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Dorothy Jordan is a Actor American born on 9 august 1906 at Clarksville (USA)

Dorothy Jordan

Dorothy Jordan
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 august 1906 at Clarksville (USA)
Death 7 december 1988 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dorothy Jordan (August 9, 1906 – December 7, 1988) was an American movie actress who had a short but successful career beginning in talking pictures in 1929.

Biography

Au théâtre, Dorothy Jordan débute à Broadway (New York) en 1926, comme 'chorus girl', dans la revue Garrick Gaieties of 1926 , du tandem Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart. Elle apparaît ensuite dans trois comédies musicales, les deux dernières étant Funny Face (1927-1928, avec Adele et Fred Astaire) et Treasure Girl (1928-1929, avec Gertrude Lawrence), de George et Ira Gershwin.

En 1929, elle entame une brève carrière au cinéma et collabore à vingt-trois films américains (notamment des films musicaux), les deux derniers sortis en 1933. Mentionnons Les Titans du ciel de George W. Hill (1931, avec Wallace Beery et Clark Gable) et Ombres vers le sud de Michael Curtiz (1932, avec Richard Barthelmess et Bette Davis). En 1933, elle épouse en secondes noces le producteur et réalisateur Merian C. Cooper (dont elle restera veuve, à la mort de celui-ci en 1973). Elle se retire alors quasiment, pour se consacrer à sa famille.

Par l'entremise de son mari, cofondateur avec le réalisateur John Ford de la société de production cinématographique Argosy Pictures, Dorothy Jordan accepte de revenir à l'écran (pour un petit rôle) dans Le soleil brille pour tout le monde (1953, avec Charles Winninger et Arleen Whelan), dernier film de Ford produit par l'Argosy. Avant de se retirer définitivement, elle contribue encore à deux autres films de John Ford, La Prisonnière du désert (1956, dans le rôle introductif de la belle-sœur de John Wayne), puis L'aigle vole au soleil (1957, avec John Wayne et Maureen O'Hara).

Best films

Min and Bill (1930)
(Actress)

Usually with

Ward Bond
Ward Bond
(4 films)
David Landau
David Landau
(4 films)
John Ford
John Ford
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dorothy Jordan (27 films)

