Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 09, 1868 ( 66 years old )
Place of Birth
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Leila Marie Koerber
Марі Дресслер
Marie Dressler
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.
Known For
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914-12-21The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929-11-23Anna Christie
1930-02-21Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22The Patsy
1928-04-22Min and Bill
1930-11-29Tugboat Annie
1933-08-04The Divine Lady
1928-12-26Emma
1932-01-02Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell
1993-02-06