Dorothy Layton (August 13, 1912 – June 4, 2009) was an American film actress of the early 1930s.

Life

Born as Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layton was selected as one of the " WAMPAS Baby Stars" for 1932. Layton acted in eight films in 1932 and 1933, appearing several times with

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. She appeared in the films ''

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'' (1931), '' The Chimp'', '' County Hospital'', and '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (all 1932).Dorothy Layton profile
/ref> Her London ''Telegraph'' obituary described her as their "last great female stooge." The only film she made of any prominence, however, was '' Pick-Up'' (1933), which starred

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and

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. In 1934, Layton left the motion picture industry and moved to

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, where she met and married Howard W. Taylor Jr., a Baltimore businessman who sold mattresses.The couple had two children, a son and daughter. The marriage ended in divorce. Dorothy Layton died on June 4, 2009, at a retirement home in Towson, Maryland, aged 96.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Layton, Dorothy 1912 births 2009 deaths American film actresses Actresses from Cincinnati WAMPAS Baby Stars 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women