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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.

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Self (archive footage)

Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress

2022

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(archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

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Self (archive footage)

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

1993

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(archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

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Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

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Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

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Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

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Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

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Archive Footage

All in Good Fun

1955

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Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

1945

Credits

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Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress

as Self (archive footage)

2022

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That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1994

7.0

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

1993

8.5

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976

6.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1975

5.7

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1972

6.0

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

1964

6.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

3.3

All in Good Fun

as Archive Footage

1955

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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

as Self (archive footage)

1945

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1942

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1940

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Dinner at Eight

as Carlotta Vance

1933

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Going Hollywood

as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)

1933

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Christopher Bean

as Abby

1933

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Broadway to Hollywood

as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)

1933

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Tugboat Annie

as Annie

1933

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Prosperity

as Maggie Warren

1932

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Emma

as Emma Thatcher

1932

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The Christmas Party

as Herself (uncredited)

1931

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Politics

as Hattie Burns

1931

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Reducing

as Marie Truffle

1931

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Min and Bill

as Min Divot

1930

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The March of Time

as Self - Old Timer Sequence

1930

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Let Us Be Gay

as Mrs. Bouccicault

1930

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Caught Short

as Marie Jones

1930

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One Romantic Night

as Princess Beatrice

1930

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The Girl Said No

as Hettie Brown

1930

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Anna Christie

as Marthy Owens

1930

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Chasing Rainbows

as Bonnie

1930

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The Vagabond Lover

as Ethel Bertha Whitehall

1929

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The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self

1929

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Dangerous Females

as Sarah Bascom

1929

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The Divine Lady

as Mrs. Hart

1928

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The Patsy

as Ma Harrington

1928

6.8

Bringing Up Father

as Annie Moore

1928

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Breakfast at Sunrise

as Queen

1927

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The Joy Girl

as Mrs. Heath

1927

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The Callahans and the Murphys

as Mrs. Callahan

1927

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The Scrub Lady

as Tilly

1917

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Tillie Wakes Up

as Tillie Tinkelpaw

1917

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Tillie's Tomato Surprise

as Tillie Todd

1915

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Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Tillie Banks

1914

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Actors' Fund Field Day

as Self

1910

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