Marion Leonard

Acting · Writing

Born June 8, 1881, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Marion Leonard (June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956) was an American stage actress who became one of the first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era.

Filmography

• 1955Film Fun — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1915The Dragon’s Claw
• 1915The Vow — Young Woman
• 1914Mother Love — Mother
• 1914The Awakening of Donna Isolla — Donna Isola
• 1914The Drift
• 1914The Light Unseen
• 1914The Rose of Yesteryear — Rose
• 1913A Leaf in the Storm — Miss Leonard
• 1913A Tender-Hearted Crook
• 1913As in a Looking Glass — Lena Despard
• 1913Carmen — Carmen
• 1913Journey’s Ending — The Actress
• 1913The Dead Secret — Mother / Daughter (dual role)
• 1913The Seed of the Fathers — Eleanor, The Mother
• 1913Those Little Flowers — Writer
• 1913Those Who Live in Glass Houses — Marion
• 1912In Honor Bound — Charity
• 1912In Payment Full — The Bored Wife
• 1912Lost a Husband — Marion
• 1912So Speaks the Heart — Marion
• 1912Tears O’Peggy — Peggy
• 1912The Conflict's End
• 1912The Defender of the Name — John Potter's Loyal Sister
• 1912The End of the Circle — Marion
• 1912The Leader of the Band — Tambourine Girl
• 1912The Light on the Way — The Teacher
• 1912The Seal of Time — The Girl
• 1912The Strength of the Weak — Marion
• 1912The Unknown Bride — The Actress
• 1912The Voice of the Millions — The Girl Advocate
• 1912Through Flaming Gates — The Penitent Mother - the Moth
• 1912Through Memory Blank — The Wife
• 1912Thus Many Souls — The Writer
• 1912Under Her Wing — Bessie Trenton - the Stenographer
• 1912What Avails the Crown — The Princess
• 1911A Brass Button — Support
• 1911A Left Hook — Adele
• 1911For His Sake
• 1911For Remembrance
• 1911From the Valley of Shadows
• 1911In Flowers Paled — Helen Blair
• 1911In the Teepee’s Light — Wild Dove
• 1911On Kentucky Soil
• 1911Over the Shading Edge — Jane Grierson
• 1911O’er Grim Fields Scarred — Belle Meade
• 1911Souls Courageous
• 1911The Command from Galilee — The Peasant Girl
• 1911The Conflict
• 1911The Last Laugh
• 1911The Little Avenger
• 1911The Price of Vanity — Mrs. Murray
• 1911The Trump Card — Grace - George's Sister
• 1911The Two Paths
• 1911The Vows
• 1911Till Death Do Us Part
• 1910A Salutary Lesson — Miss Leonard
• 1910An Affair of Hearts — Young Woman
• 1910As It Is in Life — Sweetheart
• 1910Gold Is Not All — Mabel Darrell
• 1910His Last Dollar — The Woman
• 1910In Old California — Perdita
• 1910In the Gray of the Dawn
• 1910Love Among the Roses — The Lady
• 1910On the Reef — Grace Wallace
• 1910Over Silent Paths — The Daughter
• 1910Rose o' Salem Town
• 1910The Armorer’s Daughter — Narania
• 1910The Call
• 1910The Call to Arms — The Lord's Wife, Regina
• 1910The Cloister’s Touch — Elsa - the Mother
• 1910The Converts
• 1910The Duke’s Plan — Flametta - the Duke's Daughter
• 1910The Gold Seekers — Worker in Claim Office
• 1910The Oath and the Man
• 1910The Refuge — The Wife
• 1910The Rocky Road
• 1910The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
• 1910The Thin Dark Line
• 1910The Two Brothers — Red Rose
• 1910Thou Shalt Not
• 1910Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet
• 1909A Burglar’s Mistake — Mrs. Newman
• 1909A Drunkard's Reformation — Woman in the Play
• 1909A Fool's Revenge — The daughter
• 1909A New Trick — The Woman
• 1909A Rude Hostess — Mrs. Leffingwell
