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Dolores Donlon
American actress and model (1920-2012) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dolores Donlon (born Patricia Vaniver; September 19, 1920 – November 30, 2012) was an American model and actress.[1]
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Career
Born in 1920 in Philadelphia and raised in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, Donlon attended a convent school in Tarrytown, New York. She later trimmed a few years off her age by claiming 1926 was her year of birth when she began modeling in the mid-1940s under the name Pat Van Iver.[2] for the Walter Thornton Model Agency.[3] She began acting in 1948 with uncredited walk-on parts in movies including Dough Girls and Easter Parade.
In 1946, she was elected Queen of the Ball by the New York Press Photographers Association.[4] By 1954, she was playing credited roles in movies such as The Long Wait and Security Risk, and appearing in television series. Her television credits include roles in Have Gun - Will Travel, The Texan, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Maverick, Perry Mason, The Jack Benny Program, 77 Sunset Strip and I Love Lucy.
In 1957, Donlon was Playboy's August Playmate of the Month.[1]
She starred in Italian director Franco Rossi's 1961 film Nude Odyssey.[5]
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Marriages
Donlon married to Hollywood talent agent Victor Orsatti in 1949;[6] they separated in 1958 and were divorced in 1960.[7][8] She retired from acting in 1962, after marrying New York Philharmonic violinist Robert dePasquale.[9] She later divorced dePasquale and married Fernando Mendez. That union also ended in divorce.[9] All three marriages were childless.[9]
Death
Donlon died in her native Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 30, 2012, aged 92.[10]
Filmography
- 1959 Perry Mason as Dawn Manning, episode: "The Case of the Calendar Girl"
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