Dorothy Lovett (February 16, 1915 – April 28, 1998) was an American film actress.
Biography
Early and personal life
Lovett was born in
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay ...
. She married director
Jack Hively
Jack Hively (September 5, 1910 – December 19, 1995) was an American film editor and film and television director whose career lasted from the 1930s through the 1980s. His father and his brother were also film editors. He began as a film editor ...
(1910-1995) on December 25, 1941, while he was in the Air Force. Hively worked for RKO studios for a period. Lovett graduated from
Pembroke College in Brown University
Pembroke College in Brown University was the coordinate women's college for Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1891 and merged into Brown in 1971.
Founding and early history
The founding of the Women's College Ad ...
with a major in sociology and a minor in psychology.
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Film career
Lovett's best-known recurring role is that of Judy Price in ''Meet Dr. Christian
''Meet Dr. Christian'' is a 1939 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, the first of six films in the ''Dr. Christian'' series.
Cast
*Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian
*Dorothy Lovett as Nurse Judy Price
*Robert Baldwin (actor), Robert Ba ...
'' (1939), ''Remedy for Riches
''Remedy for Riches'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and featuring Jean Hersholt. It is the fourth of the six films of the Dr. Christian series.
Plot
A college friend of the local soda-jerk comes to town and lets ...
'' (1940), ''The Courageous Dr. Christian
''The Courageous Dr. Christian'' is a 1940 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus. It was part of a film series about Dr. Christian.
Plot summary
Kindhearted Dr. Paul Christian is appalled by the harsh living conditions of homeless inhabit ...
'' (1940), ''Dr. Christian Meets the Women
''Dr. Christian Meets the Women'' is a 1940 American film directed by William C. McGann, one of the series of six Dr. Christian films featuring Jean Hersholt.
Plot summary
Professor Kenneth Parker, a God-fearing physical culturist, arrives to ...
'' (1940) and '' They Meet Again'' (1941). She spent almost the whole of her career with RKO
RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheu ...
studios, debuting in 1939. She was lent to Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
to make ''The Green Hornet Strikes Again
''The Green Hornet Strikes Again!'' is a 1941 Universal black-and-white 15 chapter movie serial based on ''The Green Hornet'' radio series by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. It is a sequel to Universal's earlier serial ''The Green Hornet'' ...
'' and retired from professional life in 1943 when her RKO contract expired.
Her last film appearance was a small role in 1965's ''A Patch of Blue
''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the proble ...
''.
Radio career
Lovett's early radio experience came in Providence, where she performed on programs that included a cooking school, a dramatized serial, a shopping service, and a weekly fashion show.Rocky Jordan
''Rocky Jordan'' was a radio series about an American restaurateur in Cairo who each week became involved in some kind of mystery or adventure. The show was broadcast on CBS from October 31, 1948, to September 10, 1950, and then again from June 2 ...
'' (1945-1947), Meta Bauer/Jan Carter on ''Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...
'' (1948-1949) and Grace Adam on ''The Seeking Heart'' (1953-1955).The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, Christopher Schemering, 1988
/ref> She also appeared on '' Dr. Christian'', ''Lux Radio Theatre
''Lux Radio Theatre'', sometimes spelled ''Lux Radio Theater'', a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company ...
'', ''Father Knows Best
''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by E ...
'' and many other radio programs.
TV career
In 1954, Lovett began portraying Grace Adam, a doctor's wife, in ''The Seeking Heart'', a CBS daytime drama.
Death
She died in Sherman Oaks, California
Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than ...
.
Filmography
References
External links
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1915 births
1998 deaths
American film actresses
American radio actresses
RKO Pictures contract players
20th-century American actresses
Actors from Providence, Rhode Island
Actresses from Rhode Island
Brown University alumni