Louise Dresser (born October 5, 1878; died April 24, 1965) was an American actress.

Died after surgery for intestinal ailment in Woodland Hills CA.

During the first presentations of the Academy Awards she received a citation of merit.

Took her professional last name as a tribute to her good friend, songwriter Paul Dresser. Dresser, the elder brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser, was a popular songwriter of the turn-of-the-last-century whose best-known songs today are "My Gal Sal" and "On The Banks of the Wabash Far Away.".

Called "Lulie" as a child.