
Marie Dressler
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1868-11-09
- Died
- 1934-07-28
- Place of birth
- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Leila Marie Koerber · Марі Дресслер
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (46)

The Patsy
1928
as Ma Harrington

Going Hollywood
1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

Prosperity
1932
as Maggie Warren

Christopher Bean
1933
as Abby

Tugboat Annie
1933
as Annie

Caught Short
1930
as Marie Jones

That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)

Dinner at Eight
1933
as Carlotta Vance

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)

Emma
1932
as Emma Thatcher

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Tillie Banks

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Politics
1931
as Hattie Burns

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

Becoming Marilyn
2022

Reducing
1931
as Marie Truffle

Bringing Up Father
1928
as Annie Moore

The Girl Said No
1930
as Hettie Brown

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)

The Divine Lady
1928
as Mrs. Hart

Broadway to Hollywood
1933
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)

The Vagabond Lover
1929
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall

Let Us Be Gay
1930
as Mrs. Bouccicault

Anna Christie
1930
as Marthy Owens
Copyright Comedies and More
2022
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"

Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)

The Christmas Party
1931
as Herself (uncredited)

Tillie's Tomato Surprise
1915
as Tillie Todd

The March of Time
1930
as Self - Old Timer Sequence

Chasing Rainbows
1930
as Bonnie

All in Good Fun
1955
as Archive Footage
Actors' Fund Field Day
1910
as Self

The Joy Girl
1927
as Mrs. Heath
Anniversary
1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
as Tillie Tinkelpaw

One Romantic Night
1930
as Princess Beatrice

Min and Bill
1930
as Min Divot

Breakfast at Sunrise
1927
as Queen

The Callahans and the Murphys
1927
as Mrs. Callahan

Dangerous Females
1929
as Sarah Bascom
The Scrub Lady
1917
as Tilly
About Marie Dressler
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, performi… With 47 credits spanning from 1910 to 2022, Marie Dressler has appeared in 46 films and 1 TV show.
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- The Patsy (1928) — as Ma Harrington
- Going Hollywood (1933) — as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
- Prosperity (1932) — as Maggie Warren
- Christopher Bean (1933) — as Abby
- Tugboat Annie (1933) — as Annie
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