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.

Filmography

• 2022Becoming Marilyn — (archive footage)
• 2022Copyright Comedies and More — Archive Footage, "Tillie’s Tomato Surprise"
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)
• 1955All in Good Fun — Archive Footage
• 1933Broadway to Hollywood — Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
• 1933Christopher Bean — Abby
• 1933Dinner at Eight — Carlotta Vance
• 1933Tugboat Annie — Annie
• 1932Emma — Emma Thatcher
• 1932Prosperity — Maggie Warren
• 1931Politics — Hattie Burns
• 1931Reducing — Marie Truffle
• 1930Anna Christie — Marthy Owens
• 1930Caught Short — Marie Jones
• 1930Chasing Rainbows — Bonnie
• 1930Let Us Be Gay — Mrs. Bouccicault
• 1930Min and Bill — Min Divot
• 1930One Romantic Night — Princess Beatrice
• 1930The Girl Said No — Hettie Brown
• 1929Dangerous Females — Sarah Bascom
• 1929The Vagabond Lover — Ethel Bertha Whitehall
• 1928Bringing Up Father — Annie Moore
• 1928The Divine Lady — Mrs. Hart
• 1928The Patsy — Ma Harrington
• 1927Breakfast at Sunrise — Queen
• 1927The Callahans and the Murphys — Mrs. Callahan
• 1927The Joy Girl — Mrs. Heath
• 1917The Scrub Lady — Tilly
• 1917Tillie Wakes Up — Tillie Tinkelpaw
• 1915Tillie's Tomato Surprise — Tillie Todd
• 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance — Tillie Banks

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 1982Showbiz Ballyhoo — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• 1963Anniversary — Herself - Archive Footage (uncredited)
• MGM Parade — self
• 1945Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
• 1942Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) — Self (archive footage)
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)
• 1933Going Hollywood — Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
• 1931The Christmas Party — Herself (uncredited)
• 1930The March of Time — Self - Old Timer Sequence
• 1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 — Self
• 1910Actors' Fund Field Day — Self