Dorothy Jordan
Biography
Dorothy Jordan was an American movie actress whose short, successful screen career began in 1929. Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Rhodes College, and acted in Broadway musicals such as Garrick Gaieties. Her first film was The Taming of the Shrew (1929), followed by more than twenty pictures over the next four years. Among them were Min and Bill (1930), in which Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler appeared, and The Cabin in the Cotton (1932), co-starring Bette Davis. Her co-stars of that period included Clark Gable, Ramon Novarro, Walter Huston, and Lionel Barrymore. After stepping away from the screen in 1933, she made a brief return in 1937 hoping to win a role in Gone with the Wind. Much later she took small parts in John Ford's The Sun Shines Bright (1953), The Searchers (1956), and The Wings of Eagles (1957), then retired permanently. She died in 1988.
82years old at death
- Born Clarksville
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 25 years1932 to 1957
Every film, newest first
- 1957The Wings of EaglesIMDb rating 6.6
- 1956The SearchersIMDb rating 7.8
- 1953The Sun Shines BrightIMDb rating 6.9
- 1932The Cabin in the CottonIMDb rating 6.6
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First role
Jordan's first screen role came in The Taming of the Shrew, a 1929 film. Over the next four years she made 22 more films, among them Min and Bill and The Cabin in the Cotton.
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John Ford directed three of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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