Louise Brooks

Actor
BirthdayNov 14, 1906 (79 years old)
DeathdayAug 8, 1985
Place of birthCherryvale, Kansas, USA
GenderFemale

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 with the studio. She appeared in supporting roles in various Paramount films before taking the heroine's role in Beggars of Life (1928). Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood films, Brooks went to Germany in 1929 and starred in three feature films that launched her to international stardom: Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Miss Europe (1930); the first two were directed by G. W. Pabst. By 1938, she had starred in seventeen silent films and eight sound films. After retiring from acting, she fell upon financial hardship and became a paid escort. For the next two decades, she struggled with alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. Following the rediscovery of her films by cinephiles in the 1950s, a reclusive Brooks began writing articles about her film career; her insightful essays drew considerable acclaim. She published her memoir, Lulu in Hollywood, in 1982. Three years later, she died of a heart attack at age 78. [preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]

Known for

Lulu

Jan 30, 1929

Thymian Henning

Sep 27, 1929

The Girl (Nancy)

Sep 22, 1928

The Canary

Feb 16, 1929

Marie / Mam'selle Godiva

Feb 26, 1928

Lucienne

Aug 1, 1930

Self

Jan 8, 1980

Beth Hoyt

Sep 20, 1938

Mildred Marshall

Jul 10, 1926

Herself (archive footage)

May 5, 1998

Florine

Apr 13, 1931

Oct 1, 1975

Clara

Aug 16, 1926

(archival)

Jan 1, 1989

Self (archive footage)

May 23, 2007

Herself

May 27, 1984

Self (archive footage)

Mar 9, 1998

Thelma Temple

Feb 18, 1931

Janie Walsh

Mar 19, 1926

Self (archive footage)

Jun 14, 1999

Lulu

Jan 30, 1929

Thymian Henning

Sep 27, 1929

The Girl (Nancy)

Sep 22, 1928

The Canary

Feb 16, 1929

Marie / Mam'selle Godiva

Feb 26, 1928

Lucienne

Aug 1, 1930

Acting


Participated in 30 movies, 3 TV series

2011



1999

Self (archive footage)


1998

Herself (archive footage)


1998

Self (archive footage)


1989

(archival)


1986

Herself (Archival Footage)


1984


1980

Self



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