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Actress

The Wings of Eagles, 1h50
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Sig Ruman
Roles Rose Brentmann
Rating65% 3.296763.296763.296763.296763.29676
Soon after World War I is over, "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), along with John Dale Price (Ken Curtis), tries to prove to the Navy the value of aviation in combat. To do this, Wead pushes the Navy to compete in racing and endurance competitions. Several races are against the US Army aviation team led by Captain Herbert Allen Hazard (based on Jimmy Doolittle – played by Kenneth Tobey).
The Searchers, 1h58
Directed by John Ford, Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, John Qualen
Roles Martha Edwards
Rating77% 3.899153.899153.899153.899153.89915
It is 1868. Ethan Edwards (Wayne) returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron (Walter Coy) in the wilderness of West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy, and in the three years since that war ended he apparently fought in the Mexican revolutionary war as well. He has a large quantity of gold coins of uncertain origin in his possession, and a medal from the Mexican campaign that he gives to his eight-year-old niece, Debbie (played as a child by Lana Wood). As a former Confederate soldier, he is asked to take an oath of allegiance to the Texas Rangers; he refuses. As Rev. Captain Samuel Clayton (Ward Bond) remarks, Ethan "fits a lot of descriptions".
The Sun Shines Bright, 1h30
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors Charles Winninger, John Russell, Arleen Whelan, Russell Simpson, Stepin Fetchit, Francis Ford
Roles Lucy Lee's Mother
Rating68% 3.4417253.4417253.4417253.4417253.441725
Sur fond de campagne électorale en 1905 dans une petite ville du Kentucky, des hommes se déchirent pour une femme. Alcoolique notoire, le juge Priest se représente aux élections locales. Prenant la défense d'un jeune Noir accusé injustement d'un viol d’une Blanche et participe aux obsèques d’une prostituée notoire, ce qui lui vaut le respect des uns et l’hostilité des autres. De vieux secrets de familles resurgissent...
One Man's Journey, 1h12
Directed by John S. Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lionel Barrymore, May Robson, Dorothy Jordan, Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, David Landau
Roles Letty McGinnis
Rating66% 3.34333.34333.34333.34333.3433
Le docteur Eli Watt, un médecin de campagne, revient dans son village natal dans l'amérique profonde du début du XX siècle. Une jeune femme célibataire et enceinte vient frapper à sa porte.
Hell Divers, 1h49
Directed by George William Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Wallace Beery, Clark Gable, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Marie Prevost
Roles Ann Mitchell
Rating63% 3.1968953.1968953.1968953.1968953.196895
Chief Petty Officer "Windy" Riker (Beery)is a veteran aerial gunner of a Navy Helldiver dive bomber and the leading chief of Fighting Squadron One, about to go to Panama aboard the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. He loses his five-year title of "champion machine gunner" after young C.P.O. Steve Nelson (Gable) joins the squadron. Windy, notorious for using his fists to enforce discipline, is charged by local police with wrecking a Turkish bath. Windy is saved from arrest, however, when Lieutenant Commander Jack Griffin ( Miljan), skipper of the squadron, intervenes on his behalf. Griffin and his second-in-command, Lieutenant "Duke" Johnson (Nagle), agree that Nelson is the best candidate to replace Windy as he ponders retirement.
The Lost Squadron, 1h19
Directed by George Archainbaud, Paul Sloane, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Joel McCrea, Hugh Herbert, Erich von Stroheim
Roles 'Pest' Curwood
Rating63% 3.195663.195663.195663.195663.19566
Captain "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) and his close friend "Red" (Joel McCrea) spend the last hours of World War I in the air, shooting down more of the enemy. They then return to America with fellow pilot and comrade "Woody" Curwood (Robert Armstrong) and their mechanic Fritz (Hugh Herbert) to an uncertain future.
That's My Boy, 1h11
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Jordan, Mae Marsh, Douglass Dumbrille, Leon Ames, Arthur Stone
Roles Dorothy Rogers
Rating55% 2.768152.768152.768152.768152.76815
Expecting to become a doctor, Thomas Jefferson Scott enrolls at Thorpe University. A football coach there, "Daisy" Adams, finds out that while small, Tommy is quick and elusive and a natural at the sport. Tommy isn't interested in football, but jumps at the coach's offer of free tuition.
The Cabin in the Cotton, 1h18
Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Jordan, Bette Davis, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, David Landau
Roles Betty Wright
Rating65% 3.2970353.2970353.2970353.2970353.297035
Marvin Blake is a sharecropper's son who wants to better himself by continued schooling instead of working in the fields under the heat in the Deep South. Initially, greedy plantation owner Lane Norwood is opposed to the idea and says he needs to work in his fields, but after the sudden death of his over-worked father, he grudgingly helps Blake achieve his goal and gives the young man a job as a bookkeeper when his vampish daughter Madge intercedes on his behalf. Blake uncovers irregularities in Norwood's accounts and soon finds himself embroiled in a battle between management and workers and torn between the seductive Madge and his longtime sweetheart Betty Wright.
The Roadhouse Murder, 1h13
Directed by J. Walter Ruben, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden, Purnell Pratt, Roscoe Ates, David Landau, Bruce Cabot
Roles Mary Agnew
Rating52% 2.6241652.6241652.6241652.6241652.624165
This script must be run from the command line
Down To Earth, 1h19
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Rogers, Dorothy Jordan, Irene Rich, Matty Kemp, Mary Carlisle, Clarence Wilson
Roles Julia Pearson
Rating60% 3.048673.048673.048673.048673.04867