Acting · Cobourg, Ontario, Canada · Born November 9, 1868
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.
MovieBecoming Marilyn
2022
as (archive footage)
Copyright Comedies and More
2022
as Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
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MovieShowbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
Anniversary
1963
as Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
TVMGM Parade
1955
as self
MovieAll in Good Fun
1955
as Archive Footage
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self (archive footage)
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDinner at Eight
1933
as Carlotta Vance
MovieGoing Hollywood
1933
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
MovieChristopher Bean
1933
as Abby
MovieBroadway to Hollywood
1933
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
MovieTugboat Annie
1933
as Annie
MovieProsperity
1932
as Maggie Warren
MovieEmma
1932
as Emma Thatcher
MovieThe Christmas Party
1931
as Herself (uncredited)
MoviePolitics
1931
as Hattie Burns
MovieReducing
1931
as Marie Truffle
MovieMin and Bill
1930
as Min Divot
MovieThe March of Time
1930
as Self - Old Timer Sequence
MovieLet Us Be Gay
1930
as Mrs. Bouccicault
MovieCaught Short
1930
as Marie Jones
MovieOne Romantic Night
1930
as Princess Beatrice
MovieThe Girl Said No
1930
as Hettie Brown
MovieAnna Christie
1930
as Marthy Owens
MovieChasing Rainbows
1930
as Bonnie
MovieThe Vagabond Lover
1929
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
MovieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
MovieDangerous Females
1929
as Sarah Bascom
MovieThe Divine Lady
1928
as Mrs. Hart
MovieThe Patsy
1928
as Ma Harrington
MovieBringing Up Father
1928
as Annie Moore
MovieBreakfast at Sunrise
1927
as Queen
MovieThe Joy Girl
1927
as Mrs. Heath
MovieThe Callahans and the Murphys
1927
as Mrs. Callahan
The Scrub Lady
1917
as Tilly
Tillie Wakes Up
1917
as Tillie Tinkelpaw
MovieTillie's Tomato Surprise
1915
as Tillie Todd
MovieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Tillie Banks
Actors' Fund Field Day
1910
as Self
