Marie Dressler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1868
- Died
- July 28, 1934 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Movie · as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Becoming Marilyn
Movie · as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
Anniversary
Movie · as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
Movie · as Archive Footage
MGM Parade
TV · as self · 1 ep
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dinner at Eight
Movie · as Carlotta Vance
Tugboat Annie
Movie · as Annie
Going Hollywood
Movie · as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie · as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Christopher Bean
Movie · as Abby
Emma
Movie · as Emma Thatcher
Prosperity
Movie · as Maggie Warren
Politics
Movie · as Hattie Burns
Reducing
Movie · as Marie Truffle
The Christmas Party
Movie · as Herself (uncredited)
Anna Christie
Movie · as Marthy Owens
Min and Bill
Movie · as Min Divot
The March of Time
Movie · as Self - Old Timer Sequence
Let Us Be Gay
Movie · as Mrs. Bouccicault
Chasing Rainbows
Movie · as Bonnie
One Romantic Night
Movie · as Princess Beatrice
The Girl Said No
Movie · as Hettie Brown
Caught Short
Movie · as Marie Jones
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Movie · as Self
The Vagabond Lover
Movie · as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
Dangerous Females
Movie · as Sarah Bascom
The Patsy
Movie · as Ma Harrington
The Divine Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Hart
Bringing Up Father
Movie · as Annie Moore
The Joy Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Heath
Breakfast at Sunrise
Movie · as Queen
The Callahans and the Murphys
Movie · as Mrs. Callahan
Tillie Wakes Up
Movie · as Tillie Tinkelpaw
The Scrub Lady
Movie · as Tilly
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
Movie · as Tillie Todd
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Tillie Banks
Actors' Fund Field Day
Movie · as Self