A museum has been created in her honor at the house her husband, Howard Lindsay bought for her. The museum is is in Stanton, New Jersey, her private retreat from Broadway and Hollywood.
Attended La Salle Seminary in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and St. Catherine's College, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Father was Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney and mother Margaret (Hayes).
Gave her first appearance on the stage at the Minot Theatre in North Dakota in May of 1921, giving recitations with The Southern Belles' Concert Party.
Her father, Victor Hugo Stickney, was a doctor who made house calls on horseback; he was among the first 10 elected to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
One of her hobbies was collecting music boxes.
Played a bootlegger on the first episode of "The Waltons."
The theater at Dickinson (N.D.) State University is named after her. It is the Dorothy Stickney Auditorium.