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Dorothy Stickney is a Actor American born on 21 june 1896 at Dickinson (USA)

Dorothy Stickney

Dorothy Stickney
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Birth name Dorothy Hayes Stickney
Nationality USA
Birth 21 june 1896 at Dickinson (USA)
Death 2 june 1998 (at 101 years) at New York City (USA)

Dorothy Stickney (June 21, 1896 – June 2, 1998) was a Broadway actress best known for appearing in the long running Life with Father.

Biography

Born in Dickinson, North Dakota, Stickney attended the North Western Dramatic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She sang and danced as one of the four Southern Belles in vaudeville and began acting in summer stock companies including Atlanta's Forsyth Players in the early 1920s before she married Howard Lindsay, to whom she would stay married until his death, 41 years later.

Stickney made her Broadway debut in 1926 in The Squall and had a string of hits, frequently playing eccentric characters. She was Liz, the mad scrubwoman, in the original nonmusical version of Chicago, and Mollie Molloy, who dives out of the pressroom window, in The Front Page. With increasingly important roles, she moved on to Philip Goes Forth, Another Language, On Borrowed Time, The Small Hours, To Be Continued and The Honeys.

Stickney received the Barter Award for Best Performance of the Year in 1940 for her role as "Vinnie" in Life with Father, which had been written by her husband, Lindsay, who also co-starred. The award was presented to her by Eleanor Roosevelt.

She also appeared in some films and TV programs, and wrote several poems including "You're Not the Type" and "My Dressing Room". She played the Queen in the original 1957 TV production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and later Aunt Abby in the 1962 Hallmark TV production of Arsenic and Old Lace, with Boris Karloff.

In 1961 she was the second inductee of the North Dakota Roughrider Award. On November 16, 1966, Stickney appeared on ABC's Stage 67 anthology program in Stephen Sondheim's macabre television musical, "Evening Primrose", as Mrs. Monday, the leader of the mannequins who come to life every evening in a department store. One of her last stage roles was as Berthe in the original Broadway run of Pippin in 1976-77. She took over the role from Irene Ryan who died during the run. She also created the role of Emily Baldwin, one of the Baldwin sisters, in the television film The Homecoming : A Christmas Story, which was the pilot for The Waltons TV series.

She died a few weeks before her 102nd birthday in New York City. She had no children and was survived by no immediate family members.

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(4 films)
Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(2 films)
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dorothy Stickney (14 films)

