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Dorothy Hart is a Actor American born on 4 april 1922 at Cleveland (USA)

Dorothy Hart

Dorothy Hart
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 april 1922 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 11 july 2004 (at 82 years) at Asheville (USA)

Dorothy Hart (April 4, 1922 – July 11, 2004) was an American screen actress, known mostly for her supporting roles. She is best remembered as Howard Duff's fiancée in the 1948 film The Naked City.

Biography

Au cinéma, Dorothy Hart apparaît dans seize films américains, depuis le western La Vallée maudite de George Waggner (1947, avec Randolph Scott et Barbara Britton) jusqu'à Les requins font la loi de Seymour Friedman (1952, avec George Raft et Paul Stewart).

Entretemps, mentionnons La Cité sans voiles de Jules Dassin (1948, avec Barry Fitzgerald et Howard Duff), La Fille des prairies de George Sherman (1949, avec Yvonne De Carlo et Howard Duff), I Was a Communist for the FBI de Gordon Douglas (1951, avec Frank Lovejoy et Philip Carey), ou encore Tarzan défenseur de la jungle (son avant-dernier film, 1952, où elle personnifie Jane aux côtés de Lex Barker dans le rôle-titre).

Puis, pour la télévision américaine, elle contribue à des épisodes de quatorze séries, diffusés entre 1953 et 1955, dont Four Star Playhouse (épisode Second Dawn, 1954, avec Charles Boyer).

Dorothy Hart se retire après son second mariage en 1954.

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Filmography of Dorothy Hart (15 films)

