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.
TV Shows(1)
Movies(46)
Becoming Marilyn
2022
Copyright Comedies and More
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
2022
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
1982
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Big Parade of Comedy
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
1964
Anniversary
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1963
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
1955
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Dinner at Eight
Carlotta Vance
1933
Going Hollywood
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1933
Christopher Bean
Abby
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
1933
Tugboat Annie
Annie
1933
Prosperity
Maggie Warren
1932
Emma
Emma Thatcher
1932
The Christmas Party
Herself (uncredited)
1931
Politics
Hattie Burns
1931
Reducing
Marie Truffle
1931
Min and Bill
Min Divot
1930
The March of Time
Self - Old Timer Sequence
1930
Let Us Be Gay
Mrs. Bouccicault
1930
Caught Short
Marie Jones
1930
One Romantic Night
Princess Beatrice
1930
The Girl Said No
Hettie Brown
1930
Anna Christie
Marthy Owens
1930
Chasing Rainbows
Bonnie
1930
The Vagabond Lover
Ethel Bertha Whitehall
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Dangerous Females
Sarah Bascom
1929
The Divine Lady
Mrs. Hart
1928
The Patsy
Ma Harrington
1928
Bringing Up Father
Annie Moore
1928
Breakfast at Sunrise
Queen
1927
The Joy Girl
Mrs. Heath
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys
Mrs. Callahan
1927
The Scrub Lady
Tilly
1917
Tillie Wakes Up
Tillie Tinkelpaw
1917
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
Tillie Todd
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie Banks
1914
Actors' Fund Field Day
Self
1910