Marie Dressler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1868
- Died
- July 28, 1934
- Birthplace
- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
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
Becoming Marilyn 2022
as (archive footage)
- Copyright Comedies and More
Copyright Comedies and More 2022
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
That's Entertainment! III 1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Ballyhoo 1982
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
- Anniversary
Anniversary 1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
All in Good Fun 1955
as Archive Footage
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary 1945
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood 1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Dinner at Eight 1933
as Carlotta Vance
Christopher Bean 1933
as Abby
Broadway to Hollywood 1933
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Tugboat Annie 1933
as Annie
Prosperity 1932
as Maggie Warren
Emma 1932
as Emma Thatcher
The Christmas Party 1931
as Herself (uncredited)
Politics 1931
as Hattie Burns
Reducing 1931
as Marie Truffle
Min and Bill 1930
as Min Divot
The March of Time 1930
as Self - Old Timer Sequence
Let Us Be Gay 1930
as Mrs. Bouccicault
Caught Short 1930
as Marie Jones
One Romantic Night 1930
as Princess Beatrice
The Girl Said No 1930
as Hettie Brown
Anna Christie 1930
as Marthy Owens
Chasing Rainbows 1930
as Bonnie
The Vagabond Lover 1929
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 1929
as Self
Dangerous Females 1929
as Sarah Bascom
The Divine Lady 1928
as Mrs. Hart
The Patsy 1928
as Ma Harrington
Bringing Up Father 1928
as Annie Moore
Breakfast at Sunrise 1927
as Queen
The Joy Girl 1927
as Mrs. Heath
The Callahans and the Murphys 1927
as Mrs. Callahan
- The Scrub Lady
The Scrub Lady 1917
as Tilly
Tillie Wakes Up 1917
as Tillie Tinkelpaw
Tillie's Tomato Surprise 1915
as Tillie Todd
Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914
as Tillie Banks
- Actors' Fund Field Day
Actors' Fund Field Day 1910
as Self
Credits from TMDB.