1. Doris Margaret Kenyon was an American actress of film and television.
14 Facts About Doris Kenyon
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Doris Kenyon grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street.
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Doris Kenyon's father, Dr James B Kenyon, was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister at University Church.
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Doris Kenyon sang in the choirs of Grace Presbyterian and Bushwick Methodist Churches in Brooklyn, New York.
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Doris Kenyon's brother was a dentist and New York assemblyman Raymond T Kenyon.
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Doris Kenyon's voice attracted the attention of Broadway theatrical scouts who enticed her to become a performer on the stage.
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Doris Kenyon starred in Paramount Pictures' first talking film, Interference.
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Doris Kenyon was cast opposite actor George Arliss in two films: Alexander Hamilton and Voltaire.
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Doris Kenyon participated in Counsellor at Law with John Barrymore.
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Doris Kenyon played Ann Cooper in the soap opera Crossroads on NBC in the 1940s.
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Doris Kenyon continued her acting career in television in the 1950s.
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Doris Kenyon was cast in episodes of The Secret Storm, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and 77 Sunset Strip.
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Doris Kenyon died on September 1,1979, at her home in Beverly Hills, California of cardiac arrest.
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In 1922, a newborn girl, Doris Kappelhoff, was named after Kenyon.