Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone
Malone was born Dorothy Maloney, under which name she appeared in her earliest films. She began modeling in childhood and also frequently acted in school plays. While performing in a college play at age 18 she was spotted by a talent agent and soon signed to a film contract by RKO. After playing bits in several films she switched studios in 1945 and gradually got better roles; usually she played standard pretty-girl leads. In the mid '50s she began to gain attention as a serious actress. For her portrayal of a frustrated nymphomaniac in Written on the Wind (1956) she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar; however, few of her later roles were rewarding, and she made few films after 1964. She costarred in the TV series Peyton Place. She continued appearing in occasional films through the '80s. From 1959-64 she was married to actor Jacques Bergerac. ~ All Movie Guide
Filmography of Dorothy Malone:
- The Being with Martin Landau , Jose Ferrer , Ruth Buzzi , Roger Smith
- Night and Day with Cary Grant , Eve Arden , Alexis Smith , Herman Bing , Monty Woolley , Jane Wyman , Mary Martin , Alan Sr. Hale , Clarence Muse , Sig Rumann , Ginny Simms , Henry Stephenson , Bobby Watson , Donald Woods , Creighton Hale , Boyd Irwin , Colin Kenny , Frank Marlowe , Robert McKenzie , George Meader , Bert Moorhouse , Jack Richardson , Cyril Ring , Harry Seymour , Philip vanZandt , Crane Whitley , Eric Wilton , Richard Erdman , Michael Lally
- Battle Cry with Van Heflin , Aldo Ray , Mona Freeman , Nancy Olson , James Whitmore , Tab Hunter , Raymond Massey , Anne Francis , Perry Lopez , Fess Parker , Rhys Williams , Allyn Ann McLerie , L.Q. Jones
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