Marie Dressler
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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.
Fotos
Filme (45)
Marilyn – Made in Hollywood
2022 · (archive footage)
Copyright Comedies and More
2022 · Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963 · Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
1955 · Archive Footage
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
Dinner at Eight
1933 · Carlotta Vance
Going Hollywood
1933 · Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Christopher Bean
1933 · Abby
Broadway to Hollywood
1933 · Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Tugboat Annie
1933 · Annie
Prosperity
1932 · Maggie Warren
Emma
1932 · Emma Thatcher
The Christmas Party
1931 · Herself (uncredited)
Politics
1931 · Hattie Burns
Reducing
1931 · Marie Truffle
Min and Bill
1930 · Min Divot
The March of Time
1930 · Self - Old Timer Sequence
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Mrs. Bouccicault
Caught Short
1930 · Marie Jones
One Romantic Night
1930 · Princess Beatrice
The Girl Said No
1930 · Hettie Brown
Anna Christie
1930 · Marthy Owens
Chasing Rainbows
1930 · Bonnie
The Vagabond Lover
1929 · Ethel Bertha Whitehall
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 · Self
Dangerous Females
1929 · Sarah Bascom
The Divine Lady
1928 · Mrs. Hart
The Patsy
1928 · Ma Harrington
Bringing Up Father
1928 · Annie Moore
Breakfast at Sunrise
1927 · Queen
The Joy Girl
1927 · Mrs. Heath
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927 · Mrs. Callahan
The Scrub Lady
1917 · Tilly
Tillie Wakes Up
1917 · Tillie Tinkelpaw
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
1915 · Tillie Todd
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914 · Tillie Banks
Actors' Fund Field Day
1910 · Self
