Dorothy Abbott

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Dorothy Abbott
Born	December 16, 1920(1920-12-16) Kansas City, Missouri
Died	December 15, 1968 (aged 47) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	film actress
Years active	1946-1964
Spouse(s)	Rudy Diaz (1949-1968)

Dorothy Abbott (December 16, 1920 – December 15, 1968) was an American film actress.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 2.1 Television 3 External links

Biography

Abbott appeared in many films between the 1940s and 1960s, as an extra. She was married to Rudy Diaz when he was a police officer. In Las Vegas she was a showgirl (known as the girl with the golden arm) at the Flamingo Hotel. She also appeared in Dragnet playing Seargeant Joe Friday's girlfriend. She also modeled and sold real estate when the roles were far and few between.

In a fit of depression over the break-up of her marriage, she committed suicide in Los Angeles on December 15, 1968, a day before her 48th birthday.

Filmography

The Razor's Edge (Uncredited, 1946) Road to Rio (Uncredited, 1947) A Virgin in Hollywood (Uncredited, 1948) Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Uncredited, 1948) Words and Music (Uncredited, 1948) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (Uncredited, 1949) Little Women (Uncredited, 1949) Neptune's Daughter (Uncredited, 1949) Red, Hot and Blue (1949) Angels in Disguise (Uncredited, 1949) East Side, West Side (Uncredited, 1949) Annie Get Your Gun (Uncredited, 1950) Where Danger Lives (Uncredited, 1950) The Petty Girl (Uncredited, 1950) A Life of Her Own (Uncredited, 1950) His Kind of Woman (Uncredited, 1951) My Favorite Spy (Uncredited, 1951) The Las Vegas Story (Uncredited, 1952) Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (Uncredited, 1952) The Caddy (Uncredited, 1953)

A Virgin in Hollywood (1953) There's No Business Like Show Business (Uncredited, 1954) Love Me or Leave Me (Uncredited, 1955) Rebel Without a Cause (Uncredited, 1955) Pardners (Uncredited, 1956) Everything But the Truth (Uncredited, 1956) The Great Man (Uncredited, 1956) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Uncredited, 1957) The Unholy Wife (Uncredited, 1957) Jailhouse Rock (Uncredited, 1957) Jet Pilot (Uncredited, 1957) South Pacific (1958) Rock-A-Bye Baby (Uncredited, 1958) The Apartment (Uncredited, 1960) Pepe (Uncredited, 1960) Sergeants 3 (1962) That Touch of Mink (Uncredited, 1962) A Gathering of Eagles (1963) Palm Springs Weekend (Uncredited, 1963) Dear Heart (Uncredited, 1964)

Television

• The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode, 1953)
• Dragnet (6 episodes, 1953-1954)
• The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (2 episodes, 1957-1960)
• Leave It to Beaver (2 episodes, 1963)
• Vacation Playhouse (1 episode, 1963)

External links

• Dorothy Abbott at the Internet Movie Database
• Dorothy Abbott at Allmovie
• Dorothy Abbott at TV.com
• Dorothy Abbott at Find A Grave

Persondata
NAME	Abbott, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kansas City, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1968
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California

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