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Louise Brooks (I) (1906–1985)

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Louise Brooks was one of the most fascinating personalities of Hollywood, always being compared with her most important characterization as protagonist: Lulu in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box. Along with her beauty and talent she had an independent streak and refused to accept the restrictive role that women had in American society... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Louise Brooks
in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Rochester, New York, USA
Louise Brooks, c. 1929. Still of Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery in Beggars of Life Still of Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box Louise Brooks c. 1927 Louise Brooks, 1920's, **I.V.
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1938 Overland Stage Raiders
Beth Hoyt
 
1937 King of Gamblers
Joyce Beaton (scenes deleted)
 
1937 When You're in Love
Specialty Ballerina (uncredited)
 
1936 Empty Saddles
'Boots' Boone
 
1931 Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (short)
Betty Grey
 
1931 God's Gift to Women
Florine
 
1931 It Pays to Advertise
Thelma Temple
 
1930 Beauty Prize
Lucienne Garnier
 
1929 Diary of a Lost Girl
Thymian
 
1929 The Canary Murder Case
'The Canary' - Margaret O'Dell
 
1929 Pandora's Box
Lulu
 
1928 Beggars of Life
The Girl (Nancy)
 
1928 A Girl in Every Port
Marie, Girl in France
 
1927 The City Gone Wild
Snuggles Joy
 
1927 Now We're in the Air
Griselle/Grisette
 
1927 Rolled Stockings
Carol Fleming
 
1927 Evening Clothes
Fox Trot
 
1926 Just Another Blonde
Diana O'Sullivan
 
1926 The Show Off
Clara, Joe's Girl
 
1926 It's the Old Army Game
Mildred Marshall
 
1926 A Social Celebrity
Kitty Laverne
 
1926 Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Janie Walsh
 
1926 The American Venus
Miss Bayport
 
1925 The Street of Forgotten Men
A Moll (uncredited)
 
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1930 Beauty Prize (performer: "Je n'ai qu'un Amour, c'est toi")
 
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1984 Lulu in Berlin (documentary)
Herself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Star Treatment (1980) … Herself
 
1976 Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (TV documentary)
Interviewee
 
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2010 Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1989 1001 films (documentary short)
Herself
 
1985 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1924) Stage: Appeared in "George White's Scandals" on Broadway. Musical revue. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 5 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Personal Quote:

The great art of films does not consist in descriptive movement of face and body, but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation. See more »

Trivia:

She personified the rebellious young woman of the 1920s who came to be known as a "flapper". See more »

Nickname:

Lulu See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio