Marie Dressler is remembered in film for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Marie Dressler as Canadian-American actress (1868-1934).
Marie Dressler was born at Cobourg in 1868. Her recorded nationality is the United States.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
Marie Dressler is described as film actor, film producer and stage actor.
Her affiliations include Keystone Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Cinema keeps its people visible long after the industry that produced them has changed shape.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Academy Award for Best Actress (1931).
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1934, at 66. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Academy Award for Best Actress — 1931
- Affiliated with Keystone Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Worked as film actor, film producer and stage actor
