DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Actress Mary Brian, who bridged the silent and early talkie eras with appearances in 82 motion pictures, including the lead opposite Gary Cooper in "The Virginian" in 1929, has died. She was 96.
Brian died Monday of heart failure at a San Diego County nursing home, family friend and spokesman Anthony Slide said Friday.
Her career spanned a quarter-century, from the classic silent version of "Peter Pan" in 1924 to the 1947 low-budget movie "Dragnet." She starred opposite such Hollywood stars as Cooper, Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Cary Grant, William Haines, Warner Oland and Dick Powell. She also played W.C. Fields' daughter in several films, including "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1935).