- Her brother, Fred Wells, also became an actor.
- As she got older shew developed a problem with her throat.
- At the age of twenty-one she made her movie debut in the drama The First Commandment. Next she appeared in the films Sealed Lips and Just Out Of College.
- When she was a child she took singing and dancing lessons.
- Marie got the chance to show off her soprano voice in the film The Desert Song. Although her performances got good reviews she never became an A-list star.
- She committed suicide by taking an overdose of pills. She was only fifty-five years old. A note was found that said "Forgive me please but my health is bad and I can't go on.".
- The lovely brunette was usually cast as an ingenue.
- In 1920 she starred on Broadway in the musical Floradora. Then she toured the country in a revival of The Merry Widow.
- She made headlines in 1917 when she sued her agent, Lewis Selznick, for breach of contract.
- Marie began her show business career performing at local nightclubs.
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