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Dorothy Ashby

Name at birth: Dorothy Jeanne ThompsonDorothy Ashby wrote and played jazz with a harp, beginning in the 1950s in Detroit. By the 1970s, she had a solid career in the studio with jazz and pop artists…

Dorothy Stratten

Name at birth: Dorothy Ruth HoogstratenDorothy Stratten was murdered by her husband, Paul Snider, months after she was named the 1980 Playmate of the Year by Playboy magazine. She was just 20 years…

Dorothy Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers introduced her monocle-wearing detective character, Lord Peter Wimsey, in the 1923 novel Who's Body? Comfortably wealthy, Oxford-schooled, a lover of wine and fine cars, Wimsey…

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet and critic of the mid-20th century, famous for her sardonic wit and quotable one-liners like "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." Dorothy Parker…

Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day was co-founder of a community of activists who published a newspaper while feeding, sheltering and living with the poor of New York City. The group and its paper, both called The Catholic…

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge is the Oscar-nominated actress whose career as a leading lady was curtailed by racism and personal problems in the 1950s. As teens, Dorothy and her sister Vivian were part of an…

Dorothy Kilgallen

Journalist and TV personality Dorothy Kilgallen was nearly forgotten for decades, until she was resurrected by the curious to play a minor role in the story of President John F. Kennedy’s…

Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy HamillBorn: July 26, 1956Figure skater won Olympic gold medal and world championship in 1976; Ice Capades headliner from 1977-84; bought the financially-strapped Ice Capades in 1993…

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton)actressBorn: 12/10/1914Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Best known for her roles in the Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Lamour, with her…