Marie Quillan | |
Birth Name: | Mary Ann Quillan |
Birth Date: | March 17, 1909 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Death Date: | April 16, 1998 (aged 89) |
Death Place: | Sun Valley, California, USA |
Relatives: | Eddie Quillan (brother) |
Marie Quillan (March 17, 1909 – April 16, 1998)[1] was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. She was known primarily for her work on B-movie Westerns.
Quillan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Sarah Owens and Joseph Quillan, both of whom were performers born in Scotland. Actor Eddie Quillan was her brother,[2] and she had nine other siblings.[3]
By the late 1920s, the Quillan family had resettled in Los Angeles, where she and several of her brothers and sisters performed with in vaudeville shows.[4] [5] She studied at the Bud Murray School for Stage and Screen.[6] Quillan's first known film credit was 1929's Noisy Neighbors.
Little is known of her life after her appearance in 1935's The Singing Vagabond.