# Marie Shotwell

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{{short description|American actress (1880–1934)}}
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'''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](/source/Sally_of_the_Sawdust)'' (1925) with [W.C. Fields](/source/W.C._Fields); her final appearances  were in ''[Running Wild](/source/Running_Wild_(1927_film))'' (1927) and ''One Woman To Another'' (1927).

She was married to a former [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), police chief, [William G. Austin](/source/William_G._Austin). Shotwell divorced Austin in 1916.

In 1922 Shotwell became executrix for the estate of her friend, [New York City](/source/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](/source/cerebral_hemorrhage) in 1934 after she was stricken while she was working in the [Astoria, New York](/source/Astoria%2C_New_York) Film Studios. Shotwell was working on the [George M. Cohan](/source/George_M._Cohan) movie ''Gambling''. She was fifty-four years old.

==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1915
| ''[Under Southern Skies](/source/Under_Southern_Skies_(1915_film))''
| Mrs. Hampton
| 
|-
|Rowspan=2|1917
| ''[Enlighten Thy Daughter](/source/Enlighten_Thy_Daughter_(1917_film))''
| Minna Stevens
| 
|-
| ''[Married in Name Only](/source/Married_in_Name_Only)''
| Mrs. Worthing
| 
|-
| 1918
| ''[Miss Innocence](/source/Miss_Innocence)''
| Fay Gonard
| 
|-
| 1919
| ''[The Echo of Youth](/source/The_Echo_of_Youth)''
| Ruth Carlyle Graham
| 
|-
|Rowspan=4|1920
| ''[The Evil Eye](/source/The_Evil_Eye_(1920_serial))''
| Mrs. David Bruce
| 
|-
| ''[Civilian Clothes](/source/Civilian_Clothes)''
| Mrs. Smythe
| 
|-
| ''[The Master Mind](/source/The_Master_Mind_(1920_film))''
| Sadie
| 
|-
| ''[Blackbirds](/source/Blackbirds_(1920_film))''
| Edna Crocker
| 
|-
|1921
|''[Her Lord and Master](/source/Her_Lord_and_Master)'' 
| Mrs. Stillwater
|
|-
| 1922
| ''[Shackles of Gold](/source/Shackles_of_Gold)''
| Mrs. Van Dusen
| 
|-
| 1923
| ''[Does It Pay?](/source/Does_It_Pay%3F)''
| Mrs. Clark
| 
|-
|Rowspan=4|1925
| ''[The Manicure Girl](/source/The_Manicure_Girl)''
| Mrs. Wainwright
| 
|-
| ''[Sally of the Sawdust](/source/Sally_of_the_Sawdust)''
| Society Leader
| 
|-
| ''[Shore Leave](/source/Shore_Leave_(1925_film))''
| Mrs. Schuyler-Payne
| 
|-
| ''[Lovers in Quarantine](/source/Lovers_in_Quarantine)''
| Mrs. Borroughs
| 
|-
|Rowspan=2|1927
| ''[Running Wild](/source/Running_Wild_(1927_film))''
| Mrs. Finch
| 
|-
| ''[One Woman to Another](/source/One_Woman_to_Another)''
| Mrs. Gray
| 
|}

==References==
*[Hammond, Indiana](/source/Hammond%2C_Indiana) Times, ''Actress Sued By Undertaker For Burial Bill'', October 17, 1922, Page 4.
*[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times), ''Marie Shotwell, Actress, Dies'', September 19, 1934, Page 3.
*[Ogden, Utah](/source/Ogden%2C_Utah) Standard, ''Mrs. William G. Austin'', May 5, 1916, Page 7.

==Notes==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0795218}}
*{{Find a Grave|7970571}}
*[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1917-nesbit-shotwell-franklin-bainter-will-rogers 1917 cover of periodical](archived)

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Category:American silent film actresses
Category:American stage actresses

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