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Marie Dressler (1868–1934)

Actress | Soundtrack | Writer

Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on the vaudeville circuit... See full bio »

Born:

Leila Marie Koerber
in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Died:

(age 65) in Santa Barbara, California, USA
Marie Dressler c. 1932
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1933 Christopher Bean
Abby
 
1933 Dinner at Eight
Carlotta Vance
 
1933 Tugboat Annie
Annie Brennan
 
1932 Prosperity
Maggie Warren
 
1932 Emma
Emma
 
1931 Politics
Hattie Burns
 
1931 Reducing
Marie Truffle
 
1930 Min and Bill
Min
 
1930 Let Us Be Gay
Mrs. Bouccicault
 
1930 Caught Short
Marie Jones
 
1930 One Romantic Night
Princess Beatrice
 
1930 The Girl Said No
Hettie Brown
 
1930 Anna Christie
Marthy
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows
Bonnie
 
1929 The Vagabond Lover
Ethel Bertha Whitehall
 
1929 Dangerous Females (short)
Sarah Bascom
 
1929 The Divine Lady
Mrs. Hart
 
1928 The Patsy
Ma Harrington
 
1928 Bringing Up Father
Annie Moore
 
1927 Breakfast at Sunrise
Queen
 
1927 The Joy Girl
Mrs. Heath
 
1927 The Callahans and the Murphys
Mrs. Callahan
 
1918 The Red Cross Nurse (short)
 
1918 The Agonies of Agnes (short)
Agnes
 
1917 The Scrub Lady (short)
 
1917 Fired (short)
 
1917 Tillie Wakes Up
Tillie Tinkelpaw
 
1915 Tillie's Tomato Surprise
Tillie Todd
 
1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie
 
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1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1932 Emma (performer: "Don't You Mind It Honey If the World Goes Wrong" 1901 - uncredited)
 
1931 The Christmas Party (short) (performer: "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929)
 
1931 Politics (performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 - uncredited, "Sweet Genevieve" 1869 - uncredited, "Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1930 Anna Christie (performer: "In the Good Old Summertime" 1902 - uncredited)
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows (performer: "My Dynamite Personality" - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (performer: "For I'm the Queen" 1929 - uncredited, "Marie, Polly and Bess" 1929 - uncredited, "The Fountain in the Park" 1884 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1918 The Agonies of Agnes (short) (story)
 
1917 Fired (short) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1918 The Agonies of Agnes (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1917 Fired (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
1931 The Christmas Party (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1931 Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (documentary short)
Herself
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 14 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (short)
Herself, at Premiere
 
1930 The March of Time
Herself, Old Timer Sequence
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 2 (short)
Herself (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Herself
 
1910 Actors' Fund Field Day (short)
Herself
 
1909 Marie Dressler (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (30 titles)
2008 Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (short)
 
2005 Garbo (documentary)
Marthy Owens (uncredited)
 
2005 Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
2001 Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (uncredited)
 
1983 Zelig
Herself (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Dinner at Eight'
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Herself
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Herself, film clip from 'Dinner at Eight' (uncredited)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Marie Truffle in 'Reducing'
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Anniversary
 
1956 Project XX (TV series documentary)
 
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
 
1950 The Soundman (documentary short)
Min (uncredited)
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (short)
Herself
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Herself
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (documentary short)
Herself
 
1944 Wilson
Herself, at WWI rally (uncredited)
 
1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (short)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (short)
Herself
 
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 Going Hollywood
Herself - Premiere Clip (uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood
Vaudeville Act (uncredited)
 

Related Videos

Tillie's Punctured Romance -- Charlie talks wealthy farmer's daughter Tillie into eloping with him (and taking her father's money)... Dinner at Eight -- Trailer for this big screen version of the stage triumph
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Tillie's Nightmare (1910). Cast: Marie Dressler (as "Tillie Blobbs"). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 5 Print Biographies  | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on winning the Best Actress Award for Min and Bill] Like an old Model-T Ford, I had to be cranked up. I was scared stiff. See more »

Trivia:

Always credited her good friend, screenwriter Frances Marion, with literally saving her life. After much time spent trying to find her, Marion contacted Dressler about a major role in The Callahans and the Murphys. Dressler had planned to commit suicide by jumping out of her apartment window that very night. Instead... See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio