Dorothy Page (actress)
Dorothy Page | |
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Born | Dorothy Lillian Stofflett March 4, 1904 |
Died | March 26, 1961 LaBelle, Florida, U.S. | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Film actress, singer |
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Dorothy Page (March 4, 1904 – March 26, 1961), also known as The Singing Cowgirl, was a
Early life and education
Dorothy Page was born Dorothy Lillian Stofflett[1] on March 4, 1904, in Northampton, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
In the 1920s, Page attended Cedar Crest College, where she majored in music.[2]
Career
Modeling
Page was chosen by the Curtis Publishing Company in the 1920s as a model for a
Singing career
Page tried out for the "Youth of America" in a singing contest hosted by Paul Whiteman, and won. With that, her radio and singing career began, and her stage name was created. By 1935, she was a regular on the Paducah Plantation, written and hosted by Irvin S. Cobb.
Acting career
That same year, Universal Pictures signed her to a contract. Her first film was Manhattan Blue, starring opposite Ricardo Cortez, which saw moderate success and placed a spotlight on her talent as a singer and an actress. She then starred in King Solomon of Broadway opposite Edmund Lowe and Pinky Tomlin. That film was only moderately successful, and it wasn't until 1938 that she starred in another film, this time alongside Mary Boland and Ernest Truex in Mama Runs Wild. That movie also was not successful, and Page was not given any singing parts in the film.
In late 1938,
Ride 'Em Cowgirl was released next, that same year, and fared even worse than the first. Later that same year, The Singing Cowgirl was released,[5] in which Page again starred with O'Brien. It would be the last film by Grand National Pictures, and shortly thereafter they went out of business.
In 1947, Page appeared on Broadway in the drama Dear Judas.[6]
Retirement
Following the failure of the three "singing cowgirl" films, and the end of Grand National Pictures, Page retired from acting. Page began working in realty, buying old
She and husband Henry Clark McCormick lived at his ranch in Fresno. Page purchased a 1,700-acre (6.9 km2) cotton ranch near Pecos, Texas. During the 1950s, she was diagnosed with cancer and began a long and painful battle against it. She moved to LaBelle, Florida, to be closer to Fort Myers, where she was receiving cancer treatment.
Personal life
On July 3, 1925, at age 21, Page married Waldo Shipton of
Death
Page died in LaBelle, Florida, from cancer on March 26, 1961, at age 57.[citation needed]
Homage
In one of Columbo's episodes ("Ashes to Ashes",
References
- ^ ISBN 9780810883222. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ISBN 9780816531547. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ISBN 9780313335228. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ISBN 9781317928942. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ "Dorothy Page". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
External links
- Dorothy Page at IMDb
- Dorothy Page at AllMovie
- Dorothy Page at b-westerns.com