Louise Brooks

1906-1985

Biography: life and films

Louise Brooks was an American actor whose birth name was Mary Louise Brooks. He was born in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA on 14th November 1906 and died in Rochester, New York, USA on 8th August 1985, aged 78.

His best films as an actor include William A. Wellman's Beggars of Life (1928), Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929), Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929), Augusto Genina's Prix de beauté (1930) and Hugh Munro Neely's Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998).

Louise Brooks appeared in 24 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Malcolm St. Clair (3 films), Frank Tuttle (3) and Georg Wilhelm Pabst (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (9 films), drama (8), romance (5), comedy-romance (5), comedy-drama (3), Western (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Louise Brooks over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

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The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) [a]

A Social Celebrity (1926) [a]

It's the Old Army Game (1926) [a]

Just Another Blonde (1926) [a]

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) [a]

The American Venus (1926) [a]

The Show Off (1926) [a]

Evening Clothes (1927) [a]

Now We're in the Air (1927) [a]

Rolled Stockings (1927) [a]

The City Gone Wild (1927) [a]

A Girl in Every Port (1928) [a]

Beggars of Life (1928) [a]

Pandora's Box (1929) [a]

Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929) [a]

The Canary Murder Case (1929) [a]

Prix de beauté (1930) [a]

God's Gift to Women (1931) [a]

It Pays to Advertise (1931) [a]

Empty Saddles (1936) [a]

When You're in Love (1937) [a]

Overland Stage Raiders (1938) [a]

The Love Goddesses (1965) [a]

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998) [a]



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