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- Marie Dressler (born Nov. 9, 1868, Cobourg, Ont., Can.—died July 28, 1934, Santa Barbara, Calif., U.S.) was a Canadian-born comedian and singer who achieved her greatest success toward the end of her life.
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Dressler's birth home in Cobourg, Ontario, is known as Marie Dressler House and is open to the public. The home was converted to a restaurant in 1937 and operated as a restaurant until 1989, when it was damaged by fire.
Her home in Cobourg, Ontario, known as Marie Dressler House was converted into a restaurant in 1937. It remained operational until 1989. A fire damaged it completely after which it was restored as office of the Cobourg Chamber of Commerce.
Marie Dressler (born Nov. 9, 1868, Cobourg, Ont., Can.—died July 28, 1934, Santa Barbara , Calif., U.S.) was a Canadian-born comedian and singer who achieved her greatest success toward the end of her life.
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After much time spent trying to find her, Marion contacted Dressler about a major role in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927). Dressler reportedly contemplated suicide but other sources state that, in fact, she was considering working as a housekeeper at a Long Island estate.
- November 9, 1868
- July 28, 1934
Marie Dressler. Actress: Dinner at Eight. Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera.
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- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
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- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Marie Dressler was an Oscar winning actress who became a star in her sixties. She was born Leila Marie Koerber on November 9, 1868 in Cobourg, Ontario. Her father was a music teacher and she sang with him when she was a child. At the age of fourteen she left home to become a chorus girl.
Oct 17, 2011 · Marie Dressler was the daughter of an émigré music teacher. There is some dispute about her birth date; her crypt in the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery gives her birth year as 1871. Some sources claim her proper name was Leila von Koerber.
