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Louise Brooks was an American film actress and dancer who rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s. She was born on November 14, 1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas. She began her career as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies and went on to become a major star in silent films. Her most famous role was as the title character in the 1929 film Pandora's Box. Brooks was known for her bobbed hair and her signature look of black and white clothing. She was also known for her outspokenness and her refusal to conform to the Hollywood studio system. She retired from acting in 1938 and went on to write a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood, in 1982. Louise Brooks had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time of her death in 1985. She earned her wealth through her acting career and her memoir.

Popular As Mary Louise Brooks
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 14 November 1906
Birthday 14 November
Birthplace Cherryvale, Kansas, U.S.
Date of death August 8, 1985
Died Place Rochester, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Louise Brooks Height, Weight & Measurements

At 79 years old, Louise Brooks height is 5' 2" (1.57 m) .

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Height 5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Who Is Louise Brooks's Husband?

Her husband is A. Edward Sutherland (m. 1926-1928) Deering Davis (m. 1933-1938)

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Husband A. Edward Sutherland (m. 1926-1928) Deering Davis (m. 1933-1938)
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Louise Brooks Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Louise Brooks worth at the age of 79 years old? Louise Brooks’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Louise Brooks's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

A Social Celebrity (1926)$250 per week
The Canary Murder Case (1929)$250 /week
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)$500 for 3 days' work
Empty Saddles (1936)$300
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)$300

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Timeline

1995

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#44) (1995).

1991

Provided the inspiration for the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1991 hit "Pandora's Box". The promo video clip features lead singer Andy McCluskey intercut with images from Pandora's Box (1929).

1981

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives." Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 106-107. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

1966

Brooks claimed she fell in love with William Collier Jr. and wrote to Kevin Brownlow in 1966 that he was "the only actor I had ever cared for".

1951

As a child, one of her best friends was Vivian Vance who played Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy (1951).

1946

By 1946, she had to take a $40-a-week job as a sales girl at Saks Fifth Avenue to make a living.

1943

In 1943, she was paid $1500 for the rights to publish her ghostwritten story by "The American Weekly" magazine, but it was never published because Brooks refused to name names or provide salacious details.

1940

Opened a dance studio in Beverly Hills. It failed because of a financial scandal involving her business partner. On 30 July 1940, Brooks boarded a train back to Kansas, leaving Hollywood for good. She opened a dance studio in Wichita and wrote a booklet, "The Fundamentals of Good Ballroom Dancing."

1938

Until she ended her career in film in 1938, she had made only 25 movies. After that, she spent most of her time reading and painting. She also became an accomplished writer, authoring a number of books, including her autobiography.

1936

Though her later lover, Eastman House curator James Card is often given credit for the rediscovery of this once forgotten actress, the curator of the French Cinematheque was championing her work as early as 1936 and for many years his museum owned the only known print in the world of her most famous film, Pandora's Box (1929).

1932

On February 6, 1932, she filed for bankruptcy and began dancing in nightclubs to earn a living.

1931

Trying to make a Hollywood comeback after working in Europe, she turned down an offer to star with James Cagney in the classic The Public Enemy (1931). The role could have revitalized her career.

1929

She was always compared to her Lulu role in Pandora's Box (1929), which was filmed in 1928.

1928

Her performances in A Girl in Every Port (1928) and Beggars of Life (1928), both filmed in 1928, proved to all concerned that Louise had real talent. She became known, mostly, for her bobbed hair style. Thousands of women were attracted to that style and adopted it as their own.

1920

As you will note by her photographs, she was no doubt the trend setter of the 1920s with her Buster Brown-Page Boy type hair cut, much like today's women imitate stars. Because of her dark haired look and being the beautiful woman that she was, plus being a modern female, she was not especially popular among Hollywood's clientle. She just did not go along with the norms of the film society. Louise really came into her own when she left Hollywood for Europe. There she appeared in a few German productions which were very well made and continued to prove she was an actress with an enduring talent.

1906

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 became one of the most fascinating and alluring personalities ever to grace the silver screen.