Dorothy Revier

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Dorothy Revier
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1936
Spouse(s)Harry Revier (?–1926)
William Pelayo (1950–1964)

Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress.

Early years

Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco[2] on April 18, 1904,[3] Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing family of the Bay Area. Her mother was English and her father was Italian.[3] She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing.

Career

Dorothy Revier c.1930

Revier danced with a Russian ballet company on tour, but homesickness brought her back to San Francisco, where she became the featured dancer at Tait's Cafe.[4] She was discovered by a talent agent while working in a cabaret[5] and signed to a film contract by Harry Cohn.[6]

She made her film debut in Life's Greatest Question (1921) and was active throughout the 1920s, playing in The Virgin (1924), The Supreme Test (1923), An Enemy of Men (1925), The Far Cry (1926), Cleopatra (1928), Tanned Legs (1929) and The Iron Mask (1929). [citation needed]

After recovering from two broken arms suffered in a 1930 car accident, she played roles in low-budget films for Columbia Pictures. In 1935 she played the role of a saloon girl in Paramount Pictures' second Hopalong Cassidy film, The Eagle's Brood, working alongside William Boyd. In many films she appeared as a vamp, and she later worked as a free-lance performer in Buck Jones westerns such as Lovable Liar (1933). The Cowboy and the Kid (1936) was her final film.[citation needed]

Personal life

Revier was married to director Harry J. Revier, and to commercial artist William Pelayo. Both marriages ended in divorce.[5]

A resident of

Los Angeles area, buried under the simple marker of name and dates, marked with the lone inscription, "Beloved Actress."[7]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Valerga family, oac.cdlib.org. Accessed September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925". Wireless Age: The Radio Magazine. 12 (6): 30–31. 1925. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8
    . Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  4. Newspapers.com
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  5. ^
    ProQuest 109149670. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via ProQuest
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  6. Newspapers.com
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  7. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland. p. 624.
  • Fresno, California Bee Republican, "Louella Parsons Column", February 1, 1933, Page 4.
  • Oakland, California Tribune, "Mother Wife In Oakland Maid's Bigamy Tangle", February 23, 1923, Page 15.
  • Oakland Tribune, "Oakland Girl Screen Star", Sunday, June 10, 1923, Page 12-A.
  • Oakland Tribune, "In New Hall of Fame", Thursday evening, November 10, 1935, Page B25.

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