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Dorothy Wilson est une Actrice Américaine née le 15 novembre 1909 à Minneapolis (Etats-Unis)

Dorothy Wilson

Dorothy Wilson
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Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 15 novembre 1909 à Minneapolis (Etats-Unis)
Mort 7 janvier 1998 (à 88 ans)

Dorothy Wilson (November 14, 1909 – January 7, 1998) was an American film actress of the 1930s.

Wilson was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, moving to Los Angeles, California, after her high school graduation. Ironically, she had no interest in acting and had moved to Los Angeles due to an urge to travel. In 1930, she began working as a secretary and applied at several employment agencies. She received a job at RKO Pictures, and for two years she worked there as a secretary. She often took notes for director Gregory La Cava; she was noticed by the executive in charge of casting and offered a screen test for La Cava's upcoming 1932 film The Age of Consent. She won one of the two lead coed roles, opposite Richard Cromwell. Her performance in the film received good reviews.



That same year, she was selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars", along with future Hollywood legend Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart. She would go on to star opposite some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Harold Lloyd, Richard Dix, Tom Keene, Preston Foster and Will Rogers. She appeared in twenty films between 1932 to 1937.

In 1936, she had married scriptwriter Lewis R. Foster, whom she had met while filming the 1934 movie Eight Girls in a Boat. Foster would win an Oscar for his script for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, released in 1939 and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, based on Foster's book The Gentleman From Montana. She was asked to test for the part of Melanie Hamilton in the epic movie Gone With the Wind, which she did, but she did not win the role, it being awarded to Olivia de Havilland. She would star in only two films after the marriage, after which she retired from acting to devote time to her family. She returned to acting only once, in an uncredited role in the 1943 film Whistling in Brooklyn.

She and Foster remained together and raised a family of two children. Foster died in 1974. Dorothy never remarried and was residing in Lompoc, California, at the time of her death on January 7, 1998.

Le plus souvent avec

J. Roy Hunt
J. Roy Hunt
(4 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(3 films)
Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot
(3 films)
Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Dorothy Wilson (14 films)

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L'Obsession de madame Craig
Réalisé par Dorothy Arzner
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell, Alma Kruger, Dorothy Wilson
Rôle Ethel Landreth
Note71% 3.588293.588293.588293.588293.58829
Lors d'un voyage en train avec sa nièce, Harriet Craig (Rosalind Russell) évoque, avec celle-ci, nouvellement fiancée, sa vision du couple. Selon elle, épouser un homme argenté permet d'acquérir une véritable indépendance : le mariage et le domicile commun ne sont pas autre chose et respectivement, qu'un contrat d'affaires et un capital. Quant à l'amour, affirme-t-elle sèchement, il est surtout facteur de désordre. L'obsession de Madame Craig se résume donc à surveiller son conjoint et gérer sa maison dans les moindres détails. Or, lorsque Walter, son époux (John Boles), est mêlé à une affaire de meurtre, toutes ces conceptions paraissent désormais limitées.
Soupe au lait, 1h29
Réalisé par Leo McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sport, Arts martiaux, La boxe
Acteurs Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Lane, Verree Teasdale, Anthony Quinn, Helen Mack
Rôle Polly Pringle
Note64% 3.2471853.2471853.2471853.2471853.247185
Burleigh Sullivan est un modeste livreur de lait en carriole, mal noté par sa hiérarchie. Un soir, sa sœur est harcelée par deux hommes saouls ; Burleigh intervient et une bagarre éclate, au cours de laquelle la foule croit comprendre que Sullivan a mis K.O. l'un des individus. La « victime » est reconnue par la police et les journaux du lendemain annoncent à la une qu'un modeste laitier a mis K.O. Speed McFarland, le champion du monde de boxe des poids moyens.
Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi, 1h36
Réalisé par Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Aventure, Historique
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, La fin du monde, Sport, Volcanisme, Catastrophe volcanique, Film catastrophe
Acteurs Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, David Jack Holt, Dorothy Wilson, John Wood
Rôle Clodia
Note63% 3.192983.192983.192983.192983.19298
Au temps de Jésus-Christ, le forgeron Marcus (Preston Foster) est content de sa vie avec sa belle femme Julia (Gloria Shea) et son fils de six mois. Toutefois, lorsque Julia et leur enfant sont bousculés par un char dans les rues de Pompéi, Marcus dépense le peu d'argent qu'il a pour payer le médecin. Ayant besoin de plus, en désespoir de cause, il devient un gladiateur. Il gagne son combat, mais en vain, sa femme et son enfant meurent.
Scarlet River, 54minutes
Réalisé par Otto Brower
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Romance, Western
Acteurs Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Roscoe Ates, Lon Chaney, Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Hooper Atchley
Rôle Judy Blake
Note60% 3.044023.044023.044023.044023.04402
This script must be run from the command line
Before Dawn, 1h
Réalisé par Irving Pichel
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude W. Hoffmann, Oscar Apfel
Rôle Patricia Merrick, also known as Mlle. Mystera
Note60% 3.048183.048183.048183.048183.04818
Dying gangster Joe Valerie (Frank Reicher) reveals the hiding place of a million dollars in loot to his physician Dr. Cornelius (Warner Oland). The sinister Austrian doctor has designs on the money, but must first outwit detective Dwight Wilson (Stuart Erwin) and clairvoyant Patricia Merrick (Dorothy Wilson). The setting is an eerie, possibly haunted house in small town America, where the stash is hidden, and the bodies begin piling up.
The Age of Consent, 1h3
Réalisé par Gregory La Cava
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell, Eric Linden, John Halliday, Aileen Pringle
Rôle Betty Cameron
Note60% 3.0007553.0007553.0007553.0007553.000755
Mike Harvey (Cromwell) and Betty Cameron (Wilson) are college sweethearts at a New York college. They are so anxious to consummate their relationship that Mike suggests that the two of them quit college, get married and move to California where a friend of his has offered him a job. Both Mike's mentor, Professor Matthews, and Betty talk him out of it. In a funk, Mike goes to the local diner.
Men Of America, 58minutes
Réalisé par William Boyd, Ralph Ince
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier, Western
Acteurs William Boyd, Charles "Chic" Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Henry Armetta, Ralph Ince, Frank Mills
Rôle Anne
Note60% 3.0483953.0483953.0483953.0483953.048395
This script must be run from the command line