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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. [1] [2] [3]
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Actress Louise Brooks in a scene from the movie "The Canary Murder Case" in which she plays the role of Margaret Odell which was released in 1929. American actress Louise Brooks wearing a plaid coat, skirt and cloche hat, circa 1927.
Jan 29, 2016 · LOUISE BROOKS. Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, joining the Denishawn modern dance company in Los Angeles (whose members included founders Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, as well as a youngMartha Graham) in 1922. In her second season with the company, Brooks had advanced to a starring role in one work opposite Shawn.
Jun 3, 1979 · Kenneth Tynan surveys the extraordinary but short-lived career of the film star Louise Brooks, and interviews Brooks herself, a vehement, unself-pitying seventy-one-year-old with perfect recall ...
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Louise Brooks. Actress: Pandora's Box. 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 ...
Jun 4, 2018 · And yet Louise Brooks went, in the space of less than 20 years, from Hollywood stardom to working in a New York department store for $40 a week. ... Actress, critic, shop assistant: Brooks did it ...
