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Dorothy Malone
  • Birth Name:
    Dorothy Eloise Maloney
  • Date of Birth:
    January 30, 1925
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Height:
    5' 6"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Blonde
  • Eye Color:
    Blue
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Religion:
    Roman
  • Education:
    Highland Park High School

Family

Dorothy Malone
  • Spouse:
    Jacques Bergerac - Divorced
    Robert Tomarkin - Divorced
    Charles Huston Bell - Divorced
  • Daughter:
    Mimi, Diane

Career

Dorothy Malone
  • Profession:
    Actress
  • Claim to Fame:
    The Wind
  • Debut:
    The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Trivia

Dorothy Malone
  • In 1965, while working on "Peyton Place" (1964), she suffered a near-fatal illness that included a pulmonary embolism, blood clots on both lungs, an enlarged heart, and pneumonia.
  • Upon fully recuperating, she returned to the show after being temporarily replaced by Lola Albright.
  • She became embroiled in heavy litigation and a messy divorce action with husband Jacques Bergerac, whom she accused of marrying famous women only to promote his career.
  • Bergerac was previously married to Ginger Rogers.
  • She often complained that her character was not given enough to do in the series, and that Mia Farrow's character was monopolizing the story lines. She was quoted as saying, "I live much more drama and tragedy in my own life than I ever do on Peyton Place!" She was written out of show in 1968 and sued the series' producers.
  • she won the Oscar for Written on the Wind (1956), she dedicated the award to her late brother.
  • She turned blonde for the Young at Heart (1954) and remained that way for the rest of her career.
  • Won the Golden Apple Award as "Most Cooperative Actress" in 1965. The male counterpart went to John Wayne.
  • Ironically, later that year she expressed her extreme dissatisfaction with her limited role on "Peyton Place" (1964).
  • Three years later she was written off the show and sued 20th Century-Fox for $1.6 million for breach of contract. It was settled out of court.

Biography

Dorothy Malone
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Dorothy MaloneMalone was born Dorothy Eloise Maloney in Chicago, Illinois. The family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she worked as a child model and began acting in school plays at Ursuline Convent and Highland Park High School. While performing at Southern Methodist University, she was spotted by a talent agent for RKO and was signed to a studio contract, making her film debut in 1943 in The Falcon and the Co-Eds.

Much of Malone's early career was spent in supporting roles in B-movies, many of them Westerns, although on occasion she had the opportunity to play small but memorable roles, such as that of a brainy, lusty, bespectacled bookstore clerk in The Big Sleep (1946) with Humphrey Bogart, and the love interest of Dean Martin in the musical-comedy Artists and Models (1955). Malone has been married and divorced three times and has two daughters, Mimi and Diane, from her first marriage to actor Jacques Bergerac. Her star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1718 Vine. As of 2009, Malone is retired and living in Dallas, Texas.

Filmography

Dorothy Malone

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