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Dorothy Dare(1911-1981)

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Dorothy Dare
Dorothy Dare was an actress and singer.

She appeared in quite a few 20-minute Vitaphone shorts and full feature films with bigger stars such as Dick Powell and Irene Dunne. Most of her films are shown periodically on Turner Classic Movies. Some have said Dorothy didn't get a chance in Hollywood. Also, many even claimed the shorts Dorothy appeared in were better than her parts in Hollywood films.

In any event, the real Ms. Dare was part of the great era of entertainment and will forever be remembered in celluloid. Hopefully, more details of Dorothy's personal story and why she left show business in the mid-forties will emerge someday.
BornAugust 6, 1911
DiedOctober 4, 1981(70)
BornAugust 6, 1911
DiedOctober 4, 1981(70)
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Known for

Busby Berkeley, Gloria Stuart, Hugh Herbert, Alice Brady, Joseph Cawthorn, Dorothy Dare, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Adolphe Menjou, and Grant Mitchell in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935
6.8
  • Arline Davis
  • 1935
Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander in Maybe It's Love (1935)
Maybe It's Love
5.8
  • Lila
  • 1935
Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
Happiness Ahead
6.6
  • Josie
  • 1934
Sweet Adeline (1934)
Sweet Adeline
5.5
  • Dot
  • 1934

Credits

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Actress



  • The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
    The Yanks Are Coming
    4.2
    • Peggy
    • 1942
  • Cut Out for Love
    Short
    • Dorothy
    • 1937
  • Clothes and the Woman
    • Carol Dixon
    • 1937
  • Rose of Tralee (1937)
    Rose of Tralee
    4.7
    • Jean Hale
    • 1937
  • Dorothy Dare and Frank Luther in High Hat (1937)
    High Hat
    5.9
    • Elanda Lee
    • 1937
  • Romance of the West
    3.8
    Short
    • 1935
  • Bette Davis and George Brent in Front Page Woman (1935)
    Front Page Woman
    6.5
    • Mae LaRue
    • 1935
  • Springtime in Holland
    Short
    • 1935
  • Busby Berkeley, Gloria Stuart, Hugh Herbert, Alice Brady, Joseph Cawthorn, Dorothy Dare, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Adolphe Menjou, and Grant Mitchell in Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
    Gold Diggers of 1935
    6.8
    • Arline Davis
    • 1935
  • Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander in Maybe It's Love (1935)
    Maybe It's Love
    5.8
    • Lila
    • 1935
  • Sweet Adeline (1934)
    Sweet Adeline
    5.5
    • Dot
    • 1934
  • James Cagney, Dorothy Dare, and Patricia Ellis in The St. Louis Kid (1934)
    The St. Louis Kid
    6.5
    • Gracie Smith
    • 1934
  • Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
    Happiness Ahead
    6.6
    • Josie
    • 1934
  • Dorothy Dare and Hal Le Roy in Syncopated City (1934)
    Syncopated City
    6.2
    Short
    • Hal's Assistant
    • The New Mayor
    • 1934
  • Dorothy Dare, Weldon Heyburn, Arthur Lake, and Florence Lake in The Winnah! (1934)
    The Winnah!
    5.4
    Short
    • Dorothy
    • 1934

Soundtrack



  • Musical Movieland (1944)
    Musical Movieland
    5.6
    Short
    • performer: "Beside the Zuider Zee" (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Dorothy Dare and Frank Luther in High Hat (1937)
    High Hat
    5.9
    • performer: "Little Western Breeze", "Take Off Your High Hat", "High Hat", "What You've Got I've Got Too", "Melt in My Arms" (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Springtime in Holland
    Short
    • performer: "Beside the Zuider Zee"
    • 1935
  • Sweet Adeline (1934)
    Sweet Adeline
    5.5
    • performer: "Play Us a Polka Dot" (1934), "Down Where The Wurzburger Flows" (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
    Happiness Ahead
    6.6
    • performer: "All on Account of a Strawberry Sundae" (1934) (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Dorothy Dare and Hal Le Roy in Syncopated City (1934)
    Syncopated City
    6.2
    Short
    • performer: "At a Table Set for Two", "Give a Thought to Your Home Town", "Syncopated Town" (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Dorothy Dare, Weldon Heyburn, Arthur Lake, and Florence Lake in The Winnah! (1934)
    The Winnah!
    5.4
    Short
    • performer: "Just That Kind of a Day" (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Anne Shirley in Private Lessons (1934)
    Private Lessons
    6.7
    Short
    • performer: "Let's Dance" (1934), "Red-Headed and Blue" (1934), "Snow Song" (1934) (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Ben Blue in Very Close Veins (1934)
    Very Close Veins
    6.6
    Short
    • performer: "My Gal Sal" (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 6, 1911
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • October 4, 1981
    • Orange County, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    The October 1981 death certificate of Dorothy Dare confirms that she was the former Warner Bros. actress of the 1930s; in later years, another actress, living in the New York City area, claimed to be Dorothy Dare, but recent investigation has proven her claims to be untrue.

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