Dorothy Abbott

Dorothy Abbott

출생 : 1920-12-16, Kansas City, Missouri

사망 : 1968-12-15

약력

Perennial starlet Dorothy Abbott was a sexy, vivacious, wide-smiling model, showgirl and actress who could brighten up a room. Unfortunately, her cinematic offerings wound up being pretty minimal and her last years were marred by depression and, ultimately, a tragic end. She was born Dorothy E. Abbott on December 16, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri and started her career off as a chorine with Earl Carroll and his Los Angeles-based revues and in Las Vegas showrooms where she was dubbed the rather mystifying title of "The Girl with the Golden Arm". Paramount Studios perked up on the lovely blonde with the Betty Page-like bangs and gave her a starting contract at $150 a week. Groomed in dozens of decorative "good time girl" bits -- dancers, chorus girls, waitresses, stewardesses, party girls, nurses and models -- she was at the same time promoted as a cheesecake pinup, "winning" such dubious titles as "Miss Wilshire Club," "Miss Los Angeles Transit" and "Miss Oil Cans". The dusky-voiced Dorothy was usually briefly seen and not heard in such dramatic and lightweight fare as The Razor's Edge (1946), Road to Rio (1947), Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) (in which she has her first speaking role as a maid), Words and Music (1948), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), Little Women (1949), Neptune's Daughter (1949), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), His Kind of Woman (1951), Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952), _The Las Vegas Story (1952)_, The Caddy (1953), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Jailhouse Rock (1957), South Pacific (1958), The Apartment (1960), That Touch of Mink (1962), A Gathering of Eagles (1963) and Dear Heart (1964). Her one starring role came early in the exploitative, lowbudget potboiler A Virgin in Hollywood (1953) as a star reporter out to get a seamy Hollywood story, but she was unable to capitalize on it. Working bit parts at the studio during the days, she would often perform on stage in little theatre shows at night. On the sly, when work was meager, she became a real estate agent in the 1950s in order to help supplement her income. TV chores included guest roles in "Leave It to Beaver" and "Ozzie and Harriet". She also had a recurring part for one season as Jack Webb 's girlfriend on the Dragnet (1954) series. Dorothy married LAPD narcotics squad officer-turned homicide detective Adolph Rudy Diaz in 1949. Diaz, who was of Native American (Apache) descent, eventually retired as a cop in order to pursue acting. By this time, the marriage was in trouble and the couple separated. Going by the stage name of Rudy Diaz in 1967, he began to get work and was seen out in public with other women. The divorce was finalized in 1968, but Dorothy took it hard and never seemed to get over it. On December 15, 1968, she committed suicide at her Los Angeles home -- one day before her 48th birthday. She was interred (as Dorothy E. Diaz) at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, Plot: Valley Lawn, Lot 2939.

