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Vintage Film Festival
The Foundation produces the Vintage Film Festival every year on a weekend in September. Full details here.
Last 17 Bursaries
Marie Dressler House
The history of the Marie Dressler House is here. It is now the home of the Interactive Marie Dressler Museum. Dressler House is located at:
212 King street West (Hwy 2),
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.
Hours
Because of the Covid-19 virus crisis, as a precaution the Museum will be closed until September 2021. Meanwhile, an extensive expansion is being done - stay tuned. Future hours will be indicated here.
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The Marie Dressler Story
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.
This is the official site of the Marie Dressler Foundation whose mission is to make sure that Marie Dressler is remembered.
The Foundation, a registered charity, was created to raise money to restore her house when it was burnt down in 1989 (More here). Our largest activity has been the Vintage Film Festival which is held on a weekend in September every year. But in 2018 we had additional major events to celebrate Marie's 150th birthday.
Bursaries
Another major activity of the Foundation is to award scholarships/bursaries to students planning to pursue an education in the arts field. There is a list of previous scholarship winners here. The 2019 winners were presented with their awards at Dressler House on July 6 - see the story with photos here. For more information on how to apply, go here.
Also available on this site
Marie Dressler Celebration Dinner
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At the Woodlawn Inn, 420 Division St., Cobourg
A fundraising event for Marie Dressler Foundation featuring a sparkling wine reception, a four course dinner with wines and an after-dinner talk by Matthew Kennedy, author of "Marie Dressler: A Biography"
Tickets are $100. (no HST) with a donation tax receipt for a portion of the ticket price.
A limited number of tickets are available. Buy tickets online at the Vintage Film Festival Site here - OR
Contact Woodlawn Inn at 1-800-573-5003, or contact Rick Miller at 647-638-3025.
Marie Dressler Celebration Day
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Cobourg Town Council has proclaimed September 24th to be "Marie Dressler Celebration Day" in Cobourg.
Come and Celebrate the Grand Opening of Canada's newest museum featuring "From Cobourg to Hollywood: The Story of Marie Dressler".
Celebrations start at 1:00 pm with free cake, ice-cream, and drinks following the official opening ceremony.
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
Visit the new Marie Dressler Museum at Marie Dressler House, 212 King Street West, Cobourg.
2016 Bursaries
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This year, the Marie Dressler Foundation today handed out four bursaries at $1500 each to four students from Northumberland High Schools - this year three from Cobourg and a sturdent from Warkworth who attended Northumberland East High School in Brighton. Each winner is a student graduating from Grade 12 in 2016 and intends to pursue a further education in this field.
Here are brief resumes of the winners.