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

Emma

That's Entertainment, Part II

Dinner at Eight

That's Entertainment! III

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Becoming Marilyn

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

All Movies (46)

• Becoming Marilyn2022
• Copyright Comedies and More2022 · as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Showbiz Ballyhoo1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
• Anniversary1963 · as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
• All in Good Fun1955 · as Archive Footage
• Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary1945 · as Self (archive footage)
• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dinner at Eight1933 · as Carlotta Vance
• Going Hollywood1933 · as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
• Christopher Bean1933 · as Abby
• Broadway to Hollywood1933 · as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
• Tugboat Annie1933 · as Annie
• Prosperity1932 · as Maggie Warren
• Emma1932 · as Emma Thatcher
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Herself (uncredited)
• Politics1931 · as Hattie Burns
• Reducing1931 · as Marie Truffle
• Min and Bill1930 · as Min Divot
• The March of Time1930 · as Self - Old Timer Sequence
• Let Us Be Gay1930 · as Mrs. Bouccicault
• Caught Short1930 · as Marie Jones
• One Romantic Night1930 · as Princess Beatrice
• The Girl Said No1930 · as Hettie Brown
• Anna Christie1930 · as Marthy Owens
• Chasing Rainbows1930 · as Bonnie
• The Vagabond Lover1929 · as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
• The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · as Self
• Dangerous Females1929 · as Sarah Bascom
• The Divine Lady1928 · as Mrs. Hart
• The Patsy1928 · as Ma Harrington
• Bringing Up Father1928 · as Annie Moore
• Breakfast at Sunrise1927 · as Queen
• The Joy Girl1927 · as Mrs. Heath
• The Callahans and the Murphys1927 · as Mrs. Callahan
• The Scrub Lady1917 · as Tilly
• Tillie Wakes Up1917 · as Tillie Tinkelpaw
• Tillie's Tomato Surprise1915 · as Tillie Todd
• Tillie's Punctured Romance1914 · as Tillie Banks
• Actors' Fund Field Day1910 · as Self

All TV Shows (1)

• MGM Parade1955 · as self