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