Name	Dorothy Hart (Dorothy J. Hart)
Build	Slim
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Date of Birth	April 4, 1922
Birthplace	Cleveland, Ohio
Star Sign	Aries
Died	July 11, 2004 (Aged 82)
Location of Death	Arden, North Carolina
Cause of Death	complications of Alzheimer`s disease
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
High School	Shaker Heights High School
University	Western Reserve University
Occupation	Actress
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Claim to Fame	The Naked City (1948)
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Quotes

"Acting wasn`t enough. I felt some of the movies were mediocre. I wanted to do something important with my life, so I began working with the American Association for the United Nations. It was very, very fulfilling. I`ll never regret having given up Hollywood for it."

Trivia

Not to be confused with another actress named Dorothy Hart, who did several nude scenes and photo shoots.

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Received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Western Reserve University where she was voted `Homecoming Queen."

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Photoplay named her one of Hollywood`s 10 Most Promising Actresses and awarded her their 1952 "Gold Key." She actually hated Hollywood and moved to New York to work in television, never making another film.

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For her last film Loan Shark (1952) co-starring George Raft, she replaced an ailing (and alcoholic) Gail Russell at the very last minute

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Was a tireless Red Cross worker for years in the 1950s.

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Last movie was as Jane to Lex Barker`s Tarzan in Tarzan`s Savage Fury (1952) in 1952.

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During her salad years, she modeled for advertising and appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, McCalls and Esquire.

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In 1959 she was an observer for the United States to the World Federation of United Nations Association meeting in Geneva.

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While living in New York, Eleanor Roosevelt appointed her to the American Association of the United Nations` speakers committee.

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She won (over 20,000 contestants) a movie contract at Columbia Studios when a newspaperman friend entered her picture in Columbia`s "National Cover Girl" contest in 1944. Instead of taking the contract, she studied drama at the Cleveland Playhouse and in New York because she felt she "wasn`t ready." A few years later, Columbia signed her and she made her debut in Gunfighters (1947) with Randolph Scott.

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Married twice and had a son named Douglas.

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Following her retirement from the cinema, she appeared on TV and was a game show panelist.

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Spouse: Frederick Pittera (1954 - 11 October 1965) (divorced) 1 child

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See also Trivia Index (D) :: Quotes Index (D) :: Connections Index (D)

• Dorothy Hart and Frederick Pittera
• Dorothy Hart and Steve Cochran
• Dorothy Hart and Frank Rosenberg

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