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Dressler, Marie
Dressler, Marie [née Leila Marie Koerber] (1869–1934), actress. Famous as a hefty, bulldog‐faced comic harridan, she was born in Coburg, Canada, and made her debut as Cigarette, the camp follower, in Under Two Flags, but soon switched to musicals. Her first New York appearance was in The Robber of the Rhine (1892), followed by appearances in Princess Nicotine (1893), Giroflé‐Girofla (1894), Madeleine (1895), A Stage Party (1895), The Lady Slavey (1896), Hotel Topsy‐Turvy (1898), The Man in the Moon (1899), Miss Prinnt (1900), The King's Carnival (1901), The Hall of Fame (1902), King Highball (1902), Higgledy Piggledy (1904), Twiddle Twaddle (1906), and The Boy and the Girl (1909). In 1910 Dressler created her most famous Broadway role, Tillie, the drudge who dreams of richer worlds, in Tillie's Nightmare, and introduced “Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl.” After Roly Poly (1912), she played largely in revues: Marie Dressler's All‐Star Gambols (1913), The Century Girl (1916), The Passing Show of 1921, and in a book show that many critics felt to be a revue, The Dancing Girl (1923). Dressler was long popular in vaudeville but received more universal recognition in films. Autobiographies: The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling, 1924; My Own Story, 1934. Biography: Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star, Betty Lee, 1997.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dressler, Marie." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dressler, Marie." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DresslerMarie.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Dressler, Marie." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-DresslerMarie.html |
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Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler 1869–1934, American actress, b. Coburg, Ont., Canada. She appeared on stage and in vaudeville before making her first film, Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914). Although she gained fame as a large, good-natured comedienne, she gave a strong performance as a disreputable old alcoholic in Anna Christie (1930). Her other films include Min and Bill (1931), Tugboat Annie (1932), and Dinner at Eight (1933). |
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"Marie Dressler." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Marie Dressler." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dressler.html "Marie Dressler." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dressler.html |
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Dressler, Marie
Dressler, Marie, see VAUDEVILLE, AMERICAN.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dressler, Marie." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dressler, Marie." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DresslerMarie.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Dressler, Marie." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DresslerMarie.html |
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