Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Nascimento : 1913-11-25, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Morte : 2009-09-16

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Coonan Wellman (November 25, 1913 - September 16, 2009) was an American actress and dancer. Wellman was the widow of film director William Wellman, to whom she was married from 1934 until his death in 1975. Wellman cast her in several of his films. Her career as a dancer began at the age of 14 with Warner Brothers Studios. Her early film credits as an on-screen dancer and actress included small, uncredited parts in such early talkies as The Broadway Melody (1929), Whoopee! (1930), Kiki (1931) Palmy Days (1931), and The Kid from Spain (1932). Her best-known films were 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933. Many of the films in which she appeared were choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Film director William Wellman cast Coonan as "Sally" in his 1933 film, Wild Boys of the Road. This was the only role she played in which she was credited or had a character with a name. She makes an uncredited appearance in Wellman's The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) as an army nurse nicknamed Red who marries a soldier on the battlefield, only to be widowed shortly afterwards.

Filmes

Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
Self
Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.
Story of G.I. Joe
Story of G.I. Joe
Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States.
Wild Boys of the Road
Wild Boys of the Road
Sally
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school Sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
Caçadoras de Ouro
Caçadoras de Ouro
Gold Digger (uncredited)
Durante a Depressão americana, três atrizes (Polly, Carol, e Trixie) se vêm sem trabalho quando o show do qual participariam é cancelado devido a dívidas de impostos. Quando convidam Barney Hopkins, o produtor da peça, para seu apartamento para discutir novas possibilidades, Barney ouve o vizinho e amigo de Polly, Brad, tocando piano e cantando. Brad é um talentoso compositor que se oferece para bancar a peça, mas se recusa a atuar na mesma, apesar da bela voz. As três amigas começam a desconfiar que Brad pode estar escondendo algo muito ruim...
Rua 42
Rua 42
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Peggy Sawyer é uma jovem dançarina iniciante que acaba de chegar a Nova York e consegue uma participação no coro de um espetáculo musical chamado Pretty Baby. Ela seria apenas mais uma, só que a estrela principal, a temperamental Dorothy Brock machuca o tornozelo pouco antes da estreia do musical. O acidente faz com que Peggy tenha que assumir o lugar da outra dançarina, e também coloca todo o destino da companhia nas suas costas.
The Kid from Spain
The Kid from Spain
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
They Call It Sin
They Call It Sin
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
An innocent, young, small town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big-city and left fending for herself.
Over the Counter
Over the Counter
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.
Whoopee!
Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Show of Shows
Show of Shows
(uncredited)
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.
Melodia na Broadway
Melodia na Broadway
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Melodia na Broadway é um dos primeiros filmes musicais da história do cinema, dirigido por Harry Beaumont e lançado em 1º de fevereiro de 1929. O filme relata os romances das estrelas de musicais do famoso bairro teatral de Nova Iorque, a Broadway. Queenie e Hank Mahoney são duas irmãs que se apaixonam pelo mesmo homem, Eddie Kearns.