Dorothy Malone
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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 |
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No Score Yet | Femmine Insaziabili |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | The Day Time Ended |
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— | 2001 |
54% | Basic Instinct |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Rest in Pieces |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Being |
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— | 1983 |
88% | Winter Kills |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Sodom and Gomorrah |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Little Ladies of the Night |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Golden Rendezvous |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Would Not Die |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Abduction |
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— | 1975 |
40% | Fate Is The Hunter |
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— | 1964 |
43% | Beach Party |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | The Last Sunset |
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— | 1961 |
60% | The Last Voyage |
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— | 1960 |
No Score Yet | Warlock |
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— | 1959 |
100% | The Tarnished Angels |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | Too Much, Too Soon |
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— | 1958 |
82% | Written on the Wind |
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— | 1957 |
88% | Man of a Thousand Faces |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | Tip On A Dead Jockey |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | Pillars of the Sky |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | Tension at Table Rock |
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— | 1956 |
No Score Yet | At Gunpoint (Gunpoint!) |
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— | 1955 |
78% | Artists and Models |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Tall Man Riding |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Five Guns West |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Battle Cry |
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— | 1955 |
No Score Yet | Sincerely Yours |
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— | 1955 |
86% | Young at Heart |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | Private Hell 36 |
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— | 1954 |
86% | Pushover |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | The Fast and the Furious |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | Loophole |
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— | 1954 |
No Score Yet | Law and Order |
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— | 1953 |
71% | Scared Stiff |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | Torpedo Alley |
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— | 1953 |
No Score Yet | The Bushwhackers |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | The Bushwackers |
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— | 1952 |
No Score Yet | Saddle Legion |
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— | 1951 |
20% | The Killer That Stalked New York |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | Convicted |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | The Nevadan |
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— | 1950 |
No Score Yet | South of St. Louis |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Colorado Territory |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Flaxy Martin |
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— | 1949 |
No Score Yet | Two Guys from Texas |
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— | 1948 |
No Score Yet | One Sunday Afternoon |
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— | 1948 |
97% | The Big Sleep |
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— | 1946 |
60% | Night and Day |
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— | 1946 |
No Score Yet | Janie Gets Married |
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— | 1946 |
No Score Yet | Show Business |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | One Mysterious Night |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Step Lively |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Hollywood Canteen |
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— | 1944 |
No Score Yet | Higher and Higher |
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— | 1943 |
No Score Yet | The Falcon and the Co-eds |
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— | 1943 |
No Score Yet | The Man Who Wouldn't Die |
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— | 1942 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
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No Score Yet |
Ironside
1967-1975
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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. |