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Louise Brooks
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Louise Brooks
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-11-14,Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Gender
Female
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 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]

Filmography

7.5

Pandora's Box
1929-01-30

Diary of a Lost Girl

7.4

Diary of a Lost Girl
1929-09-27

The Street of Forgotten Men

6

The Street of Forgotten Men
1925-07-24

The Canary Murder Case

5.5

The Canary Murder Case
1929-02-16

6.2

Miss Europe
1930-08-01

Rolled Stockings

0

Rolled Stockings
1927-06-18

Beggars of Life

7.1

Beggars of Life
1928-09-22

7.2

The Show Off
1926-08-16

A Girl in Every Port

6.278

A Girl in Every Port
1928-02-26

It Pays to Advertise

4.7

It Pays to Advertise
1931-02-18

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

6.7

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1926-03-19

Overland Stage Raiders

5

Overland Stage Raiders
1938-09-20

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

5

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931-05-02

It's the Old Army Game

5

It's the Old Army Game
1926-07-10

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

7.7

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999-06-14

God's Gift to Women

5

God's Gift to Women
1931-04-13

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

9

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011-04-03

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Empty Saddles
1936-12-20

5.5

1001 Films
1989-01-01

The American Venus

0

The American Venus
1926-01-31

Now We're in the Air

6.2

Now We're in the Air
1927-10-21

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Louise Brooks
1986-04-17

A Social Celebrity

0

A Social Celebrity
1926-03-29

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

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Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976-10-07

The City Gone Wild

0

The City Gone Wild
1927-11-12

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

4.9

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23

The Love Goddesses

6.3

The Love Goddesses
1965-03-03

Just Another Blonde

6

Just Another Blonde
1926-12-13

Evening Clothes

0

Evening Clothes
1927-03-19

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

7.3

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998-05-05

7

Lulu in Berlin
1984-05-27

Mysteries and Scandals

5

Mysteries and Scandals
1998-03-09

8.3

Hollywood
1980-01-08

6.6

Arena
1975-10-01