
Marie Dressler
Biography
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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.
Acting (39 movies)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929

Anna Christie
1930

Dinner at Eight
1933

The Patsy
1928

Min and Bill
1930

Tugboat Annie
1933

Emma
1932

The Divine Lady
1928

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972

The March of Time
1930

Let Us Be Gay
1930

The Vagabond Lover
1929

Chasing Rainbows
1930

Politics
1931

One Romantic Night
1930

The Girl Said No
1930

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942

Reducing
1931

Prosperity
1932

The Christmas Party
1931

The Joy Girl
1927

Caught Short
1930

Tillie's Tomato Surprise
1915

Going Hollywood
1933

Broadway to Hollywood
1933

Bringing Up Father
1928

Christopher Bean
1933

That's Entertainment! III
1994

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Dangerous Females
1929

Breakfast at Sunrise
1927

The Callahans and the Murphys
1927

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

All in Good Fun
1955

Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
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