About
Perennial starlet Dorothy Abbott was a sexy, vivacious, wide-smiling model, showgirl and actress who could brighten up a room. Unfortunately, her cinematic offerings wound up being pretty minimal and her last years were marred by depression and, ultimately, a tragic end. She was born Dorothy E. Abbott on December 16, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri and started her career off as a chorine with Earl Carroll and his Los Angeles-based revues and in Las Vegas showrooms where she was dubbed the rather mystifying title of "The Girl with the Golden Arm". Paramount Studios perked up on the lovely blonde with the Betty Page-like bangs and gave her a starting contract at $150 a week. Groomed in dozens of decorative "good time girl" bits -- dancers, chorus girls, waitresses, stewardesses, party girls, nurses and models -- she was at the same time promoted as a cheesecake pinup, "winning"...
Known for
DragnetSeries • 1951
Leave It to BeaverSeries • 1957
Singin' in the RainMovie • 1952
The ApartmentMovie • 1960
Rebel Without a CauseMovie • 1955
Little WomenMovie • 1949
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralMovie • 1957
A Gathering of EaglesMovie • 1963
The Unholy WifeMovie • 1957
There's No Business Like Show BusinessMovie • 1954
Neptune's DaughterMovie • 1949
His Kind of WomanMovie • 1951
South PacificMovie • 1958
PardnersMovie • 1956
Lover Come BackMovie • 1961
Annie Get Your GunMovie • 1950
Jet PilotMovie • 1957
Warning ShotMovie • 1967
Night Has a Thousand EyesMovie • 1948
A Life of Her OwnMovie • 1950
Where Danger LivesMovie • 1950
Bachelor in ParadiseMovie • 1961
The Las Vegas StoryMovie • 1952
East Side, West SideMovie • 1949