Personal Info
Mary Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Acting
Biography
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'…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self (archive footage)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Herself (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1001 Films
as (archival)
Louise Brooks
as Herself (Archival Footage)
Lulu in Berlin
as Self
