Portrait of Mary Brian

Acting

Mary Brian

Career

Active from 1924 to 1954, busiest in 1926 and 1933 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles
66
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Peter Pan
Peter Pan
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mary Brian Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Showbiz Intrigue 2
  • Romance 2
  • Family Conflict 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Silent Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Noisy Silencers
Noisy Silencers (2024)

as (archive footage)

1950s

1 title
Meet Corliss Archer
Meet Corliss Archer (1954)

TV show

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 57
Dragnet
Dragnet (1947)

as Anne Hogan

Calaboose
Calaboose (1943)

as Doris Lane

I Escaped from the Gestapo
I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
GoodWatch score 57

as Helen

Danger! Women at Work
Danger! Women at Work (1943)

as Pert

I Was a Criminal
I Was a Criminal (1941)

as Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife

1930s

38 titles ยท average score 59
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
GoodWatch score 56

as Frances Clayton

Charlie Chan in Paris
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Yvette Lamartine

Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
GoodWatch score 70

as Hope Wolfinger

Monte Carlo Nights
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mary Vernon

The World Gone Mad
The World Gone Mad (1933)
GoodWatch score 48

as Diane Cromwell

One Year Later
One Year Later (1933)

as Molly Collins

Hard to Handle
Hard to Handle (1933)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ruth Waters

Girl Missing
Girl Missing (1933)
GoodWatch score 59

as June Dale

It's Tough to Be Famous
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
GoodWatch score 62

as Janet Porter McClenahan

Blessed Event
Blessed Event (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gladys Price

The Front Page
The Front Page (1931)
GoodWatch score 70

as Peggy Grant

The Royal Family of Broadway
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
GoodWatch score 53

as Gwen Cavendish

1920s

31 titles ยท average score 68
The Man I Love
The Man I Love (1929)

as Celia Fields

The River of Romance
The River of Romance (1929)

as Lucy Jeffers

The Marriage Playground
The Marriage Playground (1929)

as Judith Wheater

Harold Teen
Harold Teen (1928)

as Lillums Lovewell

Shanghai Bound
Shanghai Bound (1927)

as Sheila

Running Wild
Running Wild (1927)
GoodWatch score 67

as Elizabeth Finch

Brown of Harvard
Brown of Harvard (1926)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mary Abbot

Behind the Front
Behind the Front (1926)

as Betty Bartlett-Cooper

Paris at Midnight
Paris at Midnight (1926)

as Victorine Tallefer

The Street of Forgotten Men
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)

as Mary Vanhern

The Air Mail
The Air Mail (1925)

as Minnie Wade

Peter Pan
Peter Pan (1924)
GoodWatch score 86

as Wendy Darling