Louise Brooks

★ Acting #30,545

1906 - 1985 (age 78) • Acting

Born: 11/14/1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Died: 8/8/1985 (age 78)

Known for: Acting

Louise Brooks

★ Acting #30,545

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.

Known For

Pandora's Box

74%

Lulu

1929

Diary of a Lost Girl

73%

Thymian Henning

1929

Beggars of Life

71%

The Girl (Nancy)

1928

The Canary Murder Case

57%

The Canary

1929

A Girl in Every Port

60%

Marie / Mam'selle Godiva

1928

Miss Europe

64%

Lucienne

1930

Hollywood

84%

Self

1980

Overland Stage Raiders

52%

Beth Hoyt

1938

Away with Words

Louise Brooks

2026

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

75%

2012

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

90%

Herself (archive footage)

2011

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

2010

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

43%

Self (archive footage)

2007

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

83%

Self (archive footage)

1999

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

74%

Herself (archive footage)

1998

Mysteries and Scandals

50%

Self (archive footage)

1998

The Casting Couch

83%

1995

1001 Films

60%

(archival)

1989

Louise Brooks

Herself (Archival Footage)

1986

Lulu in Berlin

76%

Self

1984

Hollywood

84%

Self

1980

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

Self - Interviewee

1976

Overland Stage Raiders

52%

Beth Hoyt

1938

When You're in Love

68%

Specialty Ballerina in Chorus

1937

Empty Saddles

100%

Boots Boone

1936

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

54%

Betty Grey

1931

God's Gift to Women

48%

Florine

1931

It Pays to Advertise

56%

Thelma Temple

1931

Miss Europe

64%

Lucienne

1930

Diary of a Lost Girl

73%

Thymian Henning

1929

The Canary Murder Case

57%

The Canary

1929

Pandora's Box

74%

Lulu

1929

Beggars of Life

71%

The Girl (Nancy)

1928

A Girl in Every Port

60%

Marie / Mam'selle Godiva

1928

The City Gone Wild

100%

Snuggles Joy

1927

Now We're in the Air

75%

Griselle and Grisette

1927