orig. Leila Marie Koerber
born Nov. 9, 1868, Cobourg, Ont., Can.
died July 28, 1934, Santa Barbara, Calif., U.S.
Canadian-U.S. actress.
She began her acting career as a vaudeville comedian and made her film debut in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), in which Charlie Chaplin also appeared. After a period of obscurity, she experienced a career revival with the coming of sound films. In the 1930s she was known for her portrayals of self-sufficient, humorous old women (often costarring with Wallace Beery ) in films such as Min and Bill (1931, Academy Award) and Tugboat Annie (1933).