• 1909A Rural Elopement — In Crowd
• 1909A Trap for Santa Claus — Helen Rogers (uncredited)
• 1909A Wreath in Time
• 1909And a Little Child Shall Lead Them — The Mother
• 1909At the Altar — Minnie, the Daughter
• 1909Comata, the Sioux — Clear Eyes
• 1909Drive for a Life — Madame Lebrun
• 1909Fools of Fate — Fanny Webster
• 1909Her First Biscuits — Biscuit Victim
• 1909His Duty — Woman in store
• 1909His Lost Love — The Sister / At Wedding
• 1909In Little Italy — Marie Cadrona
• 1909In the Watches of the Night — Mrs. John Whitney
• 1909In the Window Recess — Mrs. Wallace
• 1909Leather Stocking — One of the Colonel's Nieces
• 1909Lines of White on a Sullen Sea — The Second Wife
• 1909Love Finds a Way — Their Daughter
• 1909Lucky Jim — Gertrude
• 1909Nursing a Viper — The Wife
• 1909One Touch of Nature — Sicilian Woman
• 1909Pippa Passes — Ottima
• 1909Pranks — Ethel
• 1909Resurrection — A Prisoner
• 1909Sweet Revenge — Paul's Fiancee - The Jilted One
• 1909The Brahma Diamond — Dancer (unconfirmed)
• 1909The Broken Locket — Mexican Woman
• 1909The Children's Friend
• 1909The Cord of Life — Galora's Wife
• 1909The Criminal Hypnotist — The Man's Fiancee
• 1909The Day After — Mrs. Hilton
• 1909The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period — The Catholic's Wife
• 1909The Eavesdropper — Mercedes
• 1909The Expiation — Helen Waterbury - John's Wife
• 1909The Faded Lilies
• 1909The Fascinating Mrs. Francis — Mrs. Francis
• 1909The Gibson Goddess — Nanette Ranfrea
• 1909The Girls and Daddy — At Black & Tan Ball
• 1909The Golden Louis — Reveller
• 1909The Heart of an Outlaw — The Outlaw's Wife
• 1909The Hindoo Dagger — The Woman
• 1909The Indian Runner's Romance
• 1909The Jilt — Dorothy Kirk
• 1909The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals — Mrs. Trouble
• 1909The Light That Came — Vivian
• 1909The Lonely Villa
• 1909The Lure of the Gown — Isabelle
• 1909The Maniac Cook — Mrs. Holland
• 1909The Medicine Bottle — Mrs. Parker
• 1909The Mills of the Gods — Nellie
• 1909The Note in the Shoe — Factory Employee
• 1909The Peachbasket Hat — The Gypsy
• 1909The Politician's Love Story — Peters - the Cartoonist
• 1909The Prussian Spy — Lady Florence
• 1909The Restoration — Mrs. Morley
• 1909The Roue’s Heart — The Blind Sculptress
• 1909The Sacrifice — At Wigmaker's
• 1909The Salvation Army Lass — Landlady / Shoplifter
• 1909The Sealed Room — The Concubine
• 1909The Test — At the Hotel
• 1909The Violin Maker of Cremona — The Judge's Companion
• 1909The Voice of the Violin — Helen Walker
• 1909The Way of Man — Wedding Guest
• 1909The Welcome Burglar — Alice Pierce
• 1909The Winning Coat — Noblewoman
• 1909Through the Breakers — Mrs. Nostrand
• 1909Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good — Landlady
• 1909Tragic Love — In Factory
• 1909Trying to Get Arrested — Extra
• 1909Two Memories — Marion Francis
• 1908An Awful Moment — Fiammetta, Matteo's Wife
• 1908At the Crossroads of Life — Daughter
• 1908Father Gets in the Game
• 1908The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora — Kidnapped Woman
• 1908The Christmas Burglars — Customer
• 1908The Fatal Hour
• 1908The Feud and the Turkey — Nellie Caufield as an Adult
• 1908The Greaser's Gauntlet — Mildred West
• 1908The Helping Hand — Wedding Guest
• 1908The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter — Daughter
• 1908The Test of Friendship — Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
• 1908Where the Breakers Roar