Marie Dressler

Birth Name:

Leila Marie Koerber

Birth Place:

Cobourg, Ontario, Canada

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Made her screen acting debut in the film "Tillie's Punctured Romance" in 1914
First appeared in a local community play at the age of 5, in which she played a cherub
Joined the Nevada Travelling Stock Company when she was 14 years old and later joined the Robert Grau Opera Company as a member of the chorus
Quote: "Audiences don't laugh because they want to, but because they can't help it․ It takes years of study and thought to learn how to demand that laugh․"
After several years of touring with stock companies, she made her Broadway debut as Cunigone in "The Robber of the Rhine" in 1892
Best known for her role as Carlotta Vance in "Dinner at Eight" and as Min in "Min and Bill․"
Wrote and directed the short film "Fired" in 1917 and wrote and produced another, "The Agonies of Agnes," in 1918, and also appeared in both films
Became the first woman to appear on the cover of Time magazine in August 1933

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