Louise brooks biography
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Louise Brooks
American actress (1906–1985)
For the American socialite, see Louise Cromwell Brooks.
Louise Brooks | |
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Brooks c. 1926 | |
| Born | Mary Louise Brooks (1906-11-14)November 14, 1906 Cherryvale, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 1985(1985-08-08) (aged 78) Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Rochester, New York) |
| Other names | Lulu, Brooksie, The Girl in the Black Helmet |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1925–1938 |
| Known for | Pandora's Box (1929) Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) |
| Spouses | Deering Davis (m. 1933; div. 1938) |
Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career.
At the age of 15, Brooks began her career as a dancer and toured
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Louise Brooks
The silent film star Louise Brooks, who lived in Rochester for over thirty years.
Louise Brooks was born in Cherryvale, Kansas on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early on, and at age 15, moved to New York City to study with and then join the Denishawn Dance Company. The prestigious ensemble, which included future great Martha Graham, toured the United States and Canada for two seasons, and performed in numerous cities and towns in New York. Their Rochester stops included performances at the Eastman Theater on November 1, 1922 and November 21, 1923. Following her departure from Denishawn, Brooks danced in the chorus of the George White Scandals and then Ziegfeld Follies in New York City.
In 1925, Brooks signed a contract with Paramount Pictures; her first film was an uncredited bit part in "The Street of Forgotten Men." Subsequent films shot on the East Coast — most at the Astoria Studio in Queens — include "The American Venus" (1926), "A
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Brooks, (Mary) Louise 1906-1985
PERSONAL: Born November 14, 1906, in Cherryvale, KS; died of a heart attack, August 8, 1985; daughter of Leonard Porter (a lawyer and assistant attorney general of Kansas) and Myra (a homemaker; maiden name, Rude) Brooks; married A. Edward Sutherland (a film director), July 12, 1926 (divorced, 1928); married Deering Davis (a dancer), October 10, 1933 (divorced, 1938). Education: Attended Wichita College of Music, c. 1919-21; studied under Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis at Denishawn School of Dance, 1922-23. Religion: Catholic.
CAREER: Dancer, actress, and writer. Denishawn Dancers, New York, NY, member of dance troupe, 1923-24; Café de Paris, London, England, Charleston dancer, 1924; Ziegfeld Follies,New York, dancer, 1925; Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, sales clerk, 1946-48. Actress in motion pictures, including The Street of Forgotten Men, 1925, The American Venus, 1926, A Social Celebrity, 1926, It's the Old Army Game, 1926, T