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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.
Filmography
all 51
Movies 51
self 16
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Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Project XX: The Great War--World War I (1956)
All in Good Fun (1955)
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
The Movies March On (1939)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Prosperity (1932)
Emma (1932)
The Christmas Party (1931)
Politics (1931)
Reducing (1931)
The March of Time (1930)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
Caught Short (1930)
One Romantic Night (1930)
The Girl Said No (1930)
Anna Christie (1930)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)
Dangerous Females (1929)
The Divine Lady (1928)
The Patsy (1928)
Bringing Up Father (1928)
The Joy Girl (1927)
The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)
Tillie Wakes Up (1917)
Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1868-11-09
Deathday1934-07-28 (65 years old)
Birth NameLeila Marie Koerber
Birth PlaceCobourg, Canada
ChildrenMarie Dressler
FatherAlexander Rudolph Koerber
SiblingsBonita Louise Koerber
CitizenshipsUnited States, Canada
Also Known AsLeila Marie Koerber, Марі Дресслер
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Actress
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