Marie Dressler
Biography
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
MGM Parade
1955
Dinner at Eight
1933
That's Entertainment! III
1994
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Becoming Marilyn
2022
0Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
Copyright Comedies and More
2022
Filmography
MGM Parade
as self · 1955
Dinner at Eight
as Carlotta Vance · 1933
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1994
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) · 1976
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self · 1929
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage) · 1972
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Tillie Banks · 1914
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage) · 1964
Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage) · 2022
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage) · 1942
Copyright Comedies and More
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise" · 2022
Caught Short
as Marie Jones · 1930
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage) · 1940
The March of Time
as Self - Old Timer Sequence · 1930
Anniversary
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited) · 1963
Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. Bouccicault · 1930
Actors' Fund Field Day
as Self · 1910
Emma
as Emma Thatcher · 1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage) · 1945
The Girl Said No
as Hettie Brown · 1930
Anna Christie
as Marthy Owens · 1930
Broadway to Hollywood
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage) · 1933
Dangerous Females
as Sarah Bascom · 1929
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
as Tillie Todd · 1915
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage · 1955
Going Hollywood
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage) · 1933
One Romantic Night
as Princess Beatrice · 1930
Politics
as Hattie Burns · 1931
The Callahans and the Murphys
as Mrs. Callahan · 1927
The Patsy
as Ma Harrington · 1928
The Divine Lady
as Mrs. Hart · 1928
Tugboat Annie
as Annie · 1933
Breakfast at Sunrise
as Queen · 1927
Prosperity
as Maggie Warren · 1932
Reducing
as Marie Truffle · 1931
The Christmas Party
as Herself (uncredited) · 1931
Tillie Wakes Up
as Tillie Tinkelpaw · 1917
The Joy Girl
as Mrs. Heath · 1927
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
Chasing Rainbows
as Bonnie · 1930
The Vagabond Lover
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall · 1929
Christopher Bean
as Abby · 1933
Min and Bill
as Min Divot · 1930
The Scrub Lady
as Tilly · 1917
Bringing Up Father
as Annie Moore · 1928