1. Marie Doro was first noticed as a chorus-girl by impresario Charles Frohman, who took her to Broadway, where she worked for William Gillette of "Sherlock Holmes fame", her early career being largely moulded by these two much-older mentors.
14 Facts About Marie Doro
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Marie Doro included an early-1950s photo for fans who remembered Doro, but hadn't seen her in decades.
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Marie Doro Katherine Stewart was born to Richard Henry Stewart and Virginia Weaver in Duncannon, Pennsylvania on May 25,1882, and began her career as a theater actress under the management of Charles Frohman before progressing to motion pictures in 1915, under contract with film producer Adolph Zukor.
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Marie Doro was married to the vaudeville and silent screen actor Elliott Dexter, with the marriage ending in divorce after seven years.
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Marie Doro's name was linked over the years to much older William Gillette of Sherlock Holmes fame, who was consistently linked by the press with his leading ladies.
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Marie Doro caught the eye of Frohman, who saw in her distinct possibilities for stardom and cast her as Lady Millicent in James M Barrie's Little Mary, which opened at the Empire Theater on January 4,1904.
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Marie Doro then appeared in The Morals of Marcus, followed in March 1909 by The Richest Girl, and in 1910, in Gillette's Electricity.
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Marie Doro played opposite Charles Terry in The New Secretary in 1913, and the following year joined Gillette in Diplomacy.
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Marie Doro returned to the Broadway stage one last time in 1921 with Josephine Drake in Lilies of the Field.
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Marie Doro made two more feature films, the last of them being Sally Bishop, but left Hollywood in 1924.
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Marie Doro relocated to Europe for a time and made a number of films in Italy and the UK.
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Marie Doro spent the rest of her life in seclusion.
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Marie Doro allocated $90,000 in her will to the Actors' Fund.
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Marie Doro was buried at the Duncannon Cemetery in her native Duncannon, Pennsylvania.