Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler

  • Birthday: 1868-11-09
  • Deathday: 1934-07-28
  • Place of birth: Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Leila Marie Koerber

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Depression-era film star. Successful on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she was also successful in film. Leaving home at the age of 14, Dressler built a career on stage in traveling theatre troupes, where she learned to appreciate her talent in making people laugh. In 1892 she started a career on Broadway that lasted into the 1920s, performing comedic roles that allowed her to improvise to get laughs. From one of her successful Broadway roles, she played the titular role in the first full-length screen comedy, Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), opposite Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand. She made several shorts, but mostly worked in New York City on stage. Her career declined in the 1920s. In 1927, Dressler returned to films at the age of 59 and experienced a remarkable string of successes. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930–31 for Min and Bill and was named the top film star for 1932 and 1933. Marie Dressler died of cancer in 1934.

Filmography

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

As Tillie Banks

Dinner at Eight

1933

As Carlotta Vance

Tugboat Annie

1933

As Annie

Min and Bill

1930

As Min Divot

Emma

1932

As Emma Thatcher

Reducing

1931

As Marie Truffle

Prosperity

1932

As Maggie Warren

Politics

1931

As Hattie Burns

Bringing Up Father

1928

As Annie Moore

Tillie Wakes Up

1917

As Tillie Tinkelpaw

Christopher Bean

1933

As Abby

Dangerous Females

1929

As Sarah Bascom

Caught Short

1930

As Marie Jones

The March of Time

1930

As Self - Old Timer Sequence

The Patsy

1928

As Ma Harrington

Let Us Be Gay

1930

As Mrs. Bouccicault

The Vagabond Lover

1929

As Ethel Bertha Whitehall

The Girl Said No

1930

As Hettie Brown

The Joy Girl

1927

As Mrs. Heath

Anna Christie

1930

As Marthy Owens

One Romantic Night

1930

As Princess Beatrice

The Divine Lady

1928

As Mrs. Hart

Breakfast at Sunrise

1927

As Queen

Chasing Rainbows

1930

As Bonnie

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

As Self (archive footage)

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

1993

As Self (archive footage)

The Christmas Party

1931

As Herself (uncredited)

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

As Vaudeville Act (archive footage)

Going Hollywood

1933

As Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

As (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

As Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

As Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

As Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

As (archive footage)

Zelig

1983

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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