Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh was a Trinidad-born American film actor who, after appearing in a number of short films, landed one of her most important roles in Svengali opposite John Barrymore. Marsh was awarded the title of WAMPAS Baby Stars in August 1931 even before her second movie with Warner Bros. was released. With her ability to project warmth, sincerity and inner strength on the screen along with critical praise and the audience's approval of Svengali, she continued to star in a string of successful films for Warner Bros., including Five Star Final (1931) with Edward G. Robinson, The Mad Genius (1931) with John Barrymore, The Road to Singapore (1931) with William Powell, Under 18 (1932) with Warren William, Alias the Doctor (1932) with Richard Barthelmess, and Beauty and the Boss (1932) with Warren William, Strange Justice (1932) with Norman Foster and The Sport Parade (1932) with Joel McCrea, Over the Garden Wall (1934), The Black Room (1935) regarded as one of Boris Karloff's best horror films of the decade, Josef von Sternberg's classic Crime and Punishment (1935) with Peter Lorre, Lady of Secrets (1936) with Ruth Chatterton, Counterfeit (1936) with Chester Morris, The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) with Ralph Bellamy, and Come Closer, Folks (1936) with James Dunn.