Birthname: Dorothy Eloise Maloney
Sign | Aquarius |
Born | Jan 30, 1924 Chicago, IL |
Died | Jan 19, 2018 Dallas, TX |
Age | Died at 94 |
Dorothy Malone | |
Job | Actress |
Years active | 1943-1992 |
Top Roles | Acme Book Shop Proprietress, Dorothy Malone, Fran Tuttle, Cleva Creighton Chaney, Lily Dollar |
Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Western, Comedy, Musical, Crime |
Top Topics | Book-Based, True Story (based on), Musicians |
Top Collaborators | Jack L. Warner (Producer), Gordon Douglas (Director), Edward Dmytryk (Director), Roger Corman (Producer) |
Shares birthday with | Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Anderson, Delbert Mann see more.. |
Dorothy Malone Overview:
Legendary actress, Dorothy Malone, was born Dorothy Eloise Maloney on Jan 30, 1924 in Chicago, IL. Malone died at the age of 94 on Jan 19, 2018 in Dallas, TX .
MINI BIO:
Tall, pretty, soulful-looking American leading lady. After 12 years of honest, professional performances as brunette nice girls, she turned to blonde floozies and immediately won an Oscar for one such lady in (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Dorothy Malone was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actress for Written on the Wind (as Marylee Hadley) in 1956.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1956 | Best Supporting Actress | Written on the Wind (1956) | Marylee Hadley | Won |
She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
Dorothy Malone BlogHub Articles:
Dorothy Malone (1925-2018)
By Dan Day Jr. on Jan 20, 2018 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogLast August I wrote a blog post revealing my top twenty favorite movie actresses of all time. Dorothy Malone came in at #12. She didn't become one of my favorites because of a single film, or a single role...my appreciation of her developed over a number of years. She seemed to keep popping up in di... Read full article
Happy Birthday: Dorothy Malone!
By Dawn on Jan 30, 2011 From Noir and Chick FlicksDorothy Malone(born January 30, 1925). While performing at Southern Methodist University, she was spotted by a talent agent for RKO and signed a studio contract, making her film debut in the film, The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943). Malone's early performances were mostly in B-movies, many of them We... Read full article
Dorothy Malone.
By Dawn on Dec 7, 2010 From Noir and Chick FlicksDorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925). Much of Malone's early career was in "B" movies, or in Westerns, although she did she have the opportunity to play small roll in the film, The Big Sleep (1946) with Humphrey Bogart, and the love interest of Dean Martin in the musical-comedy, Artists and Models... Read full article
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Dorothy Malone Quotes:
Abigail 'Abby' Parker: You told him to kiss me?
Rick Todd: Lady, if I'd known he was going to kiss you, I wouldn't have sent a boy to do a man's job.
Abigail 'Abby' Parker: [slap] That's for the man. You can tell him the job's filled.
Kyle Hadley: I'll kill him!
Marylee Hadley: A whiskey bottle's about all you'd kill.
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