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- Birth nameDorcas Marie Nowell
- Doe Avedon was born on April 7, 1925 in Old Westbury, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The High and the Mighty (1954), Deep in My Heart (1954) and The Boss (1956). She was married to Don Siegel, Dan Matthews and Richard Avedon. She died on December 18, 2011 in Encino, California, USA.
- SpousesDon Siegel(February 1, 1957 - April 1975) (divorced, 4 children)Dan Matthews(1951 - February 1953) (his death)Richard Avedon(1944 - 1949) (annulled)
- Her father, who died when she was twelve years old, was butler to a wealthy lawyer in New York state. Orphaned, she was brought up by the family of her father's employer.
- Friend of Leonard Gershe, who wrote the musical, Funny Face (1957), which was loosely-based on the courtship of Doe and Richard Avedon.
- According to a biography of her first husband, fashion photographer Richard Avedon, in February 1952, she was driving near Denver, Colorado with her newlywed second husband, actor Dan Matthews, when their car hit a patch of ice and skidded off the road, flipping over. Matthews was decapitated but Doe was unhurt yet trapped in the car several hours before help came. She was traumatized by the incident and felt guilt for many years. Although she was going to retire to be a full-time wife and mother before the accident, she returned to acting to help her cope with her grief. She was signed by John Wayne's production company, Wayne-Fellows, and her first role back was in The High and the Mighty, playing a stewardess on a passenger plane co-piloted by John Wayne's character, also named Dan. His character was haunted by a past tragedy of piloting a plane that crashed, killing his wife and child.
- Met her second husband, the actor Dan Mathews, while working in a bank.
- She and Don Siegel adopted four children before their divorce.
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