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| Born | Dorothy Eloise Maloney January 30, 1925, age 83 Chicago, Illinois |
Dorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
Malone was born Dorothy Eloise Maloney in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she worked as a child model and began acting in school plays at Ursuline Convent and Highland Park High School. History The school was established in 1922 Before 1922 Highland Park students who were ready for high school rode the trolley down Cole Avenue to Dallas to attend While performing at Southern Methodist University, she was spotted by a talent agent for RKO and was signed to a studio contract, making her film debut in 1943 in The Falcon and the Co-Eds. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave
Much of her early career was spent in supporting roles in B-movies, many of them Westerns, although on occasion she had the opportunity to play small but memorable roles, such as that of a brainy, lusty, bespectacled bookstore clerk in The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart in 1946, and the love interest of Dean Martin in the 1955 musical-comedy Artists and Models. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. The Big Sleep ( 1946) directed by Howard Hawks, is the first film version of Raymond Chandler 's novel of the same name (1939 Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality Artists and Models is a 1955 Paramount musical comedy in VistaVision and marked Martin and Lewis 's fourteenth feature together as a team
In 1956, Malone transformed herself into a platinum blonde and shed her good girl-image to co-star with Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Stack in director Douglas Sirk's melodrama Written on the Wind. Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during Robert Langford Modini Stack ( January 13, 1919 &ndash May 14, 2003) was an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award - nominated Douglas Sirk ( April 26, 1900 &ndash January 14, 1987) was a German Film director best known for his work in Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types Written on the Wind is a 1956 American Drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. Her portrayal of the dipso-nymphomaniac daughter of a Texas oil baron won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hypersexuality is the desire to engage in Human sexual behavior at a level high enough to be considered clinically significant Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS As a result, she was offered meatier roles in better films, including Too Much, Too Soon, in which she portrayed Diana Barrymore, Man of a Thousand Faces (with James Cagney), and Warlock (with Henry Fonda and Richard Widmark). Too Much Too Soon is a 1958 Biographical film made by Warner Bros Diana Barrymore ( March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960) was an American film and stage actress. Man of a Thousand Faces ( 1957) is a Film detailing the life of Silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film Warlocks are among historic Christian traditions said to be the Male equivalent of Witches (usually in the pejorative sense of Europe 's Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Richard Widmark ( December 26, 1914 &ndash March 24, 2008) was an American Actor of Films stage, Additional screen credits include The Tarnished Angels (in which she reunited with former co-stars Hudson and Stack and director Sirk), The Last Voyage (with Stack) and The Last Sunset (with Hudson). The Tarnished Angels is a 1958 American Drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. The Last Voyage is a 1960 American action - adventure Melodrama Film. The Last Sunset is a 1961 Western movie starring Rock Hudson and directed by Robert Aldrich.
Malone became a household name when she accepted the lead role of Constance MacKenzie on the ABC primetime serial Peyton Place, on which she starred from 1964 through 1968. Constance MacKenzie (nee Standish was a fictional character in the 1956 novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Peyton Place is an American primetime Drama serial which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15 She had a featured role in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Rich Man Poor Man was a 1976 American Television miniseries that aired on ABC in one-hour episodes at 1000pm ET/PT on Monday night for twelve Her last notable screen appearance came as as a mother convicted of murdering her family in Basic Instinct (1992) opposite Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. Basic Instinct is an American thriller / Neo-noir film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American Golden Globe - and Emmy -winning Actress, producer, and former
Malone was married and divorced three times and has two daughters, Mimi and Diane, from her first marriage to actor Jacques Bergerac. Jacques Bergerac (born 26 May 1927 in Biarritz, France) was a French actor with a brief Hollywood film career Her star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1718 Vine. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
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| Preceded by Jo Van Fleet for East of Eden |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1956 for Written on the Wind |
Succeeded by Miyoshi Umeki for Sayonara |