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Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the Jazz Age and flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. Brooks began her career as a dancer. While dancing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City, she came to the attention of Walter Wanger, a producer at Paramount Pictures, and was signed to a five-year contract with the studio. She appeared in supporting roles in various Paramount films before taking the heroine's role in Beggars of Life (1928). Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood films, Brooks went to Germany in 1929 and starred in three feature films that launched her to international stardom: Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Miss Europe (1930); the first two were directed by G. W. Pabst. By 1938, she had starred in seventeen silent films and eight sound films. After retiring from acting, she fell upon financial hardship and became a paid escort. For the next two decades, she struggled with alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. Following the rediscovery of her films by cinephiles in the 1950s, a reclusive Brooks began writing articles about her film career; her insightful essays drew considerable acclaim. She published her memoir, Lulu in Hollywood, in 1982. Three years later, she died of a heart attack at age 78. [preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]

Known For

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Herself (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

4.9

Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

7.7

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

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Herself (archive footage)

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

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Self (archive footage)

Mysteries and Scandals

1998

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(archival)

1001 Films

1989

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Herself (Archival Footage)

Louise Brooks

1986

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Herself

Lulu in Berlin

1984

8.3

Self

Hollywood

1980

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Self - Interviewee

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

1976

Credits

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)

2011

9.0

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2007

4.9

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (archive footage)

1999

7.7

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

as Herself (archive footage)

1998

7.3

Mysteries and Scandals

as Self (archive footage)

1998

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🎬

1001 Films

as (archival)

1989

5.5

Louise Brooks

as Herself (Archival Footage)

1986

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Lulu in Berlin

as Herself

1984

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Hollywood

as Self

1980

8.3

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

as Self - Interviewee

1976

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Overland Stage Raiders

as Beth Hoyt

1938

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Empty Saddles

as Boots Boone

1936

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Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

as Betty Grey

1931

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God's Gift to Women

as Florine

1931

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It Pays to Advertise

as Thelma Temple

1931

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Miss Europe

as Lucienne

1930

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Diary of a Lost Girl

as Thymian Henning

1929

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The Canary Murder Case

as The Canary

1929

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Pandora's Box

as Lulu

1929

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Beggars of Life

as The Girl (Nancy)

1928

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A Girl in Every Port

as Marie / Mam'selle Godiva

1928

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The City Gone Wild

as Snuggles Joy

1927

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Now We're in the Air

as Griselle and Grisette

1927

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Rolled Stockings

as Carol Fleming

1927

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Evening Clothes

as Fox Trot

1927

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Just Another Blonde

as Diana O'Sullivan

1926

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The Show Off

as Clara

1926

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It's the Old Army Game

as Mildred Marshall

1926

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A Social Celebrity

as Kitty Laverne

1926

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Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

as Janie Walsh

1926

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The American Venus

as Miss Bayport

1926

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The Street of Forgotten Men

as A Moll (uncredited)

1925

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