Marian Nixon

Marian Nixon was born as Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin, on October 20, 1904. She began her credited movie career in 1923 with the film Cupid's Fireman, directed by William Wellman. Her talent was such that she was much in demand throughout the twenties and made 39 films prior to 1930. In 1924 Marian (sometimes credited as Marion Nixon) was chosen as a WAMPAS Baby Star, along with then starlets Clara Bow and Dorothy Mackaill. Westerns made up the bulk of her early work and she appeared opposite Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, and Buck Jones. However, by the late twenties she was being featured in comedies and more traditional dramas opposite the likes of Reginald Denny, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, and Al Jolson.

Marian had no problem with the transition to the talkies and appeared in another 33 films, including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932), Best of Enemies (1933), and We're Rich Again (1934) where she met and married the film's director William Seiter. Marian ended her film career in 1936 and remained married to Seiter until his death in 1964. Interestingly, she married again in 1971 to popular twenties and thirties actor Ben Lyon, the widower of Bebe Daniels.

Marian has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street in Los Angeles, California. She died in Los Angeles in 1983.

Handtinted British postcard

Stars of the Photoplay - 1930

Publicity still.

Marian Nixon - What do you think - Allure?