Marie Dressler

Known for ActingBorn 1868-11-09Died 1934-07-28Cobourg, 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.Read more

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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

Dangerous Females

Anniversary

Breakfast at Sunrise

Actors' Fund Field Day

Becoming Marilyn

Christopher Bean

The Callahans and the Murphys

MGM Parade

That's Entertainment! III

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Joy Girl

That's Entertainment, Part II

Tugboat Annie

The March of Time

Caught Short

Politics

Dinner at Eight

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The Patsy

Emma

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Min and Bill

Anna Christie

Chasing Rainbows

Tillie's Punctured Romance

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Tillie Wakes Up

The Girl Said No

Prosperity

One Romantic Night

Going Hollywood

The Christmas Party

The Divine Lady

Reducing

Broadway to Hollywood

Bringing Up Father

The Vagabond Lover

All in Good Fun

Let Us Be Gay

Copyright Comedies and More

Showbiz Ballyhoo

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

The Scrub Lady

Tillie's Tomato Surprise