Marilyn Harris

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Marilynn Arlene Wood (Bawden)

Also Known As: "Marilynn Arlene Watkins"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: either Los Angeles or San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Death: December 01, 1999 (75)
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, United States (cancer and heart failure)
Immediate Family:

Biological daughter of Walter Curtis Bawden and Carmen Nelson
Adopted daughter of John A. Harris and Gertrude Isabel Harris
Wife of Waldo Wallace Watkins, lI or Jr. and Carl Walter Wood
Mother of Donald Wallace Watkins
Sister of Doris Bawden; Gordon Jack Bawden and Wayne Bawden

Occupation: film actress, cashier
Managed by: John Albert Rigali
Last Updated:

About Marilyn Harris

brief biography and family

She was adopted circa August/September 1924. Her name was legally changed to Marilyn Arlene Harris.

This is the child film actress Marilyn Harris, who starred famously as Little Maria, the young girl drowned by the Frankenstein monster in the 1931 horror film Frankenstein.

notes

She was cremated. The fate of her ashes have been reported as follows; it is unclear which (if any) is correct.

  • scattered over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
  • stored at a residence in Oro Valley, Pima County, Arizona, United States

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Birth surname has also been erroneously reported to be Bowden.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

  • August 19, 1924 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States <attestation forgotten>
  • August 19, 1924 at San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California, United States <attestation forgotten>

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be December 1, 1999 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States <attestation forgotten>.

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Marilyn Harris's Timeline

1924
July 17, 1924
either Los Angeles or San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California, United States
1924
- 1944
1999
December 1, 1999
Age 75
San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, United States