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Actress

I Never Sang for My Father, 1h32
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Hackman, Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Conrad Bain, Elizabeth Hubbard
Roles Margaret Garrison
Rating73% 3.69363.69363.69363.69363.6936
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) is a widowed New York college professor who is in a long distance relationship with a woman in California. Gene wants to marry and move to California, where his girlfriend has her medical practice and is raising her children. His mother is sympathetic to Gene's dreams of moving, although aware of the toll it could take on his father (Douglas). Family tension exists as his father disowned Gene's sister (Parsons), for marrying a Jew. When his mother suddenly dies, Gene's plans are thrown into disarray. Gene has lived in the shadow of his towering father, who is expecting Gene to stay and watch over him. Gene must decide for himself if he'll stay to care for his father or finally move on with his life.
The Catered Affair, 1h32
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald, Rod Taylor, Robert F. Simon
Roles Mrs. Rafferty
Rating73% 3.6955853.6955853.6955853.6955853.695585
Agnes Hurley (Davis) is a frowsy and disillusioned housewife, married to Bronx cabdriver Tom Hurley (Borgnine). She wants something better for her daughter, Jane (Reynolds). When Jane announces her engagement to Ralph Halloran (Taylor), Aggie sees this as an opportunity to have an elaborate wedding, with caterers and all the trimmings, despite the fact that the family cannot afford it, the daughter does not want it and her husband was planning on using the money to purchase a taxi medallion and become self-employed. The film deals with the ensuing conflicts within the family, which also involve Uncle Jack Conlon (Fitzgerald) and most of the neighborhood. It is not until the end of the film that the vain mother realizes what a fool she has been in forcing her own fantasy onto her family.
Miss Tatlock's Millions, 1h41
Directed by Richard Haydn
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors John Lund, Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald, Robert Stack, Monty Woolley, Richard Haydn
Roles Emily Tatlock
Rating67% 3.3867753.3867753.3867753.3867753.386775
Tim Burke, movie stuntman, is approached by a fellow named Denno Noonan with a peculiar offer. Noonan identifies himself as an employee of the eccentric millionaire Schuyler Tatlock, who moved to Hawaii and has not been seen in public for years.
The Uninvited, 1h39
Directed by Charles C. Coleman, Hal Walker, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Ray Milland, Gail Russell, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney
Roles Miss Bird
Rating71% 3.596943.596943.596943.596943.59694
In 1937, London music critic and composer Roderick "Rick" Fitzgerald (Ray Milland) and his sister Pamela (Ruth Hussey) fall in love with Windward House, an abandoned seaside house, during a holiday on Cornwall's rocky coast. They purchase it for an unusually low price from Commander Beech (Donald Crisp).
What a Life, 1h15
Directed by Theodore Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, John Howard, Janice Logan, Fred Niblo, Lionel Stander
Roles Miss Wheeler
Rating67% 3.3672553.3672553.3672553.3672553.367255
In the first Henry Aldrich film, Henry (Jackie Cooper) is falsely accused of making trouble at school. He must clear himself.
I Met My Love Again, 1h17
Directed by George Cukor, Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Alan Marshal, Louise Platt, May Whitty, Alan Baxter
Roles Mrs. Emily Towner
Rating55% 2.758512.758512.758512.758512.75851
The film begins with Julie (Joan Bennett) and Ives (Henry Fonda) are two teen sweethearts, on a walk together. They declare they love each other and want to get married as soon as Ives has earned enough money for them to live on.
I Met My Love Again, 1h17
Directed by George Cukor, Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Louise Platt, Alan Marshal, May Whitty, Alan Baxter
Roles Mrs. Emily Towner
Rating55% 2.758512.758512.758512.758512.75851
Dans le Vermont, l'étudiant Ives Towner refuse d'épouser sa petite amie de longue date, Julie Weir, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait une carrière. Peu de temps après, Julie rencontre et se passionne pour le bel écrivain Michael Shaw, et ils se marient et déménagent à Paris. Des années plus tard, après la mort accidentelle de Michael, Julie et sa fille retournent dans le Vermont pour vivre avec sa tante et Julie trouve Ives, maintenant professeur, désintéressé de reprendre leur relation amoureuse.
The Moon's Our Home, 1h20
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Brennan, Charles Butterworth, Henrietta Crosman, Beulah Bondi
Roles Hilda
Rating65% 3.28953.28953.28953.28953.2895
A comedy about marriage and everything relating to it. New York novelist Henry Fonda meets up with an actress, Margaret Sullavan, and the two date and later marry, though neither knows of the other's fame. The real adventure begins on the honeymoon, when this screwball comedy really heats up with insults and arguments.
The Little Minister, 1h50
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Katharine Hepburn, John Beal, Alan Hale, Donald Crisp, Lumsden Hare, Andy Clyde
Roles Jean
Rating61% 3.0990253.0990253.0990253.0990253.099025
Set in rural 1840s Scotland, the plot focuses on labor and class issues while telling the story of Gavin Dishart, a staid cleric newly assigned to Thrums' Auld Licht church, and Babbie, a member of the nobility who disguises herself as a gypsy girl in order to interact freely with the local villagers and protect them from her guardian, Lord Rintoul, who wants to keep them under his control. Initially the conservative Dishart is appalled by the feisty girl, but he soon comes to appreciate her inner goodness. Their romantic liaison scandalizes the townspeople, and the minister's position is jeopardized until Babbie's true identity is revealed.
Murder at the Vanities, 1h29
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Gertrude Michael, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney
Roles Norma Watson
Rating64% 3.2452953.2452953.2452953.2452953.245295
Jack Ellery (Oakie) is staging a lavish musical revue, starring Eric Lander (Brisson), Ann Ware (Carlisle), and Rita Ross (Michael), supported by a cast of a hundred background singers/dancers (almost all women, and many scantily clad) and two full orchestras. On opening night, just before the show, somebody tries to kill Ware several times. Ellery calls in police lieutenant Murdock (McLaglen) of the homicide squad to investigate. During the show a private detective and then Rita are murdered. Ellery hides this from the rest of the performers, claiming the victims are just sick, and talks Murdock into investigating while the revue continues on, otherwise Ellery will go broke.
Working Girls, 1h17
Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Buddy Rogers, Paul Lukas, Stuart Erwin, Frances Dee, Mary Forbes, Claire Dodd
Roles Loretta
Rating63% 3.1914953.1914953.1914953.1914953.191495
Two sisters from Indiana, Mae and June Thorpe, move into a house for homeless girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator. June begins dating Pat Kelly, a saxophone player who lavishes her with gifts. Mae begins to date Boyd Wheeler, a successful lawyer. Mae turns down a marriage proposal from von Schraeder, and von Shraeder asks that she then quit her job so he will not be hurt by having her around. Mae compromises her virtue with Boyd by staying alone with him one night in his apartment. She suffers for her choice when he goes out of town for a month and returns engaged to a socialite.