Marie Dressler
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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.
Acting
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Dinner at Eight
as Carlotta Vance
1933
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Tillie Banks
1914
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Anna Christie
as Marthy Owens
1930
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That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
1929
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Min and Bill
as Min Divot
1930
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The Divine Lady
as Mrs. Hart
1928
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The Patsy
as Ma Harrington
1928
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Becoming Marilyn
2022
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Emma
as Emma Thatcher
1932
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Going Hollywood
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
1933
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Tugboat Annie
as Annie
1933
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. Bouccicault
1930
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The Christmas Party
as Herself (uncredited)
1931
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The Vagabond Lover
as Ethel Bertha Whitehall
1929
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Reducing
as Marie Truffle
1931
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Politics
as Hattie Burns
1931
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Broadway to Hollywood
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
1933
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The Big Parade of Comedy
as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
1964
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The Girl Said No
as Hettie Brown
1930
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One Romantic Night
as Princess Beatrice
1930
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Prosperity
as Maggie Warren
1932