Louise Brooks
ActingBorn
November 14, 1906
Died
August 8, 1985
Place of Birth
Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
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 atte…
Known For
Filmography
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
The Casting Couch
1995
1001 Films
1989
Louise Brooks
1986
Lulu in Berlin
1984
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976
Overland Stage Raiders
1938
When You're in Love
1937
Empty Saddles
1936
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
God's Gift to Women
1931
It Pays to Advertise
1931
Miss Europe
1930
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929
The Canary Murder Case
1929
Pandora's Box
1929
Beggars of Life
1928
A Girl in Every Port
1928
The City Gone Wild
1927
Now We're in the Air
1927
Rolled Stockings
1927
Evening Clothes
1927
Just Another Blonde
1926
The Show Off
1926
It's the Old Army Game
1926
A Social Celebrity
1926
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1926
The American Venus
1926
The Street of Forgotten Men
1925