Marie Dressler
Acting • Born 1868-11-09 – Died 1934-07-28
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.
Filmography
46 credits
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie • 1914
Tillie Banks
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Movie • 1929
Self
Anna Christie
Movie • 1930
Marthy Owens
Dinner at Eight
Movie • 1933
Carlotta Vance
The Patsy
Movie • 1928
Ma Harrington
Min and Bill
Movie • 1930
Min Divot
Tugboat Annie
Movie • 1933
Annie
The Divine Lady
Movie • 1928
Mrs. Hart
Emma
Movie • 1932
Emma Thatcher
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
The March of Time
Movie • 1930
Self - Old Timer Sequence
Let Us Be Gay
Movie • 1930
Mrs. Bouccicault
The Vagabond Lover
Movie • 1929
Ethel Bertha Whitehall
Chasing Rainbows
Movie • 1930
Bonnie
Politics
Movie • 1931
Hattie Burns
One Romantic Night
Movie • 1930
Princess Beatrice
The Girl Said No
Movie • 1930
Hettie Brown
Tillie Wakes Up
Movie • 1917
Tillie Tinkelpaw
Copyright Comedies and More
Movie • 2022
Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie • 1945
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
Reducing
Movie • 1931
Marie Truffle
Prosperity
Movie • 1932
Maggie Warren
The Christmas Party
Movie • 1931
Herself (uncredited)
The Joy Girl
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Heath
Caught Short
Movie • 1930
Marie Jones
Tillie's Tomato Surprise
Movie • 1915
Tillie Todd
Going Hollywood
Movie • 1933
Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
Broadway to Hollywood
Movie • 1933
Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Bringing Up Father
Movie • 1928
Annie Moore
Christopher Bean
Movie • 1933
Abby
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Dangerous Females
Movie • 1929
Sarah Bascom
Breakfast at Sunrise
Movie • 1927
Queen
Actors' Fund Field Day
Movie • 1910
Self
The Callahans and the Murphys
Movie • 1927
Mrs. Callahan
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
The Scrub Lady
Movie • 1917
Tilly
All in Good Fun
Movie • 1955
Archive Footage
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Anniversary
Movie • 1963
Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
Becoming Marilyn
Movie • 2022
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
self