Dorothy Wilson (actress)

Dorothy Wilson (November 14, 1909 – January 7, 1998) was an American movie actress of the 1930s.

Early life

Wilson was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, moving to Los Angeles, California, after her high school graduation. Ironically, she had no interest in acting and had moved to Los Angeles due to an urge to travel.^[1]

Career

In 1930, she began working as a secretary and applied at several employment agencies. She received a job at RKO Pictures, and for two years she worked there as a secretary.^[1][2] She often took notes for director Gregory La Cava; she was noticed by the executive in charge of casting and offered a screen test for La Cava's upcoming 1932 film The Age of Consent.^[1] She won one of the two lead coed roles, opposite Richard Cromwell. Her performance in the movie received good reviews.^{[citation needed]}

The same year, she was selected as one of the

She was asked to test for the part of Melanie Hamilton in the epic movie Gone with the Wind, which she did,^{[citation needed]} but she did not win the role, its being awarded to Olivia de Havilland. She starred in only two films after getting married, and then retired from acting to devote time to her family. She returned to acting only once, in an uncredited role in the 1943 film Whistling in Brooklyn.

Personal life and death

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In 1936, she married scriptwriter

References

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