Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

She appeared in an early color film The Joy Girl. Dressler's sister Bonita five years older left home at about the same time. Garbo and the critics were impressed by Dressler's acting ability and so was MGM which quickly signed Dressler to a $500-per-week contract.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930-31 for Min and Bill.