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Actress

Loan Shark
Loan Shark (1952)
, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott, Russell Johnson
Roles Ann Nelson
Rating63% 3.191953.191953.191953.191953.19195
An ex-con avenges his brother's death by infiltrating vicious loan rackets.
Tarzan's Savage Fury, 1h21
Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles, Charles Korvin, Peter Mamakos
Roles Jane
Rating57% 2.852042.852042.852042.852042.85204
Tarzan agrees, against his better judgement, to guide British government agents Edwards and Rokov into the land of the Wazuri Tribe, to harvest uncut diamonds for national-defense purposes. But it transpires the agents are secretly criminals who intend to use the gems for their own sinister purposes.
I Was a Communist for the FBI, 1h17
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, Richard Webb, James Millican, Ron Hagerthy
Roles Eve Merrick
Rating60% 3.046693.046693.046693.046693.04669
Matt Cvetic (Frank Lovejoy), who works in a Pittsburgh steel mill, has been infiltrating the Communist Party for the FBI in Pittsburgh for nine years. During this time he has been unable to tell his family about his dual role, so they believe he is a Communist and despise him.
Raton Pass
Raton Pass (1951)
, 1h24
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran, Scott Forbes, Dorothy Hart, Louis Jean Heydt
Roles Lena Casamajor
Rating62% 3.1326953.1326953.1326953.1326953.132695
A low-level feud in 1880 New Mexico Territory pits wealthy rancher Pierre Challon and son Marc versus homesteaders on the other side of Raton Pass. The Challon Ranch is so large that it is split in two by the Raton Pass, and the Challons have leased the strip from the homesteaders to allow their 10,000 head of cattle to graze on all parts of the ranch.
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison, 1h27
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey, Ted de Corsia, Michael Tolan, Scott Forbes
Rating65% 3.2899953.2899953.2899953.2899953.289995
During 1920s, before the 1944 California prison reform, Warden Ben Rickey (Ted De Corsia) rules Folsom Prison with ruthless control. He believes that prisons should be used more for punishing the captive convicts, rather than using the time that they would spend behind the walls of the prison as an opportunity to reform their unruly behavior and repeated returns to a life behind bars. His methods of control are violent, torturous, and meant to beat the prisoners into submission.
Outside the Wall, 1h20
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Richard Basehart, Marilyn Maxwell, Signe Hasso, Dorothy Hart, Joseph Pevney, John Hoyt
Roles Ann Taylor
Rating66% 3.33113.33113.33113.33113.3311
Ex-convict Larry Nelson (Basehart), paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, has problems finding employment. Determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, he takes a job as a lab assistant in a country sanitarium. There he falls for attractive nurse Charlotte (Maxwell). Larry learns that the sanitarium is a front for a robbery syndicate and finally finds himself a clay pigeon for the gang. Sweet-and-wholesome nurse Ann (Hart) helps Larry to get out of the unpleasant situation.
Undertow
Undertow (1949)
, 1h11
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Scott Brady, Bruce Bennett, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow, Rock Hudson, John Russell
Roles Sally Lee
Rating65% 3.2904353.2904353.2904353.2904353.290435
Tony Reagan (Scott Brady), a former Chicago mobster and ex-con, is vacationing in Reno at a lodge. He bumps into an old friend/former colleague from Chicago named Danny Morgan (John Russell). It turns out they are both engaged to be married.
Take One False Step, 1h34
Directed by Chester Erskine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart, James Gleason, Felix Bressart
Roles Helen Gentling
Rating63% 3.190733.190733.190733.190733.19073
A married college professor agrees to have a drink with an old girlfriend; the next day he's being hunted for her murder.
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass, 1h25
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Historical, Western
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Lloyd Bridges, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker, Norman Lloyd
Roles Katherine Egan
Rating59% 2.952032.952032.952032.952032.95203
Sam Bass débarque dans une petite ville pour y trouver un emploi. Mal reçu par le sheriff du lieu qui n'aime pas les joueurs, il fait la connaissance de Calamity Jane et finit sur la pression de l'entourage à trouver un emploi chez ce même sheriff. Là, il tombe amoureux de la soeur de ce dernier et promet de l'épouser. Avant cela il souhaite faire fortune en acquérant un cheval de course qu'il inscrit à une compétition dans la ville d'Albuquerque. Il y mise non seulement son argent personnel mais aussi celui des ranchers pour lesquels il travaille après s'être querellé avec le sheriff. Malheureusement la course est truquée et Sam Bass doit maintenant récupérer les 16000 dollars correspondants. Il attaque le convoi qui transporte l'argent et est désormais poursuivi pour attaque à main armée, puis pour meurtre.
The Countess of Monte Cristo, 1h17
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Olga San Juan, Dorothy Hart, Arthur Treacher, John James, Arthur O'Connell, Gino Corrado
Roles Peg Manning
Rating59% 2.9571452.9571452.9571452.9571452.957145
Right before closing time Karen Kirsten and Jenny Johnsen, who work as waitresses at an Oslo night club, get an offer from the National Studios assistant director Jensen. He promises to make them both famous, and wants to give them screen test auditions. They accept the offer, and the very next day the girls show up at the film studio to try out for roles in the company's new production "Countess of Monte Cristo". There are two roles available: the countess herself and her maid.
The Naked City, 1h36
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Ted de Corsia, David Opatoshu, James Gregory
Roles Ruth Morrison
Rating74% 3.7469653.7469653.7469653.7469653.746965
In the late hours of a hot New York summer night, a pair of men subdue and kill Jean Dexter, an ex-model, by knocking her out with chloroform and drowning her in her bathtub. When one of the murderers, conscience-stricken, gets drunk, the other kills him, then lifts his body into the air and throws it into the East River.
Larceny
Larceny (1948)
, 1h29
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters, Dorothy Hart, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Madeline
Rating68% 3.438343.438343.438343.438343.43834
Con man Rick Maxon (Payne) tries to swindle war widow Deborah (Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Rick falls in love with Deborah he has pangs of remorse. But he reckons without enamored moll Tory (Winters) and his gang boss Randall (Duryea).
Down to Earth, 1h41
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Musical films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Rita Hayworth, Roland Culver, Larry Parks, James Gleason, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton
Roles The New Terpsichore
Rating60% 3.049393.049393.049393.049393.04939
Hayworth stars as the Muse Terpsichore who is annoyed that popular Broadway producer Danny Miller (Parks) is putting on a play which portrays the Muses as man-crazy tarts fighting for the attention of a pair of Air Force pilots who crashed on Mount Parnassus (in mythology, the Muses lived on Mount Helicon). She asks permission from Mr. Jordan to go to Earth and fix the play. Jordan agrees and sends Messenger 7013 (Horton) to keep an eye on her.
The Exile
The Exile (1947)
, 1h35
Directed by Max Ophüls
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., María Montez, Rita Corday, Henry Daniell, Nigel Bruce, Robert Coote
Roles Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2916753.2916753.2916753.2916753.291675
In 1660, Charles Stuart (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), deposed as king of England by Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads, is in exile in the Netherlands with a few loyalists, awaiting the right opportunity to return. Whilst bartering in a local marketplace, he meets Katie (Rita Corday), a Dutch farm owner and flower seller.
Gunfighters, 1h27
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Bruce Cabot, Charley Grapewin, John Miles, Steven Geray
Roles Jane Banner
Rating62% 3.14113.14113.14113.14113.1411
Trying to put his life as a gunfighter behind him, Brazos Kane goes off to join old pal Bob Tyrell at the Inskip ranch, only to see him gunned down by an unseen shooter.