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person_profile-Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler Died at age: 65

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marie Dressler

Date of Birth:

Nov 09, 1868

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Jul 28, 1934

Biography of

Marie Dressler

    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.

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Marie Dressler

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Filmography of

Marie Dressler

Found 37 Movies in total

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

Herself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

Zelig

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Dinner at Eight

Carlotta Vance ( Actor )

... 1933

Going Hollywood

Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1933

Christopher Bean

Abby ( Actor )

... 1933

Broadway to Hollywood

Vaudeville Act (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1933

Tugboat Annie

Annie ( Actor )

... 1933

Prosperity

Maggie Warren ( Actor )

... 1932

Emma

Emma Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1932

Politics

Hattie Burns ( Actor )

... 1931

Reducing

Marie Truffle ( Actor )

... 1931

Min and Bill

Min Divot ( Actor )

... 1930

The March of Time

Self - Old Timer Sequence ( Actor )

... 1930

Let Us Be Gay

Mrs. Bouccicault ( Actor )

... 1930

Caught Short

Marie Jones ( Actor )

... 1930

One Romantic Night

Princess Beatrice ( Actor )

... 1930

The Girl Said No

Hettie Brown ( Actor )

... 1930

Anna Christie

Marthy Owens ( Actor )

... 1930

Chasing Rainbows

Bonnie ( Actor )

... 1930

The Vagabond Lover

Ethel Whitehall ( Actor )

... 1929

... 1929

The Divine Lady

Mrs. Hart ( Actor )

... 1928

The Patsy

Ma Harrington ( Actor )

... 1928

Bringing Up Father

Annie Moore ( Actor )

... 1928

Breakfast at Sunrise

Queen ( Actor )

... 1927

The Joy Girl

Mrs. Heath ( Actor )

... 1927

... 1927

... 1915

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie Banks ( Actor )

... 1914