Dorothy Stickney

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Dorothy Hayes Stickney (born June 21, 1896 in Dickinson , North Dakota , † June 2, 1998 in New York City ) was an American actress .

Life

Dorothy Hayes Stickney was born the doctor's daughter. She attended La Salle Seminary in Auburndale , Massachusetts and St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul , Minnesota . She then studied acting at the North Western Dramatic School in Minneapolis . In the 1920s she came to New York City, where she wanted to start her acting career. Since she got almost no engagement in the early years, she wrote the poem You're Not the Type , which was later published in Liberty magazine . She then made her Broadway debut in 1926 with The Squall . She made her screen debut in 1931 with the drama Working Girls directed by Dorothy Arzner and the drama My Sin directed by George Abbott .

Stickney was married to the author Howard Lindsay (1889-1968) from August 13, 1927 until his death on February 11, 1968 . The marriage remained childless. In 1979 she published her memoir with Openings and Closings .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1931: My Sin
  • 1931: Working Girls
  • 1934: Cocktail for Two ( Murder at the Vanities )
  • 1936: Escape into Love ( The Moon's Our Home )
  • 1944: The mysterious guest ( The Uninvited )
  • 1956: Girls without a dowry ( The Catered Affair )
  • 1959: The honorable bigamist ( The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker )
  • 1970: No song for my father ( I Never Sang for My Father )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dorothy Stickney Dies at 101; Acted in Many Broadway Hits , nytimes.com
  2. ↑ Dorothy Stickney dies at 101  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , variety.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  3. ↑ Dorothy Stickney, 101; Broadway, Film Actress , latimes.com
personal data
SURNAME Stickney, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stickney, Dorothy Hayes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Dickinson , North Dakota
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1998
Place of death New York City