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American actress (1904–1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress.
Dorothy Revier | |
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Born | Doris Valerga[1] April 18, 1904 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 1993 89) Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1921–1936 |
Spouse(s) | Harry Revier (?–1926) William Pelayo (1950–1964) |
Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco[2] on April 18, 1904,[3] Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing family of the Bay Area. Her mother was English and her father was Italian.[3] She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing.
Revier danced with a Russian ballet company on tour, but homesickness brought her back to San Francisco, where she became the featured dancer at Tait's Cafe.[4] She was discovered by a talent agent while working in a cabaret[5] and signed to a film contract by Harry Cohn.[6]
She made her film debut in Life's Greatest Question (1921)[7] and was active throughout the 1920s, playing in The Virgin (1924),[8] The Supreme Test (1923), An Enemy of Men (1925),[9]: 215 The Far Cry (1926),[9]: 230 Cleopatra (1928),[10] Tanned Legs (1929)[11] and The Iron Mask (1929).[9]: 384
After recovering from two broken arms suffered in a 1930 car accident, she played roles in low-budget films for Columbia Pictures. In 1935 she played the role of a saloon girl in Paramount Pictures' second Hopalong Cassidy film, The Eagle's Brood, working alongside William Boyd.[12]: 98 In many films she appeared as a vamp, and she later worked as a free-lance performer in Buck Jones Westerns such as Lovable Liar (1933).[13] The Cowboy and the Kid (1936) was her final film.[12]: 70
Revier was married to director Harry J. Revier, and to commercial artist William Pelayo. Both marriages ended in divorce.[5]
A resident of West Hollywood, Revier died at the age of 89, at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center,[5] and was interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles area, buried under the simple marker of name and dates, marked with the lone inscription, "Beloved Actress."[14]
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