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Marie Dressler Stardom
By André Soares
Film critic, author, and chief editor of Alt Film Guide
Published February 23, 2008
Q&A with Matthew Kennedy
Author of Marie Dressler: A Biography
Interview by André Soares
Published February 23, 2008
Classic Movie Hub Interview
The Funny Papers: Celebrate Marie Dressler 150! Hometown Hosts Her Birthday in Style
By Kellee Pratt
Posted on August 30, 2018
Picturegoer's Famous Films Supplement
Marie Dressler with Lionel Barrymore in Christopher Bean
Published 1933
When was Marie Born?
By Barbara Garrick
Historian, Marie Dressler Foundation
Updated 2015