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Louise Dresser was an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the many films in which she played the wife of Will Rogers, including State Fair and David Harum.
Birth Name
Lulu Josephine Kerlin
Born
Saturday, 05 October 1878
Died
Saturday, 24 April 1965
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Mavericks | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | 1990 |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Self | 1987 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Maid of Salem | Ellen Clarke - Barbara's Aunt / Ellen Clarke | 1937 |
| The County Chairman | Mrs. Rigby | 1935 |
| A Girl of the Limberlost | Katherine Comstock | 1934 |
| Servants' Entrance | Mrs. Hansen | 1934 |
| The Scarlet Empress | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | 1934 |
| The World Moves On | Baroness von Gerhardt | 1934 |
| David Harum | Polly Harum | 1934 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Mavericks | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | 1990 |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Self | 1987 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Maid of Salem | Ellen Clarke - Barbara's Aunt / Ellen Clarke | 1937 |
| The County Chairman | Mrs. Rigby | 1935 |
| A Girl of the Limberlost | Katherine Comstock | 1934 |
| Servants' Entrance | Mrs. Hansen | 1934 |
| The Scarlet Empress | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | 1934 |
| The World Moves On | Baroness von Gerhardt | 1934 |
| David Harum | Polly Harum | 1934 |
| Cradle Song | Prioress | 1933 |
| Doctor Bull | Mrs. Herbert Banning / Mme Herbert Banning | 1933 |
| Song of the Eagle | Emma Hoffman | 1933 |
| State Fair | Melissa Frake | 1933 |
| Stepping Sisters | Mrs. Cissie Ramsey nee Black | 1932 |
| Caught | Calamity Jane | 1931 |
| Not Quite Decent | Mame Jarrow | 1930 |
| This Mad World | Pauline Parisot - Paul's Mother | 1930 |
| Mammy | Mother Fuller | 1930 |
| Madonna of Avenue A | Georgia Morton | 1929 |
| The Air Circus | Mrs. Blake | 1928 |
| Mother Knows Best | Ma Quail | 1928 |
| A Ship Comes In | Mrs. Pleznik | 1928 |
| The Garden of Eden | Rosa | 1928 |
| Mr. Wu | Mrs. Gregory | 1927 |
| White Flannels | Mrs. Jacob Politz | 1927 |
| The Third Degree | Alicia Daly | 1926 |
| Everybody's Acting | Anastasia Potter | 1926 |
| Gigolo | Julia Gory | 1926 |
| Broken Hearts of Hollywood | Virginia Perry | 1926 |
| Padlocked | Mrs. Alcott | 1926 |
| The Eagle | The Czarina / The Czarina, Catherine II | 1925 |
| The Goose Woman | Marie de Nardi / Mary Holmes | 1925 |
| Percy | Mrs. Rogers | 1925 |
| Enticement | Mrs. Samuel Murray | 1925 |
| Cheap Kisses | Jane Dillingham | 1924 |
| The City That Never Sleeps | Mother O'Day | 1924 |
| What Shall I Do? | Mrs. McLean | 1924 |
| To the Ladies | Mrs. Kincaid | 1923 |
| Woman-Proof | Wilma Rockwood | 1923 |
| The Fog | Mrs. Theddon | 1923 |
| Prodigal Daughters | Mrs. Forbes | 1923 |
| Enter Madame | Mrs. Flora Preston | 1922 |
| Burning Sands | Kate Bindane | 1922 |
| The Glory of Clementina | Lena Fontaine | 1922 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
