13 Facts About Dorothy Stickney

Dorothy Stickney was an American film, stage, and television actress, best known for appearing in the long-running Broadway hit Life with Father.

Dorothy Stickney was fond of going to the theater with her family, and this sparked her interest in being an actress.

Dorothy Stickney attended the North Western Dramatic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dorothy Stickney sang and danced as one of the four Southern Belles in vaudeville and began acting in summer stock companies including Atlanta's Forsyth Players in the early 1920s before she married Howard Lindsay.

Dorothy Stickney made her Broadway debut in 1926 in The Squall and had a string of hits, frequently playing eccentric characters.

Dorothy Stickney was Liz, the mad scrubwoman, in the original nonmusical version of Chicago, and Mollie Molloy, who dives out of the pressroom window, in The Front Page.

In 1940, Dorothy Stickney received the Barter Theatre Award for "outstanding performance for an American player" for her role as Vinnie in Life with Father, which had been written by her husband, Lindsay, who co-starred.

Dorothy Stickney appeared in some films and TV programs, and wrote several poems including "You're Not the Type" and "My Dressing Room".

On November 16,1966, Dorothy Stickney appeared on ABC's Stage 67 anthology program in Stephen Sondheim's macabre television musical Evening Primrose as Mrs Monday, the leader of the mannequins who come to life every evening in a department store.

Dorothy Stickney took over the role in 1973 from Irene Ryan, who died during the run.

In 1979, Dorothy Stickney published Openings and Closings, a memoir that chronicled her long career as well as her secret battle with stage fright.

Dorothy Stickney died on June 2,1998, in New York City.

Dorothy Stickney had 2 children and no immediate family survivors.