Louise Brooks

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 attention of Walter Wanger, a producer at Paramount Pictures, and was signed to a five-year contract with the studio. She appeared in supporting roles in various Paramount films before taking the heroine's role in Beggars of Life (1928).
Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood films, Brooks went to Germany in 1929 and starred in three feature films that launched her to international stardom...show more
Details
Details
Date of Birth
Nov 14, 1906
Place of Birth
Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Date of Death
Aug 08, 1985
Age
78
Known For
Acting
Also Known As
Mary Louise Brooks
Images
Images

Movie Credits

1929
Lulu
1927
Carol Fleming
1929
Thymian Henning
1986
Herself (Archival Footage)
1927
Fox Trot
1936
Boots Boone
1965
(archive footage)
Movie Credits

TV Show Credits

Self
Self (archive footage)
TV Show Credits
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