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(Dorothy Wilma Davis)
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| 3 June 21 |
is born in St-Boniface, Canada, the daughter of R. E. Davis, a conductor on the Winnipeg C.N.R., and his wife Eva
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| c. 34 |
wins a beauty contest at a Caterer’s picnic at Grand Beach at age 13. She fibs about her age saying she’s 16.
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takes dancing lessons from the Fleurette McCurlig dancing school
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attends Mulvey Grammar School and Kelvin High School in Winnipeg
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models for the Hudson Bay Company in Winnipeg
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goes with her mother to New York on a holiday
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becomes a famous Powers model, familiar to millions as the Chesterfield Girl
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| 39 |
marries Joseph Lynn Patrick, Canadian professional ice hockey centre, playing for the New York Rangers. He’s about 29; she’s about 18.
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| 2 May 40 |
her son Lester Lee is born in New York. He will die at age 66 in 1996 in Los Angeles.
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enters the Jesse Lasky Gateway to Hollywood contest and ends up as the New York winner
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| c. 44 |
her son Terry is born
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divorces Patrick, who will die from the aftereffects of a car crash at age 67 in 1980 in St. Louis.
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| c. 44 / 45 |
goes to California and is cast for an amateur Hollywood theater group’s version of The Last of Miss Cheyney
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is spotted by talent scout Billy Grady, which leads to a silent screen test in a scene of The Green Years
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| July 45 |
denies any romantic interests and has nothing to say on the subject of men. “I’d rather sit home with a good book.”
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is on hand to pass a trophy at the 12th annual Amarillo Horse Show
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| March 46 |
lives in a home near the MGM studio with her mother; her grandmother, Hannah Johnstone; and her two sons, 5-year-old Lester and 1-year-old Terry
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| July 46 |
columnist Walter Winchell knows: “Robert Walker of the films and Dorothy Patrick are swapping little white Julys...”
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| December 46 |
is reported anxious to play Kay Dorrance in The Hucksters opposite Clark Gable, but the part goes to British newcomer Deborah Kerr
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the press tells: “Actress Dorothy Patrick and film director Arthur Lubin are that way about each other, burning up long distance wires between the two coasts...”
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| April 47 |
columnist Sheila Graham reports: “It won’t be Janet Leigh after all for the romantic lead in Alias a Gentleman and I know she’ll be heartbroken because she was very excited over getting the part. Donna Reed is not taking over - it’s to be Dorothy Patrick instead...”
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| April 47 |
is reported flying to New Orleans to be with her new boyfriend, a New Orleans lawyer
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| February 49 |
columnist Walter Winchell tells: “L. B. Mayer’s nephew Jerry and starlet Dorothy Patrick are Yahoney...”
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| July 49 |
during the filming of House by the River, director Fritz Lang has her spending an entire day uncomfortably doubled up in a sack instead of using a double
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| September 49 |
columnist Louella Parsons reports: “Lew Ayres’ smiles are for Dorothy Patrick...”
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| September 51 |
she, Marta Toren, Robert Young and starlet Ann Doran, are off to Pierre, South Dakota, to promote Hollywood’s Movietime U.S.A. campaign
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| 16 March 55 |
marries J. Hugh Davis, ex-executive vice president of Foote, Cone & Belding advertising, at his Bel-Air home. He was formerly married to actress Jennifer Holt.
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| January 63 |
divorces Davis, a Chicago advertising executive. Columnist Mike Connolly expects her “to come back to Hollywood and resume her career on TV...”
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| 18 April 76 |
marries Harold Hammerman, founder and president of Allied Builders, one of the biggest home modernization firms in the country. He’s 61; she’s 54.
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| 31 May 87 |
as Dorothy Wilma Patrick, she dies at age 65 in Los Angeles, California. Hammerman will die at age 89 in Los Angeles in 2004.
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Sources:
The Amarillo Globe, The Amarillo Daily News, Winnipeg Free Press, Burlington Daily Times-News, The Star, Kingsport News, Portland Press Herald, San Antonio Light, The Daily Plainsman, The Daily Review, The Independent, www.Ancestry.com |
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