Marie Shotwell

Marie Shotwell (March 21, 1880 – September 18, 1934) was an American actress of the stage and screen.

Biography Shotwell was in motion pictures beginning in 1915 with roles in God's Witness, The Taming of Mary, Under Southern Skies, and The Tale of the C. Her film career continued until the late 1920s, including Sally of the Sawdust (1925) with W.C. Fields; her final appearances were in Running Wild (1927) and One Woman To Another (1927).

She was married to a former Savannah, Georgia, police chief, William G. Austin. Shotwell divorced Austin in 1916.

In 1922 Shotwell became executrix for the estate of her friend, New York City public school teacher Marie J. Pearson. Shotwell was sued by an undertaker for $245, the amount of the burial bill.

The actress died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1934 after she was stricken while she was working in the Astoria, New York Film Studios. Shotwell was working on the George M. Cohan movie Gambling. She was fifty-four years old.

Partial filmography Year Title Role Notes 1915 Under Southern Skies Mrs. Hampton 1917 Enlighten Thy Daughter Minna Stevens Married in Name Only Mrs. Worthing 1918 Miss Innocence Fay Gonard 1919 The Echo of Youth Ruth Carlyle Graham 1920 The Evil Eye Mrs. David Bruce Civilian Clothes Mrs. Smythe The Master Mind Sadie Blackbirds Edna Crocker 1921Her Lord and Master Mrs. Stillwater 1922 Shackles of Gold Mrs. Van Dusen 1923 Does It Pay? Mrs. Clark 1925 The Manicure Girl Mrs. Wainwright Sally of the Sawdust Society Leader Shore Leave Mrs. Schuyler-Payne Lovers in Quarantine Mrs. Borroughs 1927 Running Wild Mrs. Finch One Woman to Another Mrs. Gray