Dolores Sutton

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Dolores Sutton (actually Dolores Lila Silverstein ; born February 4, 1927 in New York City , New York , † May 11, 2009 in Englewood , New Jersey ) was an American actress and author .

Life

Sutton left New York University in 1948 with a degree in philosophy and wrote a radio piece , Siblings , for which she was also able to take on a speaking role while writing her master's thesis . This marked the beginning of a career spanning six decades. In the further course of this she wrote now and then; she wrote a number of plays for television plays , but most of all she wrote plays such as Down at the Old Bull and Bush , The Web and the Rock , Company Comin ' , Born Yesterday , A Perfect Ganesh , Detail of a Larger Work , The Front Page , The Exact Center of the Universe , A Drop in the Bucket , Spring Storm, and Signs and Wonders .

Her first television appearance was the only 1.57 m tall Sutton in an episode of the Jack Benny Program ; In the series Valiant Lady (1954f.), Date with life (1955) and From these Roots (1959f.) she had continuous roles. They could also be seen in soap operas like Young and Passionate , The Edge of Night , Ryan's Hope , All My Children and General Hospital .

On Broadway , she played in Rhinoceros in 1960 , General Seeger in 1961 and in My Fair Lady in 1994 ; off-Broadway , her appearances were far more extensive. She was also engaged at the Goodman Theater in Chicago . She was nominated three times for the Sara Siddons Award . She interpreted the role of a nun twice in the feature film Always Trouble with the Angels (1966) and in the sequel, When Angels Travel, which was made two years later . Woody Allen gave her a role in Crime and Other Trifles in 1988 .

Sutton, who was married from 1956 to 1958, died in an actor retirement home.

Filmography

  • 1950: Leave It to Papa (TV series)
  • 1951: Kraft Television Theater (TV series, episode)
  • 1953: Man Against Crime (TV series, episode)
  • 1954–1955: Valiant Lady (TV series)
  • 1955: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, episode)
  • 1955–1957: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1957: The Big Story (TV series, episode)
  • 1957–1958: Studio One (TV series, four episodes)
  • 1957, 1960: True Story (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1958: The Mugger
  • 1959: Ah, Wilderness! (TV movie)
  • 1959–1960: From These Roots (TV series)
  • 1962: Preston & Preston ( The Defenders , TV series, an episode)
  • 1962: Sam Benedict (TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , TV series, an episode)
  • 1963: Nine Miles to Noon
  • 1966: Ben Casey (TV series, an episode)
  • 1966: The Long, Hot Summer (TV series, episode)
  • 1966: The Trouble with Angels
  • 1968: When Angels Travel (Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!)
  • 1974: The Bob Newhart Show (TV series, episode)
  • 1974: Medical Center (TV series, episode)
  • 1975: First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (TV movie)
  • 1975: F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (TV movie)
  • 1979: All in the Family (TV series, one episode)
  • 1979: The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (TV movie)
  • 1986: Dream Lover
  • 1988: Sarah and Sam (Crossing Delancey)
  • 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
  • 1990: Stories from the shadows (Tales from the Darkside: The Movie)
  • 1991: Law & Order (TV series, one episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dolores Sutton in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840300/bio Mini-Biography
personal data
SURNAME Sutton, Dolores
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silverstein, Dolores Lila (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2009
Place of death Englewood , New Jersey , United States