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Dorothy Dickson

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Actor 1893–1995 On stage 19111920

Dorothy Dickson (July 25, 1893 – September 25, 1995) was an American-born, London-based theater actress and singer, and a centenarian.

On stage 7 productions, 9 years

1911 The Red Widow Astor Theatre · Original · directed by Frederick G. Latham 128 perf.
1917 Oh, Boy! Princess Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce, Robert Milton 463 perf.
1917 Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 111 perf.
1918 Girl o' Mine Bijou Theatre · Original · directed by Clifford Brooke 48 perf.
1918 Rock-a-Bye Baby Astor Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 85 perf.
1919 The Royal Vagabond Cohan And Harris · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 348 perf.
1920 Lassie Nora Bayes Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 159 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once6 names

Carl Hyson 6 productions
Tessa Kosta 2 productions
Leo Howe 2 productions
Kathryn Rahn 2 productions
Helen Lee 2 productions
Charlotte Wakefield 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 4 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Marie Carroll, Tom Powers, Anna Wheaton, Hal Forde, Edna May Oliver, Marion Davies, Justine Johnstone, Dorothy Dickson & Carl Hysonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Careless Rapture Music and book by Ivor Novello; lyrics by Christopher Hassall. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 11 September 1936. PC: Ivor Novello, Dorothy Dickson, Olive Gilbert, Zena Dare. MN: Thanks to Phyllida Frame; Singing Lesson; Music in May; Why Is There Ever Goodbye?; Studio Duet; Wait for Me; Rose Ballet; Hampstead Scene [comprisin…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Crest of the Wave Music and book by Ivor Novello; lyrics by Christopher Hassall. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1 September 1937. PC: Ivor Novello, Dorothy Dickson, Marie Löhr, Peter Graves, Olive Gilbert. MN: Rose of England; Versailles in Tinsel [comprising: Haven of My Heart; Sarabande; Mazurka; Turbillon]; Why Isn’t It You?; Nautical; If…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Dr William Cahan, Constance Carpenter, Rosalind Chatto, Dorothy Dickson, Daphne du Maurier, Marlene Filers, Charles Evans, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Milton Goldman, Morton Gottlieb, Michaeltheatre-pdfs/Gertrude Lawrence - Sheridan Morley.txt
  • Browne, Tallulah Bankhead, Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence and Dorothy Dickson.theatre-pdfs/Gertrude Lawrence - Sheridan Morley.txt
  • THAT CERTAIN FEELING Published December 1925. Introduced by Queenie Smith (Tip-Toes) and Allen Kearns (Steve). Introduced in London by Dorothy Dickson and Allen Kearns.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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