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Dorothy Abbott

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어 가세링 오브 이글스
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연인이여 돌아오라
Brackett Receptionist (uncredited)
광고 사업에서 제리는 술과 여자를 접대하는 방법으로 광고를 따내고, 정직하게 일하는 캐롤은 그런 제리의 방법이 맘에 들지 않는다. 번번이 제리에게 골탕을 먹는 캐롤은 복수할 방법을 찾게 되는데...
배첼러 인 파라다이스
Woman (uncredited)
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아파트 열쇠를 빌려드립니다
Office Worker (uncredited)
버드는 소심하지만 성실하고 착한 뉴욕의 종합보험회사 직원이다. 독신인 그는 시내에 조용한 아파트를 얻어서 살고 있는데, 본의 아니게 회사 임원들을 상대로 그 아파트를 빌려주게 된다. 그로 인해 생활에 피해가 많지만, 원래 소심한 성격에다가 상대가 모두 상당한 영향력을 가지고 있는 사람들이라, 회유와 협박에 번번히 집을 내줄 수 밖에 없다. 한편, 그는 엘리베이터 걸인 프랜에게 은근히 마음을 두고 있고, 프랜도 그에게 상당히 호의적이다. 아파트를 빌리는 임원들의 도움으로 그는 승진 후보에 오르고, 인사권자인 쉘드레이크 전무를 만나는데, 뜻밖에도 쉘드레이크 전무는 그의 비밀을 다 알고 있었고, 전무는 그것을 약점으로 잡아서 자기도 버드의 방을 빌린다. 버드는 방을 빌려주는 대가로 받은 뮤지컬 티켓으로 프랜에게 데이트 신청을 하지만 바람만 맞고 만다. 회사의 크리스마스 파티에서 프랜과 화해할 기회가 생겼지만, 우연히 쉘드레이크가 자기 아파트로 데려오는 여자가 프랜이라는 사실을 알고는 다시 그녀로부터 멀어진다.
남태평양
Nurse in Thanksgiving Show
사운드 오브 뮤직 등으로 유명한 뮤지컬의 거장 리차드 로저스(Richard Rodgers)와 오스카 해머슈타인 2세(Oscar Hammerstein II)의 브로드웨이 뮤지컬을 영화화한 작품. 2차 대전의 여파는 멀리 남태평양의 외딴 섬에까지 암운을 드리운다. 그러나 이곳의 원주민과 주둔군인 미해군들은 남국의 정치 속에서 밝게 살아간다. 한편, 미 해군 간호사인 넬리(밋지 게이너 분)는 프랑스인으로 농장을 경영하는 40대 홀아비 에밀(로자노 브라지 분)과 알게 되고, 부드럽고 온화한 성격의 그와 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 넬리는 에밀이 폴리네시아인 아내와 사별했음을 알고 갈등에 휩싸인다. 자기 아닌 다른 여인과의 옛사랑에 대한 시기심에 괴로워하던 그녀는 부대장에게 전역을 요청한다. 그런 그녀의 갈등은 더욱 깊어만 가는데...
이유 없는 반항
Nurse (uncredited)
친구를 사귀지 못하고 학교에 적응 못하는 소년 짐 스타크가 술을 마시고 경찰서에 잡혀 온다. 짐은 경찰서에서 밤길을 헤매다 잡혀온 주디와 강아지를 총으로 쏘아죽여 잡혀온 소년 플라토를 만난다. 청소년과의 경찰 레이는 짐이 부모에 대한 불만으로 괴로워하는 것을 알고 어려움이 있으면 자기를 찾아오라고 말한다. 며칠 후 새 학교에 등교한 짐은 주디와 버즈 일당과 부딪힌다. 패거리를 몰고 다니는 버즈는 짐이 만만치 않음을 느끼고 경주를 하자고 도전하는데..
쇼처럼 즐거운 인생은 없다
Showgirl (uncredited)
브로드웨이 최고의 쇼무대를 꾸미고 있는 몰리(Molly: 에델 머만 분)와 테렌스 도나휴(Terence Donahue: 댄 데일리 분) 부부는 세 자녀가 성장하자 그들과 함께 가족 쇼단을 꾸민다. 부모의 재능과 끼를 물려받은 스티브(Steve Donahue: 조니 레이 분), 케이트(Katy Donahue: 미치 게이너 분) 팀은 춤과 노래에서 발군의 실력을 보이고 ‘도나휴 쇼단’은 승승장구 빅히트를 기록한다. 그러던 어느날 맏아들 스티브가 신부가 되겠다는 폭탄 선언을 한다. 게다가 여자와 술을 지독히도 좋아하는 막내팀은 놀랄만한 미모의 가수 지망생 빅키(Vicky: 마를린 몬로 분)와 사랑에 빠져 불행을 자초한다. 캐이트, 빅키, 팀 세 사람이 함께하는 새로운 공연이 막을 올리는 날, 빅키에 대한 짝사랑에 상심해 있던 팀은 자동차와 함께 전복되는 사고를 당하는데...
A Virgin In Hollywood
Darla Sloan
A revealing "behind the scenes" feature about glamour girls in Hollywood in startling scenes of EXCITEMENT
His Kind of Woman
Card Player
In a desperate attempt to get out of debt, career gambler Dan Milner agrees to rendezvous with a mysterious contact at a distant Mexican resort in exchange for $50,000. Upon arriving, Milner meets his fellow guests, including a plastic surgeon, a philandering movie star and his beautiful girlfriend. Soon Milner discovers that the man who hired him may be the ruthless gangster Nick Ferraro -- a deported crime boss looking to re-enter the USA.
Where Danger Lives
Nurse Clerk (uncredited)
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
A Life of Her Own
Model (uncredited)
A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.
The Petty Girl
December Petty Girl (uncredited)
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
Red Hot and Blue
The Queen
A Broadway director rescues a starlet from mobsters who blame her for a shooting.
Neptune's Daughter
Model (uncredited)
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
작은 아씨들
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
아버지가 남북전쟁에 나가 어머니 홀로 어려운 생활을 꾸려나가는 마치 가에는 온화한 맏딸 메그, 적극적이면서 작가를 꿈꾸는 조, 내성적인 베스, 야무진 막내 에이미 이렇게 네 자매가 있다. 이웃에 사는 로렌스가의 손자 로리는 이들 네 자매에게 관심을 가지고 있다가 조의 장난으로 친구가 된다. 한편 로리의 가정교사 존은 메그와 사랑에 빠지는데, 아버지가 부상을 입어 어머니가 워싱턴으로 간 사이 베스가 성홍열에 걸린다. 결국 베스는 죽고 아버지는 집에 돌아오는데, 이후 존은 메그에게 청혼해 결혼을 한다. 조와 우정을 유지하던 로리는 감춰둔 사랑을 고백하지만, 조는 우정을 유지하고 싶다며, 뉴욕으로 떠나버리고...
Words and Music
Showgirl (uncredited)
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Maid (uncredited)
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. His partner, Whitney Courtland, uses Triton's talent to make money; but Triton's inability to prevent what he foresees, causes him to break up the act and become a hermit. Years later, Triton has new visions and desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family. Can his warnings succeed against suspicion, unbelief, and inexorable fate?
Beyond Glory
Party Girl (uncredited)
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.
If You Knew Susie
Model (uncredited)
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.