Dorothy Gulliver

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Dorothy Gulliver (1920s, photography by Jack Freulich)

Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver (born September 6, 1908 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † May 23, 1997 in Valley Center , California ) was an American actress . Her 50-year career includes almost 100 appearances in films and television series.

Life

Dorothy Gulliver began her acting career in 1926 in the silent film The Winking Idol . In the following years she established herself as a supporting actress in a large number of other silent film productions. Unlike many other actors, Gulliver made the successful transition to talkies. She was seen in several westerns and serials in the 1930s . In 1933 Gulliver played an uncredited extras as a theater goer in King Kong and the White Woman .

Although Gulliver was mostly only seen in small supporting roles from the 1940s, she remained active as an actress until 1976 and therefore exactly 50 years. In addition, Gulliver was also seen as a guest actress in television series from the 1950s. She had one last major film appearance in 1968 as Florence in the drama Faces .

Dorothy Gulliver was married to the assistant director and later father of Danny DeVito , Chester DeVito, from 1926 until the divorce in 1932 . In her second marriage, she was married to Jack Procter from 1947 until his death in 1976. In the 1990s, Danny DeVito tried his stepmother to make a comeback actress for roles in Batman Returns and Mars Attacks! to move, which she refused. Gulliver died on May 23, 1997 at the age of 88 in Valley Center, California, where she had moved from Los Angeles in 1988 . She does not have a burial site, her body was cremated and scattered in an undisclosed location.

Filmography (selection)

Dorothy Gulliver (around 1930, photograph by Jack Freulich)
  • 1926: The Winking Idol
  • 1926: Strings of Steel
  • 1927: The Rambling Ranger
  • 1928: Good Morning, Judge
  • 1928: Clearing the Trail
  • 1929: Mexicali Rose
  • 1930: Troopers Three
  • 1931: The Phantom of the West
  • 1931: The Galloping Ghost (Serial)
  • 1931: The Fighting Marshal
  • 1932: The Shadow of the Eagle (Serial)
  • 1932: The Last Frontier (Serial)
  • 1933: King Kong and the White Woman (King Kong)
  • 1934: Stand Up and Cheer!
  • 1936: Custer's Last Stand (Serial)
  • 1939: North of Shanghai
  • 1939: Lone Star Pioneers
  • 1941: consultation for Love (Appointment for Love)
  • 1957: Official Detective (TV series, episode)
  • 1968: Faces (Faces)
  • 1976: Won Ton Ton , the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Web links

Commons : Dorothy Gulliver  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dorothy Gulliver. In: The Independent . June 13, 2001, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver. In: Find a Grave . July 1, 2004, accessed April 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gulliver, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gulliver, Dorothy Kathleen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City , Utah
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1997
Place of death Valley Center , California