Famous People with Name Dorothy

Dorothy Jean Dandridge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Jean Dandridge: was an American actress and popular singer. The first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, she was also the first African-American woman to appear at the Las Vegas Frontier[citation needed] and the Waldorf-Astoria,[citation needed] as well as the first to be featured on the cover of Life.[citation needed] Dandridge went on to appear on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows and received good reviews for her nightclub appearances at the Cafe de Paris[citation needed] and the La vie en Rose.

Dorothy Lamour            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Lamour: was an American motion picture actress. She is probably best-remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a string of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise (née LaPorte) and John Watson Slaton, both of whom were waiters

Dorothy Mae Kilgallen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Mae Kilgallen: was an American journalist and television game show panelist known nationally for her coverage of the Sam Sheppard trial, her syndicated newspaper column, The Voice of Broadway, and her role as panelist on the television game show What's My Line?.

Dorothy Malone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Malone: is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Malone 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.

Dorothy Sebastian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothy Sebastian: was an American film actress. Her birth name was Dorothy Sabiston.