What is Louise Brooks?
{{Infobox person | name = Louise Brooks | image = Louise Brooks detail ggbain.32453u.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|11|14}} | birth_place = [[Cherryvale, Kansas|Cherryvale]], [[Kansas]], [[United States|US]] | death_date = {{Death date and age |1985|8|8|1906|11|14}} | death_place = [[Rochester, New York]], US | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | restingplace = [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Rochester, New York)]], US | nationality = [[United States|American]] | residence = | occupation = Actress | height = | othername = | education = | alma mater = | homepage = | known_for = Playing Lulu in ''[[Pandora's Box]]'' | spouse = [[A. Edward Sutherland]]<br>(m. 1926-1928, [[divorce]]d)<br>Deering Davis<br>(m. 1933-1938, divorced) | parents = Leonard Brooks<br>Myra (née Rude) }} '''Louise Brooks''' (Cherryvale, [[Kansas]], 14 November 1906 – [[Rochester, New York]], 8 August 1985) was an [[Americans|American]] [[dancer]] and [[actor|actress]]. She became a leading movie star, and a [[style]] [[icon]] famous for her beauty and her bobbed hair style. In 2006, the [[centenary]] of Brooks' birth was celebrated by the release of three [[DVD]]s and three books, museum exhibits, screenings, and other events. ==Filmography== Brooks' signature movie role was as Lulu in G.W. Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (''Die Büchse der Pandora'') in 1929. Brooks' portrayal was of a young woman whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It made the actress a star. * ''The Street of Forgotten Men'' (1925) * ''The American Venus'' (1926) * ''A Social Celebrity'' (1926) * ''It's the Old Army Game'' (1926) * ''The Show Off'' (1926) * ''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'' (1926) * ''Just Another Blonde'' (1926) * ''Evening Clothes'' (1927) * ''Rolled Stockings'' (1927) * ''Now We're in the Air'' (1927) * ''The City Gone Wild'' (1927) * ''A Girl in Every Port'' (1928) * ''Beggars of Lif