The versatile actress with the great legs and beautiful blond hair has passed away. She’s probably best remembered for playing Pinky Pinkham, song and dance girl at New York’s Charleston Club in the TV series The Roaring 20’s (1960-62). On the big screen, she was one of the few sane characters in It’s Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1964) and was the one who spotted “The Big W”.
Obituary from her adopted hometown’s paper:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/27/reclusive-actress-bainbridge-resident-dorothy/
By: Flying-A - 3rd May 2010 at 04:18
On your link, in that screenshot of It’s a MMMMW….who was the woman in the middle. I recall she played a fantastic nagging wife that went on and on and on and on.
That’s Broadway legend Ethel Merman. She was married to Continental Airlines CEO Robert Six for several years in the fifties. After their divorce, he married actress Audrey Meadows, who had earlier played Alice on the comedy series The Honeymooners. The union lasted until Six’s death in 1986.
By: J Boyle - 3rd May 2010 at 01:45
I recall she played a fantastic nagging wife that went on and on and on and on. I need to get a voiceover clip of her at full throttle, for a presentation.
If you can’t find it, I’ll give you my wife’s number….:D
By: PeeDee - 2nd May 2010 at 22:42
“The Big W”.
Obituary from her adopted hometown’s paper:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/apr/27/reclusive-actress-bainbridge-resident-dorothy/
On your link, in that screenshot of It’s a MMMMW….who was the woman in the middle. I recall she played a fantastic nagging wife that went on and on and on and on. I need to get a voiceover clip of her at full throttle, for a presentation.
By: steve rowell - 2nd May 2010 at 01:54
Such a shame only 75..i remember her as that nasally voiced flapper in The Roaring Twenties
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