Marie Dressler
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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
Credits
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self
Dinner at Eight (1933)
as Carlotta Vance
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Tillie Banks
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Caught Short (1930)
as Marie Jones
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
as Mrs. Bouccicault
Copyright Comedies and More (2022)
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Anniversary (1963)
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Prosperity (1932)
as Maggie Warren
The Girl Said No (1930)
as Hettie Brown
Actors' Fund Field Day (1910)
as Self
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
Anna Christie (1930)
as Marthy Owens
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary (1945)
as Self (archive footage)
The March of Time (1930)
as Self - Old Timer Sequence
All in Good Fun (1955)
as Archive Footage
The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
as Mrs. Callahan
Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
as Tillie Todd
Tugboat Annie (1933)
as Annie
Going Hollywood (1933)
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Christmas Party (1931)
as Herself (uncredited)
Emma (1932)
as Emma Thatcher
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Dangerous Females (1929)
as Sarah Bascom
The Divine Lady (1928)
as Mrs. Hart
Reducing (1931)
as Marie Truffle
The Patsy (1928)
as Ma Harrington
Politics (1931)
as Hattie Burns
One Romantic Night (1930)
as Princess Beatrice
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Bonnie
The Scrub Lady (1917)
as Tilly
Tillie Wakes Up (1917)
as Tillie Tinkelpaw
Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Min and Bill (1930)
as Min Divot
Breakfast at Sunrise (1927)
as Queen
The Joy Girl (1927)
as Mrs. Heath
Bringing Up Father (1928)
as Annie Moore
Christopher Bean (1933)
as Abby