Marie Dressler

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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.

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2022
Becoming Marilyn
Movie (archive footage)
2022
Copyright Comedies and More
Movie Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Movie Self (archive footage)
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
1963
Anniversary
Movie Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
1955
MGM Parade
TV show self
1955
All in Good Fun
Movie Archive Footage
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie Self (archive footage)
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie Self (archive footage)
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie Self (archive footage)
1933
Dinner at Eight
Movie Carlotta Vance