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Louise Brooks

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American actress (1906-1985)

United StatesActorsLived 1906 to 1985 · aged 78
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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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Brooks as a sophomore in high school, 1922.[17] She had worn bobbed hair since childhood.[18]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 her famous role as Lulu in the German film Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.Brooks in a 1930 publicity stillBrooks in a 1930 publicity stillBrooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938), her final film. Note her long hairstyle, drastically different from her trademark bob haircutBrooks in Overland Stage Raiders (1938), her final film. Note her long hairstyle, drastically different from her trademark bob haircut

Filmography 35

Pandora's Box1929 · ★ 7.5
Diary of a Lost Girl1929 · ★ 7.3
Beggars of Life1928
The Canary Murder Case1929
A Girl in Every Port1928
Miss Europe1930
Overland Stage Raiders1938
It's the Old Army Game1926
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu1998
God's Gift to Women1931
When You're in Love1937
It Pays to Advertise1931
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007
1001 Films1989
The Show Off1926
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em1926
Lulu in Berlin1984
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood1931
The Street of Forgotten Men1925
The Casting Couch1995
Now We're in the Air1927
Just Another Blonde1926
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011
Rolled Stockings1927
The American Venus1926
Evening Clothes1927
Empty Saddles1936
The City Gone Wild1927
A Social Celebrity1926
Louise Brooks1986
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture1976
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture2010
Away with Words2026

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Television 2

Hollywood1980
Mysteries and Scandals1998

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Howard HawksAlso in A Girl in Every Port (1928)S. S. Van DineAlso in The Canary Murder Case (1929)Grace MooreAlso in When You're in Love (1937)Wallace BeeryAlso in Beggars of Life (1928)W. C. FieldsAlso in It's the Old Army Game (1926)Victor McLaglenAlso in A Girl in Every Port (1928)

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1985 · aged 78
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