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Louise Dresser (1878–1965)

Actress

This knowing, plump-framed, strong-willed actress went on to play the gamut of emotions, from downtrodden, drunken ex-stars to self-controlled dowager empresses, in both silent pictures and early talkies. Grandly supporting the huge stars of her day including Rudolph Valentino and Will Rogers), she actually started out as a celebrated singer from the vaudeville and Broadway stages... See full bio »

Born:

Lulu Josephine Kerlin
in Evansville, Indiana, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1937 Maid of Salem
Ellen Clarke - Barbara's Aunt
 
1935 The County Chairman
Mrs. Rigby
 
1934 A Girl of the Limberlost
Katherine Comstock
 
1934 Servants' Entrance
Mrs. Hansen
 
1934 The World Moves On
Baroness von Gerhardt
 
1934 The Scarlet Empress
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
 
1934 David Harum
Polly Harum
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade (short)
 
1933 Cradle Song
Prioress
 
1933 Doctor Bull
Mrs. Herbert Banning
 
1933 Song of the Eagle
Emma Hoffman
 
1933 State Fair
Melissa Frake
 
1932 Stepping Sisters
Mrs. Cissie Ramsey nee Black
 
1931 Caught
Calamity Jane
 
1930 Lightnin'
Mrs. Mary Jones
 
1930 This Mad World
Pauline Parisot - Paul's Mother
 
1930 The Three Sisters
Marta
 
1930 Mammy
Mother Fuller
 
1929 Madonna of Avenue A
Georgia Morton
 
1929 Not Quite Decent
Mame Jarrow
 
1928 The Air Circus
Mrs. Blake
 
1928 Mother Knows Best
Ma Quail
 
1928 The Garden of Eden
Rosa
 
1928 A Ship Comes In
Mrs. Pleznik
 
1927 Mr. Wu
Mrs. Gregory
 
1927 White Flannels
Mrs. Jacob Politz
 
1926 The Third Degree
Alicia Daly
 
1926 Everybody's Acting
Anastasia Potter
 
1926 Gigolo
Julia Gory
 
1926 Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Virginia Perry
 
1926 Padlocked
Mrs. Alcott
 
1926 The Blind Goddess
Mrs. Eileen Clayton
 
1926 Fifth Avenue
Claudine Kemp
 
1925 The Eagle
The Czarina
 
1925 The Goose Woman
Marie de Nardi/Mary Holmes
 
1925 Enticement
Mrs. Samuel Murray
 
1925 Percy
Mrs. Rogers
 
1924 Cheap Kisses
Jane Dillingham
 
1924 The City That Never Sleeps
Mother O'Day
 
1924 What Shall I Do?
Mrs. McLean
 
1924 The Next Corner
Nina Race
 
1923 To the Ladies
Mrs. Kincaid
 
1923 Woman-Proof
Wilma Rockwood
 
1923 Ruggles of Red Gap
Mrs. Effie Floud
 
1923 Salomy Jane
Mrs. Pete
 
1923 Prodigal Daughters
Mrs. Forbes
 
1923 The Fog
Mrs. Theddon
 
1922 Enter Madame
Mrs. Flora Preston
 
1922 Burning Sands
Kate Bindane
 
1922 The Glory of Clementina
Lena Fontaine
 
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1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Buster Keaton (1957) … Herself
 
1924 The City of Stars (short)
Herself
 
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1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Herself
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Clip from: David Harum (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1908). Stage Play: The Girls of Gottenberg. Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Book by L.E. Berman and George Grossmith Jr. Lyrics by Adrian Ross and Basil Hood. Featuring songs by W.T. Francis and Jerome Kern. Featuring songs with lyrics by George Grossmith Jr. and Lionel Monckton... See more »

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Trivia:

She was the daughter of a railroad engineer who had once stopped some rowdies from badgering a very chubby-sized newsboy on the train. That newsboy later became the celebrated composer Paul Dresser, and it was he who, in grateful memory of her father, gave Louise her stage name and wrote "My Gal Sal" for her to sing. See more »

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