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