Louise Brooks
American actress (1906-1985) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 78
Mary Louise Brooks was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career.
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1985Died8 August 19851984
Lulu in BerlinFilm1980
HollywoodSeries1976Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar CultureFilm1937
When You're in LoveFilm, Specialty Ballerina in Chorus1931
God's Gift to WomenFilm, Florine1930
Miss EuropeFilm, Lucienne1928
A Girl in Every PortFilm, Marie / Mam'selle Godiva1927
Evening ClothesFilm, Fox Trot1925
The Street of Forgotten MenFilm, A Moll1906Born14 November 1906
Lulu in BerlinFilm1980HollywoodSeries1976Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar CultureFilm1937When You're in LoveFilm, Specialty Ballerina in Chorus1931God's Gift to WomenFilm, Florine1930Miss EuropeFilm, Lucienne1928A Girl in Every PortFilm, Marie / Mam'selle Godiva1927Evening ClothesFilm, Fox Trot1925The Street of Forgotten MenFilm, A Moll1906Born14 November 1906People around Louise
Adolph Zukor Produced Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
Frank Tuttle Directed The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst Produced Diary of a Lost Girl and Prix de Beauté
Malcolm St. Clair Directed The Canary Murder Case and The Show Off
Ted Shawn Taught Louise
William LeBaron Produced Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
B. P. Schulberg Produced Evening Clothes and Rolled Stockings
W. C. Fields Duets: Ziegfeld Follies of 1925
Augusto Genina Directed Prix de Beauté (1930)
Howard Hawks Directed A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Wallace Beery Also in Beggars of Life and Now We're in the Air
Roscoe Arbuckle Directed Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
Adolphe Menjou Also in A Social Celebrity and Evening Clothes
William Fox Produced A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Evelyn Brent Also in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
Eugene Pallette Also in The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Lina Basquette Duets: Ziegfeld Follies of 1925
Robert Florey Directed King of Gamblers (1937)
Sig Arno Also in Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl- Lesley Selander Directed Empty Saddles (1936)
Richard Rosson Directed Rolled Stockings (1927)
Luther Reed Directed Evening Clothes (1927)- Bertha Belmore Duets: Ziegfeld Follies of 1925
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Filmography 35
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Television 2
Media & music
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![Brooks as a sophomore in high school, 1922.[17] She had worn bobbed hair since childhood.[18]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Louise-Brooks-HS.jpg)
Brooks as a sophomore in high school, 1922.[17] She had worn bobbed hair since childhood.[18]
Brooks in her famous role as Lulu in the German film Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
Brooks in a 1930 publicity still
Brooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938), her final film. Note her long hairstyle, drastically different from her trademark bob haircut![In her later years, Brooks's friend and one-time youthful lover, William Paley, later founder of CBS,[59] gave her a check every month until her death.[98][104]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/WmSPaley1939.jpg)
In her later years, Brooks's friend and one-time youthful lover, William Paley, later founder of CBS,[59] gave her a check every month until her death.[98][104]About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1985 · aged 78
