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Marie Dressler
Born · November 9, 1868
Died · July 28, 1934 (65 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Bio
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.
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2022
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
6.9
1994
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
Self (archive footage)
8.5
1993
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.8
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1972
The Big Parade of Comedy
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
6.3
1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1942
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1940
Dinner at Eight
Carlotta Vance
6.7
1933
Going Hollywood
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
5.5
1933
Christopher Bean
Abby
0.0
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
4.6
1933
Tugboat Annie
Annie
7.0
1933
Prosperity
Maggie Warren
4.7
1932
Emma
Emma Thatcher
6.5
1932
The Christmas Party
Herself (uncredited)
4.9
1931
Politics
Hattie Burns
6.3
1931
Reducing
Marie Truffle
3.8
1931
Min and Bill
Min Divot
6.3
1930
The March of Time
Self - Old Timer Sequence
0.0
1930
Let Us Be Gay
Mrs. Bouccicault
4.0
1930
Caught Short
Marie Jones
0.0
1930
One Romantic Night
Princess Beatrice
5.3
1930
The Girl Said No
Hettie Brown
5.5
1930
Anna Christie
Marthy Owens
6.1
1930
Chasing Rainbows
Bonnie
4.0
1930
The Vagabond Lover
Ethel Bertha Whitehall
4.0
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
5.7
1929
Dangerous Females
Sarah Bascom
0.0
1929
The Divine Lady
Mrs. Hart
5.3
1928
The Patsy
Ma Harrington
6.8
1928
Bringing Up Father
Annie Moore
3.0
1928
Breakfast at Sunrise
Queen
0.0
1927
The Joy Girl
Mrs. Heath
5.0
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mrs. Callahan
0.0
1927
Tillie Wakes Up
Tillie Tinkelpaw
6.0
1917
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
0.0
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie Banks
6.1
1914
Actors' Fund Field Day
Self
0.0
1910