Dorothy Mackaill
Biography
Dorothy Mackaill was a British-American actress who started out as a dancer and became a leading lady in silent films and the early pre-Code era. Born in Kingston upon Hull, she was raised by a father who owned a dance academy, and she trained in elocution and dancing in London before dancing at the Hippodrome and appearing in minor Pathe films in Paris. At 17 she went to New York, where she danced in the Ziegfeld Follies, and by 1920 she had moved into movies with her first film, the mystery The Face at the Window (1920). She won a WAMPAS Baby Stars award in 1924, the year she reached leading-lady status in The Man Who Came Back (1924), and she made the shift to sound in The Barker (1928). She retired in 1937 and later came out of retirement for television work, including episodes of Hawaii Five-O.
87years old at death
- Born Kingston upon Hull
- Died Honolulu
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 1 year1931 to 1932
Every film, newest first
- 1932No Man of Her OwnIMDb rating 6.6
- 1931Kept HusbandsIMDb rating 5.9
- 1931Safe in HellIMDb rating 6.9
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All films by William A. Wellman
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