Marie Dressler
Born: 1868-11-09 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1934-07-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Becoming Marilyn
- Copyright Comedies and More as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
1994
- That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 100 Years at the Movies as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Showbiz Ballyhoo as Self (archive footage)
1976
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1972
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
1963
- Anniversary as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1955
- MGM Parade as self
- All in Good Fun as Archive Footage
1945
- Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
1942
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Carlotta Vance
- Going Hollywood as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
- Broadway to Hollywood as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
- Tugboat Annie as Annie
- Christopher Bean as Abby
1932
- Emma as Emma Thatcher
- Prosperity as Maggie Warren
1931
- Reducing as Marie Truffle
- The Christmas Party as Herself (uncredited)
- Politics as Hattie Burns
1930
- Anna Christie as Marthy Owens
- Caught Short as Marie Jones
- Let Us Be Gay as Mrs. Bouccicault
- Chasing Rainbows as Bonnie
- One Romantic Night as Princess Beatrice
- Min and Bill as Min Divot
- The Girl Said No as Hettie Brown
- The March of Time as Self - Old Timer Sequence
1929
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
- Dangerous Females as Sarah Bascom
- The Vagabond Lover as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
1928
- The Divine Lady as Mrs. Hart
- The Patsy as Ma Harrington
- Bringing Up Father as Annie Moore
1927
- The Callahans and the Murphys as Mrs. Callahan
- The Joy Girl as Mrs. Heath
- Breakfast at Sunrise as Queen
1917
- Tillie Wakes Up as Tillie Tinkelpaw
- The Scrub Lady as Tilly
1915
- Tillie's Tomato Surprise as Tillie Todd
1914
- Tillie's Punctured Romance as Tillie Banks
1910
- Actors' Fund Field Day as Self