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