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(Dorothy J. Hart)
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| 4 April 23 |
is born Cleveland, Ohio, to Walter C. and Mabel Hart
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| 30 |
the Harts reside in Warrensville, Ohio
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is raised in Shaker Heights
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attends Shaker Heights High School
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attends Western Reserve University and is elected homecoming queen
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starts acting in productions at Western Reserve and at the Cleveland Playhouse
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graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree and goes to New York to study drama and voice
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studies drama at the Cleveland Playhouse and in New York
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| 44 |
wins a movie contract with Columbia Studios over 20,000 contestants when a newspaperman friend enters her picture in Columbia's "National Cover Girl" contest
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becomes a Harry Conover model
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| Late 46 |
is signed to a contract by Columbia Pictures
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| Late 40s |
in engaged in the ecumenical movement among churches in Los Angeles
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| 49 |
is crowned "Air Races Queen" for the National Air Races in Cleveland
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wins a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers
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| 49 - 50 |
represents the Motion Picture Producers Council on three nationwide speaking tours
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| 50 - 52 |
works as a volunteer for the Red Cross in Los Angeles
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| August 51 |
her former heart is Frank Rosenberg, who’s now dating young actress Piper Laurie
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| December 51 |
duets off-screen with young actor Steve Cochran, her co-star in Raton Pass
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| 52 |
is named one of Hollywood's Ten Most Promising Actresses by Photoplay
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| November 53 |
columnist Walter Winchell expects her to marry Motor Sports Show executive F. Pittera on December 28
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| 54 |
marries Frederick Paul Pittera. He's two years her senior.
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| 57 - 58 |
is an observer for the United States delegation at the Geneva meeting of the World Federation of United Nations
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| 58 |
is a panelist at "Pantomime Quiz"
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| 59 |
is an observer for the United States at the World Federation of United Nations Association meeting in Geneva
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| 14 June 61 ? |
her son, Douglas H., is born
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| 11 October 65 |
divorces Pittera
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raises her son alone in New York City
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| 11 July 04 |
as Dorothy J. Hart, she dies at age 82 in Arden, North Carolina, of complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was married twice.
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Sources:
"Dorothy Hart - A Cover Girl with Heart" by Colin Briggs in Classic Images, The Bridgeport Sunday Post, Mansfield News-Journal, The Monessen Daily Independent, Syracuse Herald-Journal, Nevada State Journal, Hollywood Players: The Forties by James Robert Parish, www.Ancestry.com |
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