Dorothy Agnes Donnelly was an actress, playwright, librettist, producer, and director.
11 Facts About Dorothy Donnelly
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Dorothy Donnelly attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York.
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Dorothy Donnelly began acting on Broadway in 1901, playing the title role in Candida.
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Dorothy Donnelly made famous the play Madame X on the Broadway stage in 1910 and in a 1916 silent film.
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Dorothy Donnelly is the subject of a 1999 book by Lorraine McLean Dorothy Donnelly: A Life in the Theatre.
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Dorothy Donnelly then made a few silent films and then turned to playwriting.
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Dorothy Donnelly was a close friend of playwright Edward Sheldon and after he became bedridden assisted in transcribing, editing, and supporting his work.
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Dorothy Donnelly died on January 3,1928, in her apartment at 111 East 34th Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan.
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Dorothy Donnelly was buried on January 7,1928, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.
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Dorothy Donnelly was a sister of New York senator and judge Thomas F Donnelly.
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Dorothy Donnelly was a niece of Fred Williams, who had been stage director of Daly's Theatre, stage director of the Lyceum Theatre on Park Avenue, and dean of the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.