- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
- Died
- August 8, 1985
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: Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Miss Europe (1930); the first two were dire…
Filmography
movieAway with Words
2026 · Louise Brooks
movieClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
movieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Herself (archive footage)
movieFlappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
movieWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieClara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998 · Herself (archive footage)
tvMysteries and Scandals
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Casting Couch
1995
1001 Films
1989 · (archival)
movieLouise Brooks
1986 · Herself (Archival Footage)
movieLulu in Berlin
1984 · Self
tvHollywood
1980 · Self
movieMemories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976 · Self - Interviewee
movieOverland Stage Raiders
1938 · Beth Hoyt
movieWhen You're in Love
1937 · Specialty Ballerina in Chorus
movieEmpty Saddles
1936 · Boots Boone
movieWindy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931 · Betty Grey
movieGod's Gift to Women
1931 · Florine
movieIt Pays to Advertise
1931 · Thelma Temple
movieMiss Europe
1930 · Lucienne
movieDiary of a Lost Girl
1929 · Thymian Henning
movieThe Canary Murder Case
1929 · The Canary
moviePandora's Box
1929 · Lulu
movieBeggars of Life
1928 · The Girl (Nancy)
movieA Girl in Every Port
1928 · Marie / Mam'selle Godiva
movieThe City Gone Wild
1927 · Snuggles Joy
movieNow We're in the Air
1927 · Griselle and Grisette
movieRolled Stockings
1927 · Carol Fleming
movieEvening Clothes
1927 · Fox Trot
movieJust Another Blonde
1926 · Diana O'Sullivan
movieThe Show Off
1926 · Clara
movieIt's the Old Army Game
1926 · Mildred Marshall
movieA Social Celebrity
1926 · Kitty Laverne
movieLove 'Em and Leave 'Em
1926 · Janie Walsh
movieThe American Venus
1926 · Miss Bayport
movieThe Street of Forgotten Men
1925 · A Moll