Pandora's Box
1930
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Mini Bio. Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the Midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early age with the Denishawn Dancers (which was how she left Kansas and went to New York) and then with George White's Scandals before joining the Ziegfeld Follies, but ...
Jun 3, 1979 · Louise Brooks is the only woman who had the ability to transfigure no matter what film into a masterpiece. . . . Louise is the perfect apparition, the dream woman, the being without whom the...
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.
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.
By Diane Carson. In 1922 fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks travels from Wichita, Kansas, to New York with chaperone Norma Carlisle. Opening titles announce that within a few years Brooks “will become one of the most famous film stars in the world.”
Jul 16, 2012 · Classic Hollywood: Louise Brooks’ rise and fall. By Susan King, Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2012 12 AM PT. Seven years before she dazzled international audiences as the amoral Lulu in G.W....
Nov 14, 2023 · 1. Actors & Personalities. The Martyrdom of Lulu: Louise Brooks at 117. Dan Callahan. November 14, 2023. Louise Brooks in a publicity still from Pandora's Box. Public domain still courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Louise Brooks was born November 14, 1906, which means she would be 117 today.
