Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy Adelle DeBorba , also Dorothy de Borba , (born March 28, 1925 in Los Angeles , California - † June 2, 2010 in Walnut Creek , California) was an American actress and child actress .
Life
Dorothy DeBorba was born in Los Angeles in 1925. Her mother Lillian DeBorba was an actress , singer and dancer , her father was a drummer in the Paul Whiteman band. DeBorba became known as a child actress in the long-running US entertainment series The Little Rascals , produced by Hal Roach . DeBorba was five years old when she first appeared in front of the camera for The Little Rascals . There she played the role of the girl Dorothy from 1930 to 1933 in the sound film era of the series and was the " Leading Lady " of the series during this time . In total, she was seen in 24 episodes of the series, from Pups Is Pups (1930) to Mush and Milk (1933).
Her nickname at Roach Studios was "Echo," although that name was never used on the series. In the series, she had light brown hair that was mostly curled up in ringlets. She supposedly got the role from Hal Roach because she could cry on command. After leaving, she played a girl in the pre-code film Sexbombe (1933), who gets an autograph from the female lead Lola, played by Jean Harlow . Then DeBorba ended her film career.
DeBorba graduated from Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles and later worked as a secretary at Republic Pictures and as an office manager at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley . DeBorba was married twice. Their first short marriage ended when her husband died. Her second marriage to Max Ferdinand Haberreiter ended in a divorce in 1959 . She was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. DeBorba died of emphysema in 2010 at the age of 85 in a Walnut Creek hospital .
Filmography (selection)
- 1930–1933: Die kleine Strolche (Our Gang) - 24 episodes, including:
- 1930: Pups Is Pups
- 1932: Birthday Blues
- 1933: Mush and Milk
- 1933: Sex Bomb (Bombshell)
Web links
- Dorothy DeBorba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dorothy de Borba dies at 85; child actress in 'Our Gang' comedies Obituary in: Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2010
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | DeBorba, Dorothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DeBorba, Dorothy Adelle (full name); De Borba, Dorothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and child actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Walnut Creek , California , United States |