Louise Brooks
Birthday
1906/11/14
Day of death
1985/08/08 (78 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Mary Louise Brooks
Biography
Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the Jazz Age and flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. Brooks began her career as a dancer. While dancing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City, she came to the attention of Walter Wanger, a producer at Paramount Pictures, and was signed to a five-year contract wit...Read more
Acting
(1929) Pandora's Box
as Lulu
(1929) Diary of a Lost Girl
as Thymian Henning
(1925) The Street of Forgotten Men
as A Moll (uncredited)
(1929) The Canary Murder Case
as The Canary
(1930) Miss Europe
as Lucienne
(1927) Rolled Stockings
as Carol Fleming
(1928) Beggars of Life
as The Girl (Nancy)
(1926) The Show Off
as Clara
(1928) A Girl in Every Port
as Marie / Mam'selle Godiva
(1931) It Pays to Advertise
as Thelma Temple
(1926) Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
as Janie Walsh
(1938) Overland Stage Raiders
as Beth Hoyt
(1931) Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
as Betty Grey
(1926) It's the Old Army Game
as Mildred Marshall
(1999) Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) God's Gift to Women
as Florine
(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
(1936) Empty Saddles
as Boots Boone
(1989) 1001 Films
as (archival)
(1927) Now We're in the Air
as Griselle and Grisette
(1926) The American Venus
as Miss Bayport
(1986) Louise Brooks
as Herself (Archival Footage)
(1926) A Social Celebrity
as Kitty Laverne
(1976) Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
(1927) The City Gone Wild
as Snuggles Joy
(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1926) Just Another Blonde
as Diana O'Sullivan
(1927) Evening Clothes
as Fox Trot
(1998) Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Herself (archive footage)
(1984) Lulu in Berlin
as Herself
(1998) Mysteries and Scandals
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) Hollywood
as Self
(1975) Arena
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