Dorothy Bridges
Dorothy Dean Bridges (born September 19, 1915 in Worcester as Dorothy Dean Simpson , † February 16, 2009 in Los Angeles ) was an American poet and actress . She was the wife of Lloyd Bridges and the mother of actors Beau and Jeff Bridges , their younger sister Lucinde, and the grandmother of actor Jordan Bridges .
Life
Bridges was founded in 1915 in Worcester as Dorothy Louise Simpson born. The family moved to Los Angeles when she was two years old. There she attended the University of California , where she met her future husband Lloyd Bridges while rehearsing for a play. The two married in New York City in 1938 , where the family lived for a few years, where she and her husband learned acting from Michael Chekhov . In the early 1940s, however, the Bridges moved back to the West Coast when Lloyd Bridges signed a deal with Columbia Pictures .
Dorothy Bridges began her film career at the age of six in 1921 with the melodrama Finders Keepers , in which she played the girl Olivia Sutterlee. In the American Film Institute's catalog , her role is listed among the five main roles in the film. After her marriage to Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Bridges devoted herself mainly to the upbringing of the children and took over her duties as wife and mother. She also gave her children acting lessons as they worked out their roles. In the following years she occasionally returned to the canvas. She then mainly starred in films in which other family members participate.
Bridges had episode roles in the television series Underwater Adventure (1968) and Disney Land (1986). In the melodrama Second Luck (1989) she had a supporting role on the side of her son Jeff Bridges; she also played his mother in the film. In the television crime thriller The Sins of a Father (1994) she played alongside her husband Lloyd Bridges and her son Beau Bridges in the film, their wife and mother.
Bridges wrote poems , some of which were also published. In 2005 she published her autobiography , You Caught Me Kissing: A Love Story .
Publications
- You Caught Me Kissing: A Love Story . Autobiography, 2005
Filmography
- 1921: Finders Keepers
- 1951: The Company She Keeps
- 1958: Underwater Adventure (Sea Hunt , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1986: Disney-Land (Disneyland , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1989: Second Luck (See You in the Morning)
- 1994: Secret Sins of the Father
Web links
- Official website
- Dorothy Bridges in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dorothy Bridges dies at 93; 'the hub' of an acting family - Obituary in: Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Actress Dorothy Bridges dies , Variety, Feb. 20, 2009
- ^ Finders Keepers . Cast, plot, and production details in: The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States . Part 1. Feature Films 1921-1930. Page 245.Retrieved February 4, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bridges, Dorothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bridges, Dorothy Dean (full name); Simpson, Dorothy Dean (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Worcester |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 2009 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |