The Marie Dressler Story

Marie Dressler *Born in Cobourg, Canada - one of Hollywood's greatest stars* The Dressler Story: to Dream, to Dare, to Persist, to Win
Cobourg is the birthplace of Marie Dressler - one of the greatest comediennes of her generation and one of Hollywood's best loved stars. We have gathered as much information as we can on her and made it available. Included is a complete biography.
The house where she was born is still standing in Cobourg and now houses a museum dedicated to her. At right is a photo of Dressler House Museum at 212 King Street West. Although some of her movies have been lost, as far as we know, our list of her films is the best available.
Although there is a lot of information on this site, we would like to gather more and make it available to the public - click here if you can help or would like to comment. The Museum is managed by the Marie Dressler Foundation (more) which also sponsors the Annual Vintage Film Festival in Port Hope and Cobourg. Canada's Walk of Fame is located in Toronto's Theatre district on King st. W. between John st. and Simcoe st. The 2007 nomination contest for the next inductees has now closed but you can see the submission by Joanna E. Rapf here. Additional history of Cobourg can be found at the Cobourg History site.