Dorothy Malone

Highest Rated: 100% The Tarnished Angels (1958)

Lowest Rated: 20% The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Birthday: Jan 30, 1925

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Malone was born Dorothy Maloney, under which name she appeared in her earliest films. She began modeling in childhood and also frequently acted in school plays. While performing in a college play at age 18 she was spotted by a talent agent and soon signed to a film contract by RKO. After playing bits in several films she switched studios in 1945 and gradually got better roles; usually she played standard pretty-girl leads. In the mid '50s she began to gain attention as a serious actress. For her portrayal of a frustrated nymphomaniac in Written on the Wind (1956) she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar; however, few of her later roles were rewarding, and she made few films after 1964. She costarred in the TV series Peyton Place. She continued appearing in occasional films through the '80s. From 1959-64 she was married to actor Jacques Bergerac.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Femmine Insaziabili	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Day Time Ended	Ana Williams	—	2001
54%	Basic Instinct	Hazel	—	1992
No Score Yet	Rest in Pieces	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Being	Marge Smith	—	1983
88%	Winter Kills	Emma Kegan	—	1979
No Score Yet	Sodom and Gomorrah	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Mildred	—	1979
No Score Yet	Little Ladies of the Night	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	Golden Rendezvous	Mrs. Skinner	—	1977
No Score Yet	The Man Who Would Not Die	Paula Stafford	—	1975
No Score Yet	Abduction	Mrs. Prescott	—	1975
40%	Fate Is The Hunter	Lisa Bond	—	1964
43%	Beach Party	Marianne	—	1963
No Score Yet	The Last Sunset	Belle Breckenridge	—	1961
60%	The Last Voyage	Laurie Henderson	—	1960
No Score Yet	Warlock	Lily Dollar	—	1959
100%	The Tarnished Angels	LaVerne Shumann	—	1958
No Score Yet	Too Much, Too Soon	Diana Barrymore	—	1958
82%	Written on the Wind	Marylee Hadley	—	1957
88%	Man of a Thousand Faces	Cleva Creighton Chaney	—	1957
No Score Yet	Tip On A Dead Jockey	Actor	—	1957
No Score Yet	Pillars of the Sky	Calla Gaxton	—	1956
No Score Yet	Tension at Table Rock	Lois	—	1956
No Score Yet	At Gunpoint (Gunpoint!)	Martha Wright	—	1955
78%	Artists and Models	Abigail 'Abby' Parker	—	1955
No Score Yet	Tall Man Riding	Corinna Ordway	—	1955
No Score Yet	Five Guns West	Shalee	—	1955
No Score Yet	Battle Cry	Mrs. Elaine Yarborough	—	1955
No Score Yet	Sincerely Yours	Linda Curtis	—	1955
86%	Young at Heart	Fran Tuttle	—	1954
No Score Yet	Private Hell 36	Francey Farnham	—	1954
86%	Pushover	Ann Stewart	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Fast and the Furious	Connie Adair	—	1954
No Score Yet	Loophole	Ruthie Donovan	—	1954
No Score Yet	Law and Order	Jeannie Bristow	—	1953
71%	Scared Stiff	Rosie	—	1953
No Score Yet	Torpedo Alley	Lt. Susan Peabody	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Bushwhackers	Actor	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Bushwackers	Cathy Sharpe	—	1952
No Score Yet	Saddle Legion	Dr. Ann F. Rollins	—	1951
20%	The Killer That Stalked New York	Alice Lorie	—	1950
No Score Yet	Convicted	Kay Knowland	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Nevadan	Karen Galt	—	1950
No Score Yet	South of St. Louis	Deborah Miller	—	1949
No Score Yet	Colorado Territory	Julie Ann Winslow	—	1949
No Score Yet	Flaxy Martin	Nora Carson	—	1949
No Score Yet	Two Guys from Texas	Joan Winston	—	1948
No Score Yet	One Sunday Afternoon	Amy Lind	—	1948
97%	The Big Sleep	Girl in Bookshop	—	1946
60%	Night and Day	Nancy	—	1946
No Score Yet	Janie Gets Married	Sgt. Spud Lee	—	1946
No Score Yet	Show Business	Girl	—	1944
No Score Yet	One Mysterious Night	Eileen Daley	—	1944
No Score Yet	Step Lively	Telephone operator	—	1944
No Score Yet	Hollywood Canteen	Herself - Junior Hostess	—	1944
No Score Yet	Higher and Higher	Bridesmaid	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Falcon and the Co-eds	Co-ed	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Man Who Wouldn't Die	Actor	—	1942

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Julie Desmond	1976
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Agatha	1973

Quotes from Dorothy Malone's Characters

Philip Marlowe:	Thatâ??s right, it is isn't it? You know it just happens I got a bottle of pretty good rye in my pocket. Iâ??d a lot rather get wet in here.
Philip Marlowe:	That's right, it is isn't it? You know it just happens I got a bottle of pretty good rye in my pocket. I'd a lot rather get wet in here.
Book Seller:	Well.... Looks like we're closed for the rest of the afternoon.

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