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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Dressler "Marie Dressler (November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian–American stage and screen actress and early silent film and Depression-era film star. Successful on stage in vaudeville and comic operas, she was also successful in film. In 1914, she was in the first full-length film comedy and later won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931."

A cropped version of this photo was used in The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) December 24, 1916, with the caption:"Marie Dressler, the Inimitable, has been playing "Folly" at the Russian bazaar in New York and adding much to the merriment of the occasion. She also did a Russian dance one evening, but the Russians present said they had never seen- anything quite like it before."
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Thanks swanq and Art Siegel. We'll add the information about the Russian Bazaar and it's dates.

A similar photo is in The Sunday Oregonian, December 10, 1916, Section One, Image 3. See also comment under www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15546283649/

Thanks again B-59, we'll include the information with this photo too.

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