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Marie Dressler
Actor

Marie Dressler

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Winning an Oscar for Min and Bill after a late-career comeback.

Tillie’s Punctured Romance · Min and Bill

Born
9 November 1868
Birthplace
Cobourg
Died
28 July 1934

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Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler was a Canadian-born stage and screen performer whose comic presence carried her from touring theatre to Hollywood stardom.

Early life

Beginnings

Left home at fourteen and developed her craft in travelling theatre companies.

Career

  1. 1892

    Broadway

    Began a long New York stage career.

  2. 1914

    Feature comedy

    Starred in Tillie’s Punctured Romance.

  3. 1927

    Screen comeback

    Returned to film in her late fifties.

Selected work

Tillie’s Punctured Romance

Starred alongside Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand.

Min and Bill

Her performance won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Beyond work

Labour organising

Helped organise a union for stage-chorus performers in 1919.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: MGM. PD-US · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.