Most Recent Role: on Police Woman
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S.A.
Birthday: 1-20-1937
Birth Name: Dorothy Michele Provine
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Deadwood, South Dakota, U.S.A.
Birthday: 1-20-1937
Birth Name: Dorothy Michele Provine
Leggy blonde actress best known for her television roles in The Alaskans and The Roaring 20's and her film roles in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Great Race, Good Neighbor Sam , and That Darn Cat. Except for a few guest shots in the 70's, Dorothy gave up her acting career in 1968 after getting married to director Robert Day.
Most Recent Appearance
The Trick Book (2)
Tuesday 28 September 1976 on NBC
When Madame DeSalle is found murdered, and the 'trick book' goes missing, Pepper Anderson and Bill Crowley are called in to investigate.
Dorothy once released an album entitled Vamp of the Roaring 20's which was composed of songs she had sung on the television show The Roaring 209's.
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Dorothy and her husband currently reside in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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According to show biz lore, Dorothy was cast in the lead role of the 1958 film The Bonnie Parker Story just three days after she arrived in Hollywood.
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Dorothy's father was a businessman and her mother was an interior decorator.
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Dorothy stood 5 feet, 4 inches tall when she was dancing and singing her little heart out on The Roaring 20's.
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Other Appearances
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The Alaskans
Rocky Shaw |
The Roaring 20's
Pinky Pinkham |
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77 Sunset Strip
Upbeat Nora Shirley |
77 Sunset Strip
Downbeat Nora Shirley |
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77 Sunset Strip
A Nice Social Evening Betty |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Morning After Sharon Trotter |
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American Bandstand
AB-956: Roaring 20's show with Dorothy Provine (Repeat) Herself |
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Simon Says Get Married Julie |
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The Alaskans
When gold was discovered in the Yukon in the 1890s, thousands of hopeful prospectors headed north for a chance at becoming rich. The easiest passage to the Yukon was through the small Alaskan port... more The Roaring 20's
The Roaring Twenties was an attempt by ABC to strike gold a second time after the success of The Untouchables on the network. It featured a Prohibition Era setting and concerned the adventures of... more
When gold was discovered in the Yukon in the 1890s, thousands of hopeful prospectors headed north for a chance at becoming rich. The easiest passage to the Yukon was through the small Alaskan port... more The Roaring 20's
The Roaring Twenties was an attempt by ABC to strike gold a second time after the success of The Untouchables on the network. It featured a Prohibition Era setting and concerned the adventures of... more
