Louise Brooks Biography (1906-1985)

Born Mary Louise Brooks, November 14, 1906, in Cherryvale, KS; died of a heart attack on August 8, 1985 in Rochester, NY; buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, NY. Career: Actress. Became a dancer on Broadway beforestarting an acting career, best known for the movie Pandora's Box, retired from acting at age 32, later became a writer and painter.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: November 14, 1906; Cherryvale, Kansas, United States
Death Details: August 8, 1985; Rochester, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies, on Broadway.
Film Appearances
A Moll, The Street of Forgotten Men (uncredited), 1925
Miss Bayport, The American Venus, 1926
Kitty Laverne, A Social Celebrity, 1926
Mildred Marshall, It's the Old Army Game, 1926
Clara, Joe's girl, The Show Off, 1926
Janie Walsh, Love `Em and Leave `Em, 1926
Diana O'Sullivan, Just Another Blonde (also known as The Girl From Coney Island), 1926
Fox Trot, Evening Clothes, 1927
Carol Fleming, Rolled Stockings, 1927
Griselle/Grisette, Now We're in the Air, 1927
Snuggles Joy, The City Gone Wild, 1927

Marie, girl in France, A Girl in Every Port, 1928
Nancy (the girl), Beggars of Life, 1928
Thymiane, Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (also known as Diary ofa Lost Girl), 1929
Lulu, Die Buchse der Pandora (also known as Lulu and Pandora's Box), 1929
Margaret Odell (the canary), The Canary Murder Case, 1929
Lucienne Garnier, Prix de beaute (also known as Beauty Prize; Miss Europa; and Miss Europe), 1930
Betty Grey, Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (also known as The Gas Bag), 1931
Thelma Temple, It Pays to Advertise, 1931
Florine, God's Gift to Women (also known as Too Many Women), 1931
Boots Boone, Empty Saddles, 1936
Joyce Beaton, King of Gamblers (scenes deleted) (also known as Czar of the Slot Machines), 1937
Ballet dancer, When You're in Love (uncredited) (also known as For You Alone), 1937
Beth Hoyt, Overland Stage Raiders, 1938
Herself, Looking for Lulu, 1998
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Hollywood, 1980
WRITINGS
Other
Lulu in Hollywood (autobiographical essay), New York: Alfred A. Knoft, 1982; paperback ed, Limelight Books, 1989

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