1. Dorothy Burgess was an American stage and motion-picture actress.
31 Facts About Dorothy Burgess
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Dorothy Burgess came to Los Angeles in 1893, establishing a business at Terminal Island.
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Dorothy Burgess studied drawing, painting, and sculpture at Mrs Dow's School in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
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Dorothy Burgess made her stage debut in a walk-on role in support of her mother's sister, Bainter.
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Dorothy Burgess first came to light as a specialty dancer in The Music Box Revue.
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Dorothy Burgess played a 17-year-old in the comedy, The Adorable Liar, which was staged at the 49th Street Theater in August 1926.
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Dorothy Burgess learned about being a character actor in stock, along with adapting her voice and mannerisms to each new role.
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Dorothy Burgess was on Broadway in The Squall and played the title role in Lulu Belle;.
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Dorothy Burgess depicted a Mexican girl in The Broken Wing, a Paul Dickerson romantic comedy, staged at El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, in July 1931.
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Dorothy Burgess was typecast as a Spanish woman so much that one reviewer commented that perhaps a Spanish onion or a Mexican chili pepper was in her family tree, but offstage, she was much more a typical American co-ed than the Carmenesque young ladies she often played.
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Dorothy Burgess made Hollywood her permanent home, living at 210 South Fuller Avenue.
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Dorothy Burgess portrayed the Mexican minx, who was desired by both Edmund Lowe and Warner Baxter.
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In May 1929, two large lamps mounted on a tripod toppled over on a sound stage where Dorothy Burgess was working at the Fox Movietone Studio.
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Dorothy Burgess was cut severely over her left eye by one of the incandescent lamps.
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Dorothy Burgess was rushed to a studio hospital, where several stitches were taken in her wound.
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Dorothy Burgess won the feminine lead in Beyond Victory after Ann Harding decided not to make the movie.
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In December 1931 Dorothy Burgess signed with First National Pictures for a significant role in Play Girl, which had a screen story by Maude Fulton.
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Dorothy Burgess had a featured role as a romantic rival of Jean Harlow in Hold Your Man, starring Clark Gable.
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Dorothy Burgess strained ligaments in her back and shoulders during filming at Universal Pictures studio in July 1933.
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Dorothy Burgess was performing fight scenes with Mary Carlisle and Sally O'Neil.
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Dorothy Burgess appeared with Richard Barthelmess and Jean Muir in A Modern Hero, which deals with a young circus rider.
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Dorothy Burgess became engaged to movie director Clarence Brown in 1932.
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Dorothy Burgess was involved in a romance with wealthy New York jeweler Jules Galenzer in 1934.
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Dorothy Burgess was charged with manslaughter following an auto accident in which she was driving; 17-year-old Louise Manfredi died in the wreck, in San Francisco, on the night of December 23,1932.
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Dorothy Burgess, driving alone, collided with a car driven by 18-year-old Andrew Salz, a student at the University of California-Berkeley.
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Dorothy Burgess's hearing was postponed and her bail was fixed at $50.
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Dorothy Burgess suffered from shock and was placed in a San Francisco sanitarium.
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Salz and Dorothy Burgess each accused the other of responsibility for the accident.
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Dorothy Burgess was sued by Louise Manfredi's parents, Italo and Marie Manfredi, in January 1933.
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Dorothy Burgess was living in Palm Springs, California in May 1961 when she was hospitalized.
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Dorothy Burgess's remains are in vaultage at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.