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Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.
Louise Brooks. Actress: Pandora's Box. Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the Midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906.
Jul 17, 2024 · Louise Brooks (born November 14, 1906, Cherryvale, Kansas, U.S.—died August 8, 1985, Rochester, New York) was an American motion-picture actress who was noted for her seemingly effortless incarnation of corrupt sensuality in silent-picture roles during the 1920s.
Louise Brooks was one of the most fascinating personalities of Hollywood, always being compared with her most important characterization as protagonist: Lulu in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929).
Jul 16, 2012 · Seven years before she dazzled international audiences as the amoral Lulu in G.W. Pabst’s 1929 German masterpiece “Pandora’s Box,” Louise Brooks was a willful, intelligent and beautiful...
Nov 14, 2023 · Louise Brooks can be seen to have made the most of a raw deal. Undoubtedly, her character, particularly her sexuality, was changed forever when she was molested by an older man at the age of nine. Louise called her molester “Mr. Flowers” and sometimes “Mr. Feathers.”
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.
Aug 6, 2019 · Here are 10 little known facts about Louise Brooks – the strong-willed actress that refused to be silenced: 1) She was the youngest member of the Denishawn Dancers, joining the troupe and traveling to New York City to pursue a career in dance at just 15 years old.
Jun 3, 1979 · Kenneth Tynan surveys the extraordinary but short-lived career of the film star Louise Brooks, and interviews Brooks herself, a vehement, unself-pitying seventy-one-year-old with perfect recall...
Brooks, Louise (1906–1985) American actress whose highly memorable performance in the 1929 silent German film Pandora's Box helped make that film a landmark in the history of the international cinema. Pronunciation: Bruhks.
