Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Maloneis an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in B-movies. After a decade in films, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in Written on the Wind, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance MacKenzie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 January 1925
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I acted three times with Fred MacMurray, three times with Martin and Lewis, four times with Rock Hudson. Three times with Glenn Ford.
My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid.
Television wasn't prestigious.
Sirk was every womans dream of a director.
The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.
I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.
I was a bridesmaid at a wedding in one picture.
I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.
I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.
We had cocktail parties and I'd stay up until 5 in the morning.
I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.
Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake.
I had had no art training.
I never turned down a mother role.