- Born
- Died
- Height4′ 11¾″ (1.52 m)
- Dorothy Yost was born on April 25, 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer, known for The Sea Bat (1930), The Big Cat (1949) and Hills of Kentucky (1927). She was married to Dwight Cummins. She died on June 10, 1967 in Monrovia, California, USA.
- Spouse
- Sister of writer Robert Yost.
- American screenwriter, in films from 1920. After much free-lance work, joined RKO (1934 to 1938). A specialist at scripting westerns and films involving animals (Ranger the Dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, Thunderhead etc.), she also turned out a number of memorable comedies, ( Alice Adams (1935) comes to mind) and worked on four of the Astaire-Rogers musicals beginning with The Gay Divorcee (1934).
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
