Louise Brooks
Acting
Born: 1906-11-14 · Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Died: 1985-08-08
Biography
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 wit
🎬 Movies (20)
Away with Words
2026
Louise Brooks
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Herself (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Self (archive footage)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
Herself (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
1001 Films
1989
(archival)
Louise Brooks
1986
Herself (Archival Footage)
Lulu in Berlin
1984
Self
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976
Self - Interviewee
Overland Stage Raiders
1938
Beth Hoyt
When You're in Love
1937
Specialty Ballerina in Chorus
Empty Saddles
1936
Boots Boone
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
Betty Grey
God's Gift to Women
1931
Florine
It Pays to Advertise
1931
Thelma Temple
Miss Europe
1930
Lucienne
Diary of a Lost Girl
1929
Thymian Henning
