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Dolores Dorn

Dolores Dorn

Actor

Born March 3, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died October 5, 2019

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Some actresses have entered films via the stage while others walked the path of a successful modelling career. Dolores Dorn managed to straddle both, by being a graduate of Chicago's Goodman Art Theatre as well as having been a former place-getter (second and third, respectively, in 1950 and 1951) at the annual Miss Chicago contest. A blonde beauty with a sunny smile, she was also voted 'Miss Photoflash' of 1951 by the Chicago Press Photographers Association.

She was born Dolores Heft in 1933 (some sources mistakenly cite 1934) in Chicago, of mostly Lithuanian descent, the only child of a well-to-do automobile dealer, Edward Heft, and his wife, Alice. She first headlined before the footlights at the Chez Paris nightclub. In 1954, she joined the Schaffner Players repertory comedy troupe as "lead ingénue" on tour through Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. At some point she was spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout while sipping soda at a drug store. This led to her first (minor) film role in Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) as one of the beast's murder victims, to be followed by a second-billed part in the Randolph Scott western The Bounty Hunter (1954).

Dolores Dorn made her New York stage debut in 1956 in Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' at the Fourth Street Theatre. A year later she also played the part of Yelena Andreyevna in the subsequent film version (opposite future husband Franchot Tone who was 29 years her senior). Having attracted the attention of studio execs with an off-Broadway performance in 'Between two Thieves', she was signed by director Samuel Fuller to a Columbia contract.

Her first notable starring role for the studio was in Underworld U.S.A. (1961), for which she was cast as gangster's moll "Cuddles", romantic interest to Cliff Robertson's revenge-seeking ex-convict. She was billed, unlike on Broadway, as simply Dolores Dorn. Her last noteworthy fling at the big screen was in 13 West Street (1962), a fashionable melodrama about teenage delinquency in which she co-starred with Alan Ladd.

During the late 1960s, Dorn focused on stage endeavors around New York and Los Angeles. There were also a few TV guest appearances to follow between 1973 and 1985, but that was pretty much it. However, behind the cameras, she worked as an acting teacher at the American Film Institute (1977), the Lee Strasberg Institute (1983) and as acting coach for the reality television game show Star Search (1983).

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Filmography

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Simon & Simon Poster

Simon & Simon TV Series1981Miss Hemmings

The Princess and the Cabbie Poster

The Princess and the Cabbie TV Movie1981Emcee

A Cry for Love Poster

A Cry for Love TV Movie1980Karen

Tell Me a Riddle Poster

Tell Me a Riddle Feature Film1980Vivi

Night Cries Poster

Night Cries TV Movie1978Nurse Green

Intimate Strangers Poster

Intimate Strangers TV Movie1977Dolores

Charlie's Angels Poster

Charlie's Angels TV Series1976Mrs. Evers

Jigsaw John Poster

Jigsaw John TV Series1976Mrs. Carolton

The Stronger Poster

The Stronger Short Film1976

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy Poster

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy TV Movie1975Mrs. Evans

Truck Stop Women Poster

Truck Stop Women Feature Film1974Trish

Tenafly TV Series1973Marie

The Candy Snatchers Poster

The Candy Snatchers Feature Film1973Katherine

The Girls of Huntington House Poster

The Girls of Huntington House TV Movie1973Gail's Mother

Ironside Poster

Ironside TV Series1967Mrs. Wescott

Run for Your Life Poster

Run for Your Life TV Series1965Elizabeth Rankin

13 West Street Poster

13 West Street Feature Film1962Tracey Sherill

Target: The Corruptors! Poster

Target: The Corruptors! TV Series19611 episode, 1961

Underworld U.S.A. Poster

Underworld U.S.A. Feature Film1961Cuddles

The Robert Herridge Theater Poster

The Robert Herridge Theater TV Series19601 episode, 1961

The Strawberry Blonde TV Movie1959Virginia Brush

The Untouchables Poster

The Untouchables TV Series1959Mady Collins aka Mady Kerner

Suspicion Poster

Suspicion TV Series1957Ruth Deniken

Uncle Vanya Poster

Uncle Vanya Feature Film1957Elèna Andreevna

Lucky Me Poster

Lucky Me Feature Film1954Troupe Member

Phantom of the Rue Morgue Poster

Phantom of the Rue Morgue Feature Film1954Camille

The Bounty Hunter Poster

The Bounty Hunter Feature Film1954Julie Spencer

The World of Mr. Sweeney TV Series19541 episode, 1955

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Self - Intermission Guest

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