creek
as Martha Mason
Blazing Guns
as Betty Lou Rickard
Blazing Guns
as Betty Lou Rickard
A Shot in the Dark
as Jean Coates
A Shot in the Dark
as Jean Coates
The Westerner
as Juanita Barnes
The Westerner
as Juanita Barnes
Elinor Norton
as Publisher's Staff
Elinor Norton
as Publisher's Staff
Thunder Over Texas
as Helen Mason
Thunder Over Texas
as Helen Mason
Inside Information
as Anne Seton
Inside Information
as Anne Seton
The Red Rider
as Marie Maxwell
The Red Rider
as Marie Maxwell
Fighting to Live
as Mary Carson
Fighting to Live
as Mary Carson
Curtain at Eight
as Anice Cresmer
Curtain at Eight
as Anice Cresmer
Heart Punch
as Kitty Doyle
Heart Punch
as Kitty Doyle
A Parisian Romance
as Claudette
A Parisian Romance
as Claudette
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
A Man's Land
as Peggy Turner
A Man's Land
as Peggy Turner
Gigolettes
as Marion
Gigolettes
as Marion
Rule 'Em and Weep
as Ramona
Rule 'Em and Weep
as Ramona
The County Fair
as Alice Ainsworth
The County Fair
as Alice Ainsworth
Shop Angel
as Dorothy Hayes
Shop Angel
as Dorothy Hayes
Easy to Get
as Marion
Easy to Get
as Marion
Forgotten Women
as Patricia Young
Forgotten Women
as Patricia Young
Take 'em and Shake 'em
Take 'em and Shake 'em
Sundown Trail
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Beals
Sundown Trail
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Beals
The Common Law
as Stephanie Brown
The Common Law
as Stephanie Brown
Young Donovan's Kid
as Kitty Costello
Young Donovan's Kid
as Kitty Costello
Beyond Victory
as Ina
Beyond Victory
as Ina
On Your Back
as Jeanne Burke
On Your Back
as Jeanne Burke
Shadow of the Law
as Edith Wentworth
Shadow of the Law
as Edith Wentworth
Swellhead
as Mamie Judd
Swellhead
as Mamie Judd
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Nancy
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Nancy
Wise Girls
as Ruth Bence
Wise Girls
as Ruth Bence