Marie Dressler
3 credits on HibingeTV
Canadian-American stage and film actress, born in 1868. A veteran of Broadway and vaudeville, she became one of Hollywood's most beloved stars in the early sound era. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for *Min and Bill* (1930) and was one of the top box-office draws of the early 1930s, co-starring with Wallace Beery in several films including *Tugboat Annie* (1933) and *Dinner at Eight* (1933). She died in 1934.
Acted In
Comedy, Drama
A 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Norma Shearer and Marie Dressler. Dowdy housewife Kitty Brown (Shearer) dotes on her self-centered husband Bob (Rod La Rocque), but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years later, a wealthy socialite (Dressler) enlists Kitty's help to break up her granddaughter's infatuation with Bob — unaware that Kitty is his ex-wife. Based on the 1929 play by Rachel Crothers, which starred Tallulah Bankhead on Broadway.
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Let Us Be Gay
1930 - as Mrs. Bouccicault
Comedy, Drama
Marie Dressler won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min, the hard-boiled proprietress of a waterfront hotel who has raised the foundling Nancy (Dorothy Jordan) as her own. Wallace Beery co-stars as Bill, the boozy fisherman who lives at the inn and is Min's sometime suitor. When Nancy's disreputable birth mother Bella (Marjorie Rambeau) reappears to reclaim the girl, Min must make painful sacrifices to protect the child's future. Directed by George W. Hill for MGM and adapted by Frances Marion from Lorna Moon's novel *Dark Star*, the film was a runaway hit that cemented the late-blooming Dressler as one of Hollywood's most beloved stars. Published in 1930, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2026.
Comedy · Drama
Min and Bill
1930 - as Min Divot
Comedy
Tillie's Punctured Romance is a 1914 silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios, distributed by Mutual Film. The first feature-length comedy ever made, it stars Charlie Chaplin (in his first feature role), Marie Dressler, and Mabel Normand. Chaplin plays a city con man who seduces a farmer's daughter (Dressler) for her money, only to abandon her when he discovers she's been disinherited. The film was based on Dressler's stage success Tillie's Nightmare and was a massive hit, helping establish Chaplin as a major star. As a 1914 work, the film is in the public domain.
Comedy
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914 - as Tillie Banks