Dorothy Abbott
Acting
Born December 16, 1920 · Kansas City, Missouri
Biography
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…
Known For · 30 titles
Dragnet
Leave It to Beaver
Singin' in the Rain
The Apartment
Rebel Without a Cause
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Little Women
South Pacific
There's No Business Like Show Business
His Kind of Woman
Lover Come Back
Annie Get Your Gun
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The Unholy Wife
Neptune's Daughter
A Gathering of Eagles
Words and Music
Red, Hot and Blue
Pardners
A Life of Her Own
East Side, West Side
Where Danger Lives
The Las Vegas Story
Bachelor in Paradise
Sergeants 3
The Petty Girl
Warning Shot
Beyond Glory
If You Knew Susie
A Virgin In Hollywood