Marie Dressler
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.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(Tillie Banks)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
(Self)
Anna Christie
(Marthy Owens)
Dinner at Eight
(Carlotta Vance)
The Patsy
(Ma Harrington)
Min and Bill
(Min Divot)
Tugboat Annie
(Annie)
Emma
(Emma Thatcher)
The Divine Lady
(Mrs. Hart)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
(Self (archive footage))
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(Self (archive footage))
The March of Time
(Self - Old Timer Sequence)
Let Us Be Gay
(Mrs. Bouccicault)
The Vagabond Lover
(Ethel Bertha Whitehall)
Chasing Rainbows
(Bonnie)
Politics
(Hattie Burns)
One Romantic Night
(Princess Beatrice)
The Girl Said No
(Hettie Brown)
Tillie Wakes Up
(Tillie Tinkelpaw)
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
(Self (archive footage))
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
(Self (archive footage))
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
(Self (archive footage))
Reducing
(Marie Truffle)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited))
Prosperity
(Maggie Warren)
The Christmas Party
(Herself (uncredited))
The Joy Girl
(Mrs. Heath)
Caught Short
(Marie Jones)
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
Going Hollywood
(Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage))
Broadway to Hollywood
(Vaudeville Act (archive footage))
Bringing Up Father
(Annie Moore)
Christopher Bean
(Abby)
That's Entertainment! III
((archive footage))
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(Self (archive footage))
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(Self (archive footage))
That's Entertainment, Part II
((archive footage))
Dangerous Females
(Sarah Bascom)
Breakfast at Sunrise
(Queen)
Actors' Fund Field Day
(Self)
The Callahans and the Murphys
(Mrs. Callahan)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage))