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Dorothy Jordan

Shows · Dorothy Jordan

Actor 1906–1988 On stage 19261928

Dorothy Jordan (August 9, 1906 – December 7, 1988) was an American movie actress who had a short, successful career beginning in 1929.

On stage 4 productions, 2 years

1926 Garrick Gaieties Guild Theatre · Revival 174 perf.
1926 Twinkle, Twinkle Liberty Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Craven 167 perf.
1927 Funny Face Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 244 perf.
1928 Treasure Girl Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Bertram Harrison 68 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Walter Wandell 2 productions
Thomas Hodges 2 productions
Sherry Gale 2 productions
Sam Simpson 2 productions
Ruth Penery 2 productions
Richard Keith 2 productions
Peggy Quinn 2 productions
Pauline Mason 2 productions
Norman Curtis 2 productions
Marcia Bell 2 productions
Lionel Maclyn 2 productions
Lillian Michel 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. 12 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 literature2 passages

  • Cast: Fred & Adele Astaire, Victor Moore, William Kent, Allen Kearns, Betty Compton, Dorothy Jordanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • (Larry), Charles Barron (Jack), Gertrude McDonald (Mary), Dorothy Jordan (Betty), Virginia Franck (Madge), Peggy O'Neill (Kitty), and girls. Alternatetheatre-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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