Louise Dresser

Birth Name:

Louise Josephine Kerlin

Birth Place:

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Profession

Actress

Was nominated for an Academy Awards during the very first awards presentation ceremony in 1929
Did charity work for the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital
Was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, Calif
At the age of 15, she was already a vaudeville singer
Shared the marquees of turn-of-the-century theaters with such theater stars as Lillian Russell, Anna Held, Blanche Ring and Charles Frohman
Many critics believe the original "State Fair" to be her greatest film
Her favorite pastime was gardening, which she focused on after retiring
Met Buster Keaton when he was a small boy because his parents were in vaudeville
On a tour of the old Keith Circuit, she was accompanied by a young George Gershwin
Chose her professional name as a tribute to her good friend, songwriter Paul Dresser

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