Dolores Dorn (March 3, 1934 – October 5, 2019) was an American film and television actress, who was the co-star of ''
The Bounty Hunter'' (1954), ''
Uncle Vanya
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'' (1957), ''
Underworld U.S.A.
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'' (1961), and several other films through 1985. On Broadway, she was billed as Dolores Dorn-Heft.
Early years
Dolores M. Heft was born in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, the daughter of an automobile dealer. A graduate of the Goodman Art Theatre in Chicago, she finished third in the Miss Chicago contest in 1950 and second in the same contest in 1951.
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Stage
Before appearing in films, Dorn acted with the Shaffner Players in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. She appeared in ''Hide and Seek'' (1957) on Broadway and in the off-Broadway production ''Between Two Thieves''.
Film
Dorn had second billing in ''The Bounty Hunter'', a Western starring
Randolph Scott, in which her character, Julie Spencer, ends up married to Scott's. She played the wife of
Alan Ladd in the actor's last Hollywood film in which he played a leading-man role, ''
13 West Street
''13 West Street'' is a 1962 American neo noir crime film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Rod Steiger and Alan Ladd whose own production company produced the film. It was based on the 1957 novel ''The Tiger Among Us'' (1957) by Leigh Brac ...
'', and was featured as Cuddles, the moll of convict
Cliff Robertson
Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film '' PT 109'', and won the 19 ...
, in the crime film ''Underworld, U.S.A.''
Television
Dorn appeared in a number of made-for-TV films and as a guest star in series such as ''
Ironside'', ''
Charlie's Angels'', ''
Simon & Simon
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'', ''
Run for Your Life'', and ''
The Untouchables
Untouchables or The Untouchables may refer to:
American history
* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
* ''The Untouchables'' (book), an autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
* ''The U ...
''.
Additional filmography
Teaching
Dorn became an acting teacher with the American Film Institute in 1977 and later with the Lee Strasberg Institute.
Personal life
Dorn was married to actors
Franchot Tone
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(1956–1959),
and
Ben Piazza (1967–1979). She died on October 5, 2019, at the age of 85.
Dorn's name is featured on the
Tony Award
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's "In Memoriam 2020" list.
References
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1934 births
2019 deaths
Actresses from Chicago
American film actresses
American stage actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women
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