Marie Dressler

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

November 9, 1868

Died

July 28, 1934 (age 65)

Place of Birth

Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Leila Marie Koerber

Марі Дресслер

Marie Dressler

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.

Known For

Filmography

2022FilmBecoming Marilyn2022FilmCopyright Comedies and Moreas Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"1994FilmThat's Entertainment! IIIas (archive footage)1982FilmShowbiz Ballyhooas Self (archive footage)1976FilmThat's Entertainment, Part IIas (archive footage)1975FilmBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?as Self (archive footage)1972FilmHollywood: The Dream Factoryas Self (archive footage)1964FilmThe Big Parade of Comedyas Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)1963FilmAnniversaryas Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)1955TVMGM Paradeas self1955FilmAll in Good Funas Archive Footage1945FilmScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversaryas Self (archive footage)1942FilmScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)as Self (archive footage)1940FilmCavalcade of the Academy Awardsas Self (archive footage)1933FilmDinner at Eightas Carlotta Vance1933FilmGoing Hollywoodas Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)1933FilmChristopher Beanas Abby1933FilmBroadway to Hollywoodas Vaudeville Act (archive footage)1933FilmTugboat Annieas Annie1932FilmProsperityas Maggie Warren1932FilmEmmaas Emma Thatcher1931FilmThe Christmas Partyas Herself (uncredited)1931FilmPoliticsas Hattie Burns1931FilmReducingas Marie Truffle1930FilmMin and Billas Min Divot1930FilmThe March of Timeas Self - Old Timer Sequence1930FilmLet Us Be Gayas Mrs. Bouccicault1930FilmCaught Shortas Marie Jones1930FilmOne Romantic Nightas Princess Beatrice1930FilmThe Girl Said Noas Hettie Brown1930FilmAnna Christieas Marthy Owens1930FilmChasing Rainbowsas Bonnie1929FilmThe Vagabond Loveras Ethel Bertha Whitehall1929FilmThe Hollywood Revue of 1929as Self1929FilmDangerous Femalesas Sarah Bascom1928FilmThe Divine Ladyas Mrs. Hart1928FilmThe Patsyas Ma Harrington1928FilmBringing Up Fatheras Annie Moore1927FilmBreakfast at Sunriseas Queen1927FilmThe Joy Girlas Mrs. Heath1927FilmThe Callahans and the Murphysas Mrs. Callahan1917FilmThe Scrub Ladyas Tilly1917FilmTillie Wakes Upas Tillie Tinkelpaw1915FilmTillie's Tomato Surpriseas Tillie Todd1914FilmTillie's Punctured Romanceas Tillie Banks1910FilmActors' Fund Field Dayas Self

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