Person Details

Birthday: 1868-11-09 07:29:09

Death: 1934-07-28 07:29:09

Aliases: Leila Marie Koerber , Марі Дресслер

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Anna Christie
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Anna Christie

(1930) Marthy Owens
That's Entertainment! III
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7

That's Entertainment! III

(1994) (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
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7

That's Entertainment, Part II

(1976) (archive footage)
Hollywood My Home Town
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8

Hollywood My Home Town

(1965) Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
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6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

(1972) Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Without Make-Up
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6

Hollywood Without Make-Up

(1963) Self (archive footage)
Broadway to Hollywood
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5

Broadway to Hollywood

(1933) Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
The Divine Lady
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6

The Divine Lady

(1929) Mrs. Hart

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 N/A
1994 (archive footage)
1993 Herself (archive footage)
1976 (archive footage)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1972 Self (archive footage)
1965 Self (archive footage)
1964 (archive footage)
1963 Self (archive footage)
1961 Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)
1945 Self (archive footage)
1942 Self (archive footage)
1940 Self (archive footage)
1933 Carlotta Vance
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Abby
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Annie
1932 Maggie Warren
Emma Thatcher
1931 Herself (uncredited)
Hattie Burns
Marie Truffle
1930 Min Divot
Self - Old Timer Sequence
Mrs. Bouccicault
Marie Jones
Princess Beatrice
Hettie Brown
Marthy Owens
Bonnie
1929 Ethel Whitehall
Self
Sarah Bascom
Mrs. Hart
1928 Ma Harrington
Annie Moore
1927 Queen
Mrs. Heath
N/A
1917 Tillie Tinkelpaw
1915 N/A
1914 Tillie Banks
1910 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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