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Doe Avedon is a Actor American born on 7 april 1925 at Old Westbury (USA)

Doe Avedon

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Birth name Dorcas Marie Nowell
Nationality USA
Birth 7 april 1925 at Old Westbury (USA)
Death 18 december 2011 (at 86 years) at Encino, Los Angeles (USA)

Doe Avedon (April 7, 1925 – December 18, 2011) was an American model and stage, film and television actress.

Biography

En 1944, elle épouse le photographe-portraitiste Richard Avedon (1923-2004) dont elle est alors un des modèles. Devenue Doe Avedon, elle débute au théâtre à Broadway (New York) dans la pièce The Young and Fair de N. Richard Nash (1948-1949, avec Rita Gam et Julie Harris), ce qui lui vaut un Theatre World Award. Suit une seconde (donc dernière) pièce à Broadway, adaptation de L'Empereur de Chine de Jean-Pierre Aumont (1949, avec l'auteur dans le rôle principal et Arlene Francis).

Cette même année 1949, elle divorce du photographe (mais conserve son nom) et apparaît pour la première fois au cinéma dans L'Ange de la haine de Fletcher Markle (avec Franchot Tone et Jean Wallace), où elle est créditée Betty Harper (nom de scène qu'elle ne réutilisera pas). Suivent seulement quatre autres films américains, dont trois dans les années 1950, Au fond de mon cœur de Stanley Donen (avec José Ferrer et Merle Oberon) et Écrit dans le ciel de William A. Wellman (avec John Wayne et Claire Trevor), tous deux sortis en 1954, puis The Boss de Byron Haskin (1956, avec John Payne et Roy Roberts).

Remariée brièvement en 1949 avec l'acteur Dan Matthews (1922-1952) qui décède prématurément dans un accident de la route, elle épouse ensuite en 1957 le réalisateur Don Siegel (1912-1991) et se retire pour se consacrer à sa famille. Divorcée en 1975, elle réapparaît une ultime fois au grand écran dans Love Streams de John Cassavetes (1984, avec le réalisateur et Gena Rowlands).

À la télévision américaine, elle contribue à huit séries, depuis The Philco Television Playhouse (un épisode, 1949) jusqu'à Climax! (un épisode, 1958).

Doe Avedon meurt fin 2011, à 86 ans.

Usually with

Al Ruban
Al Ruban
(1 films)
John Payne
John Payne
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Doe Avedon (5 films)

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Actress

Love Streams, 2h21
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel, Al Ruban, Doe Avedon
Roles Mrs. Kiner
Rating75% 3.7936953.7936953.7936953.7936953.793695
Undergoing a messy divorce, Sarah Lawson visits her brother Robert Harmon, an alcoholic playboy and writer who is in a relationship with a professional singer. Robert is visited by his ex-wife and forced to take care of their eight-year-old son, whom he has never met before, for twenty-four hours.
The Boss
The Boss (1956)
, 1h29
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Payne, Doe Avedon, Rhys Williams, Roy Roberts, Joe Flynn, Johnny Flynn
Roles Elsie Reynolds
Rating63% 3.186093.186093.186093.186093.18609
Matt Brady comes home from World War I to a city where older brother Tim is a political kingpin. Matt meets an old friend, Bob Herrick, but an argument leads to a fistfight. He ends up late for a date with Elsie Reynolds, who is furious. Matt angrily replies that he wants nothing more to do with her.
Deep in My Heart, 2h12
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors José Ferrer, Helen Traubel, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon, Doe Avedon, Paul Henreid
Roles Lillian Harris Romberg
Rating63% 3.1509853.1509853.1509853.1509853.150985
Biographie romancée du compositeur autrichien Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951), auteur de nombreuses comédies musicales à succès sur Broadway au début du XX siècle.
The High and the Mighty, 2h27
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris
Roles Miss Spalding
Rating66% 3.346153.346153.346153.346153.34615
In Honolulu, a DC-4 airliner prepares to take off for San Francisco with 17 passengers and a crew of 5. Former captain Dan Roman (John Wayne), the flight's veteran first officer known for his habit of whistling, is haunted by a crash that killed his wife and son and left him with a permanent limp. The captain, Sullivan (Robert Stack), suffers from a secret fear of responsibility after logging thousands of hours looking after the lives of passengers and crew. Young second officer Hobie Wheeler (William Campbell) and veteran navigator Lenny Wilby (Wally Brown) are contrasts in age and experience. Stewardess Spalding (Doe Avedon) attends her passengers, each with varying personal problems, including jaded former actress May Holst (Claire Trevor), unhappily married heiress Lydia Rice (Laraine Day), aging beauty queen Sally McKee (Jan Sterling) and cheerful vacationer Ed Joseph (Phil Harris). Spalding befriends the terminally ill Frank Briscoe (Paul Fix) after being charmed by his pocket watch. A last-minute arrival, Humphrey Agnew (Sidney Blackmer), causes the crew concern with his strange behavior.
Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1949)
, 1h12
Directed by Fletcher Markle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Marc Lawrence, Myron McCormick, Doe Avedon, Robert Gist
Roles Caroline Riggs (as Betty Harper)
Rating55% 2.79982.79982.79982.79982.7998
The title refers to a jigsaw puzzle and the story begins with the murder of a print shop owner that is quickly labeled a suicide. But newspaper columnist Charlie Riggs is convinced that it was a murder related to a white neo-fascist organization called the Crusaders and imparts this suspicion to Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy. He also publishes this opinion in his column. Then Riggs himself is murdered, inducing Malloy to launch an investigation into the Crusaders. Because the group appears to be getting backing from organized crime, Malloy looks there, soon receiving unasked-for help from a crime boss called Angel, who recommends him for the position of special prosecutor.