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Marion Shilling

Acting
1910-12-03
Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
Known For 38 titles
Wise Girls (1929) subtitle poster
Wise Girls
1929 Movie
as Ruth Bence
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Stone of Silver Creek (1935) subtitle poster
Stone of Silver Creek
1935 Movie
as Martha Mason
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The Idaho Kid (1936) subtitle poster
The Idaho Kid
1936 Movie
as Ruth Endicott
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The Westerner (1934) subtitle poster
The Westerner
1934 Movie
as Juanita Barnes
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Thunder Over Texas (1934) subtitle poster
Thunder Over Texas
1934 Movie
as Helen Mason
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I'll Name the Murderer (1936) subtitle poster
I'll Name the Murderer
1936 Movie
as Smitty
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Captured in Chinatown (1935) subtitle poster
Captured in Chinatown
1935 Movie
as Ann Parker
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Fighting to Live (1934) subtitle poster
Fighting to Live
1934 Movie
as Mary Carson
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Shop Angel (1932) subtitle poster
Shop Angel
1932 Movie
as Dorothy Hayes
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The County Fair (1932) subtitle poster
The County Fair
1932 Movie
as Alice Ainsworth
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On Your Back (1930) subtitle poster
On Your Back
1930 Movie
as Jeanne Burke
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Romance Rides the Range (1936) subtitle poster
Romance Rides the Range
1936 Movie
as Carol Marland
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Easy to Get (1931) subtitle poster
Easy to Get
1931 Movie
as Marion
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A Man's Land (1932) subtitle poster
A Man's Land
1932 Movie
as Peggy Turner
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