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.
Filmography (47 titles)
7.6MovieBecoming Marilyn
(archive footage) · 2022
Copyright Comedies and More
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise" · 2022
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) · 1994
MovieShowbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage) · 1982
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) · 1976
7.0MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) · 1976
6.3MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage) · 1975
7.3MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage) · 1972
7.2MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) · 1964
Anniversary
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited) · 1963
7.5ShowMGM Parade
self · 1955
4.0MovieAll in Good Fun
Archive Footage · 1955
10.0MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage) · 1945
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage) · 1942
6.5MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage) · 1940
6.8MovieDinner at Eight
Carlotta Vance · 1933
5.5MovieGoing Hollywood
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) · 1933
8.0MovieChristopher Bean
Abby · 1933
5.0MovieBroadway to Hollywood
Vaudeville Act (archive footage) · 1933
7.3MovieTugboat Annie
Annie · 1933
5.8MovieProsperity
Maggie Warren · 1932
6.6MovieEmma
Emma Thatcher · 1932
5.4MovieThe Christmas Party
Herself (uncredited) · 1931
6.9MoviePolitics
Hattie Burns · 1931
5.1MovieReducing
Marie Truffle · 1931
6.2MovieMin and Bill
Min Divot · 1930
7.0MovieThe March of Time
Self - Old Timer Sequence · 1930
4.1MovieLet Us Be Gay
Mrs. Bouccicault · 1930
7.0MovieCaught Short
Marie Jones · 1930
5.8MovieOne Romantic Night
Princess Beatrice · 1930