Marie Saxon
{{Short description|American actress (1904–1941)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1904}}
| birth_place = Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|11|12|1904}}
| death_place = Harrison, New York, U.S.
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| occupation = Actress, dancer
| mother = Pauline Saxon
| spouse = Sidne Silverman
| children = 1
| relatives = Syd Silverman (son)
Sime Silverman (father-in-law)
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Marie Saxon (1904 – November 12, 1941) was an American actress in vaudeville and theatre, who briefly appeared in film.
Biography
Pauline Marie Landry was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts.{{cite news |title=Widow of Former 'Variety' Editor Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-widow-of-former-variety/164945329/ |accessdate=2025-02-07 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |place=Harrison, New York |agency=AP |date=November 13, 1941|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} Her family were entertainers; her mother was vaudeville comedienne Pauline Saxon and her father, Daniel Landry, was a theatre manager.{{cite news |title='No, Thanks, Maurice -- I'm in Love' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27821040/marie_saxon/ |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=April 5, 1925 |location=Ohio, Cincinnati |page=85|via = Newspapers.com}}
Saxon embarked upon a career in musical theatre at 15.{{cite news |title=Wife of Publisher Summoned by Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-wife-of-pu/164945428/ |accessdate=2025-02-07 |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |place=Harrison, New York |agency=United Press |date=1941-11-13 |publication-date=November 14, 1941|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} She performed in vaudeville, teaming with her mother in an act billed as the Saxon Sisters, before acting in stage musicals.{{cite news |title=New Dancing Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27798252/marie_saxon/ |accessdate=29 January 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 30, 1927 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=9|via = Newspapers.com}} She performed in Broadway musicals including My Girl (1924), The Ramblers (1926), Ups-A-Daisy (1928), Battling Buttler (1923), and Merry, Merry (1925).{{cite web |title=Marie Saxon |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marie-saxon-59206 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129221924/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marie-saxon-59206 |url-status=dead |archivedate=29 January 2019}} She was both a stage and film actress.{{cite news |title=Former Actress Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-former-actress-dies/164945582/ |accessdate=2025-02-07 |newspaper=Billings Gazette |place=Harrison, New York |agency=United Press |date=November 14, 1941|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}
Saxon's films included Broadway Hoofer (1930).{{cite news |title='Broadway Hoofer' Heads Park's New Picture Bill |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27820908/reading_times/ |accessdate=30 January 2019 |work=Reading Times |date=January 6, 1930 |location=Pennsylvania, Reading |page=11|via = Newspapers.com}}
Saxon married Sidne Silverman, the publisher of Variety, an entertainment publication founded by his father, Sime Silverman, on May 31, 1924.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=March 15, 1950|page=1|title='Variety' Publisher Sid Silverman Dies At 51; Son, 18, Inherits Publication|last=Green|first=Abel|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety177-1950-03#page/n128/mode/1up|via=Archive.org|accessdate=December 22, 2019}} They had a son, Syd Silverman, and they resided in Harrison, New York. Saxon died in Harrison on November 12, 1941, at age 37.
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Category:People from Lawrence, Massachusetts
Category:People from Harrison, New York
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American vaudeville performers
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