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Dorothy Revier (1921)

Dorothy Revier (actually Dorothy Patricia Valerga ; born April 18, 1904 in Oakland , California , † November 19, 1993 in Los Angeles , California) was an American actress of the late silent film and early talky era.

Life

Dorothy Revier grew up in her native Oakland, where she graduated from high school. She then moved to New York City to begin dance training. Revier later continued this in Paris . While there, she was discovered by a talent agent and hired for a role in Life's Greatest Question in 1921 . Her film debut as Dorothy Revier followed in 1922 in The Broadway Madonna , a film by her first husband Harry J. Revier.

In the 1920s, Dorothy Revier had her most active period with several dozen film appearances. From 1930 onwards, with the advent of talkies, her career gradually declined. Revier was still mostly seen in the female lead, including 1931 in the crime thriller Charlie Chan - Death is a black camel . In 1936 she made her last film, The Cowboy and the Kid .

Revier was married three times. Her first marriage to Harry J. Revier was divorced in 1926, but she still kept his last name for film appearances. The subsequent marriages to Charles Johnson and advertising designer William Pelayo also ended in divorce. All relationships remained childless.

Dorothy Revier lived in West Hollywood , a neighborhood in Los Angeles. She died on November 19, 1993 at the age of 89 at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Revier was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1921: Life's Greatest Question
  • 1922: The Broadway Madonna
  • 1923: The Wild Party
  • 1924: The Sword of Valor
  • 1924: The Virgin
  • 1924: The Other Kind of Love
  • 1924: The Rose of Paris
  • 1925: An Enemy Of Men
  • 1925: The Fate of a Flirt
  • 1925: Just a Woman
  • 1925: Steppin 'Out
  • 1926: The Far Cry
  • 1926: The Better Way
  • 1926: Poker Faces
  • 1926: When the Wife's Away
  • 1926: The False Alarm
  • 1927: Poor Girls
  • 1927: The Price of Honor
  • 1927: Wandering Girls
  • 1927: Stolen Pleasures
  • 1927: The Clown
  • 1928: The Red Dance
  • 1928: Submarine
  • 1928: Sinner's Parade
  • 1929: The Quitter
  • 1929: The Donovan Affair
  • 1929: The Dance of Life
  • 1929: The Mighty
  • 1930: The Way of All Men
  • 1930: The Squealer
  • 1930: Vengeance
  • 1930: Charlie Chan - Death is a Black Camel (The Black Camel)
  • 1931: The Avenger
  • 1931: Anybody's Blonde
  • 1932: Night World
  • 1932: Beauty Parlor
  • 1932: The King Murder
  • 1932: The Secrets of Wu Sin
  • 1934: Green Eyes
  • 1935: Circumstantial Evidence
  • 1935: The Lady in Scarlet
  • 1935: The Eagle's Brood
  • 1935: $ 20 a week
  • 1936: The Cowboy and the Kid

Web links

Commons : Dorothy Revier  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to the California Birth Index. On her gravestone, 1906 is given as the year of birth
  2. ↑ Hal Erickson: Dorothy Revier. In: silenthollywood.com. Retrieved June 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Revier, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valerga, Dorothy Patricia (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1993
Place of death Los Angeles , California