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Acting

Louise Dresser

Career

Active from 1922 to 1937, busiest in 1926 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Louise Dresser Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.1, average 1.6
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Lost Film 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Romance 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

17 titles Β· average score 63
Maid of Salem
Maid of Salem (1937)
GoodWatch score 42

as Ellen Clarke

The County Chairman
The County Chairman (1935)

as Mrs. Rigby

David Harum
David Harum (1934)

as Polly

The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
GoodWatch score 81

as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

A Girl of the Limberlost
A Girl of the Limberlost (1934)

as Katherine Comstock

The World Moves On
The World Moves On (1934)
GoodWatch score 49

as Baroness von Gerhardt

State Fair
State Fair (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

as Melissa Frake

Song of the Eagle
Song of the Eagle (1933)

as Emma Hoffman

Caught
Caught (1931)

as Calamity

Mammy
Mammy (1930)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mother Fuller

Lightnin'
Lightnin' (1930)

as Mrs. Mary Jones

This Mad World
This Mad World (1930)

as Pauline Parisot - Paul's Mother

1920s

31 titles Β· average score 60
A Ship Comes In
A Ship Comes In (1928)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. Pleznik

The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden (1928)
GoodWatch score 56

as Rosa

The Air Circus
The Air Circus (1928)

as Mrs. Blake

Mr. Wu
Mr. Wu (1927)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mrs. Gregory

The Third Degree
The Third Degree (1926)

as Alicia Daly

Gigolo
Gigolo (1926)

as Julia Gory

Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)

as Virginia Perry

Padlocked
Padlocked (1926)

as Mrs. Alcott

The Eagle
The Eagle (1925)
GoodWatch score 74

as The Czarina, Catherine II

The Goose Woman
The Goose Woman (1925)
GoodWatch score 64

as Marie de Nardi / Mary Holmes

The City That Never Sleeps
The City That Never Sleeps (1924)

as Mother O'Day

The Fog
The Fog (1923)

as Mrs. Theddon