Doris Dawson
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Doris Dawson was an American film actress in the early days of Hollywood, mostly during the silent film era.
Dawson, born in Goldfield, Nevada
, began acting in the mid-1920s. Her first film role was in the 1927 movie The Arizona Night. She starred in four films that year, and another four in 1928. In 1929 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars
", a group that included future Hollywood legend Jean Arthur
. She would star in five films that year, including Broadway Scandals, which starred Jack Egan and Sally O'Neil
. She was at the height of her career in 1929. With the advent of sound films, her career suffered due to what critics who dubbed her voice as grating. She had only one film role in 1930, and did not have another until 1934. Her last film, in 1934, was The Silver Streak, starring Sally Blane
and Charles Starrett
. With her career dwindling, she retired from acting that same year, at the age of 25. She eventually settled in Coral Gables, Florida
. She died there in 1986 at the age of 77.
Dawson, born in Goldfield, Nevada
Goldfield, Nevada
Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States, with a resident population of 440 at the 2000 census. It is located about southeast of Carson City, along U.S...
, began acting in the mid-1920s. Her first film role was in the 1927 movie The Arizona Night. She starred in four films that year, and another four in 1928. In 1929 she was one of thirteen girls selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars
WAMPAS Baby Stars
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States which honored thirteen young women each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. They were selected from 1922 to 1934, and annual...
", a group that included future Hollywood legend Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur was an American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains arguably the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. As James Harvey wrote in his recounting of the era, "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur...
. She would star in five films that year, including Broadway Scandals, which starred Jack Egan and Sally O'Neil
Sally O'Neil
Sally O'Neil was an American film actress of the 1920s. She was born as Virginia Louise Noonan, one of 11 children born to a judge in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of her sisters was actress Molly O'Day....
. She was at the height of her career in 1929. With the advent of sound films, her career suffered due to what critics who dubbed her voice as grating. She had only one film role in 1930, and did not have another until 1934. Her last film, in 1934, was The Silver Streak, starring Sally Blane
Sally Blane
Sally Blane was an American actress. Blane was the sister of actresses Polly Ann and Loretta Young, and half-sister to actress Georgiana Young, the wife of actor Ricardo Montalban...
and Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid Columbia Pictures western series. He was born in Athol, Massachusetts.-Career:...
. With her career dwindling, she retired from acting that same year, at the age of 25. She eventually settled in Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Downtown Miami, in the United States. The city is home to the University of Miami....
. She died there in 1986 at the age of 77.