OBIT - CUNNINGHAM, MARIE DRESSLER

From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: June 9, 2007 | Copyright information

Marie Dressler Cunningham, 88, of Covington, died Friday, June ...

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OBIT - CUNNINGHAM, MARIE DRESSLER
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News ; Marie Dressler Cunningham, 88, of Covington, died Friday, June 8, 2007. Funeral service will be Saturday, June 16, 2007, 11 a.m., at graveside, in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Arritt Funeral Home.
Hardcovers in Brief
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; ...Bob Dole, who, with 56 appearances on the show, holds the record. Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star, by Betty Lee (University Press of Kentucky, $25). Though Marie Dressler won an Academy Award for her performance in "Min and Bill" (1932...
Oscar Canadian
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail ; ...namely, Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler and Anna Paquin. The other women nominees...actresses were born in Ontario, namely, Marie Dressler, Kate Nelligan, Mary Pickford, Hume...the rigours of a television series. Marie Dressler won Best Actress for 1931's Min And...
Famed red barn could be given to Windsor, Vt.
Newspaper article from: Eagle Times (Claremont, NH) ; ...barn on Route 5 once owned by Academy Award winning actress Marie Dressler may be getting a chance at a second act. The Dressler Barn...was later enlarged and rehabilitated when it was bought by Marie Dressler along with a main house for a summer home. Dressler won...
ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...historians to be the first true movie musical, its cast included Conrad Nagel, Marion Davies, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Marie Dressler, Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford. Gene Kelly's rendition in the 1952 MGM classic costarring Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Conn...
Critic's choice.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...opportunity to see some of Hollywood's all-time great character actors do their stuff. The cast includes Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Billie Burke (Glinda the Good Witch of the North in Wizard of Oz ), Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow and Jean Hersholt, whom...
Film Pays Respects To Female Comics
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ; ...admires women who do. Her admiration has resulted in a documentary, "Wisecracks," which traces the history of funnywomen from Marie Dressler and Lucille Ball to Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg with interviews and performance clips. The movie, well-reviewed in New...
Types of Ambiguity
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post ; ...of dialogue: Jean Harlow: "Do you know, I read somewhere that machinery is going to take the place of every profession." Marie Dressler: "Oh, my dear, that's something you'll never have to worry about." I thought of this exchange some years ago when I heard...
Oscar Best Actress debuts
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail ; ...year 1928), Mary Pickford (1929), Norma Shearer (1930), Marie Dressler (1931), Helen Hayes (1932), Katharine Hepburn (1933), Claudette...though too old as Juliet) and 1938's Marie Antoinette. Marie Dressler won for 1931's Min And Bill, and thus for the third year...
HERE & NOW
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; FILM Marie Dressler, a fallen star of silent films, made her comeback at 62 as the gruff but lovable owner of a cheap waterfront hotel in 1930's "Min...

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