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She was born Dorothy Arlene Dodd on December 29, 1911 in Baxter, Iowa when her Little Rock, Arkansas parents were on a trip to Des Moines. Her father was a doctor who abandoned her and her mother before she was ten years old. Her mother suffered from tuberculosis and Dorothy was forced to support her. She went to New York at the age of fifteen, lied about her age, and joined the Ziegfeld Follies where she was eventually discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of Fox.
Zanuck brought her to Hollywood and shepherded her throughout most of her career. She worked for Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Universal. She typically played the conniving "other" woman and could not be cast as a "dumb blonde" because of her cerebral nature and demeanor. Good friends with Bette Davis, with whom she worked in Ex-Lady (1933), she worked with everyone from Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn to Barbara Stanwyck, and James Cagney.
She played famed Girl Friday Della Street in a couple of 1930s Perry Mason mystery film thrillers, starring Warren William and in one (The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)), she married Mason, the only Della Street to do so. She played the female lead in In the Navy (1941) opposite Dick Powell but received lesser billing, which she claimed was a standard procedure practiced on her in recompense for her aloofness and refusal to go along with the Hollywood system. In fact, one reporter whom she rebuffed nicknamed her "Ice Bucket" and the reputation stuck.
She worked in almost sixty films between 1930 and 1942. She quit films and married second husband H. Brand Cooper, with whom she raised four children. She undertook and completed this phase of her life after age forty, giving birth to her last child at the age of forty-seven. She was, to say the least, a remarkable woman. She died in the family home from cancer on November 23, 1973, aged 61.- Roger Herren was a handsome young U.S. actor of brief acclaim in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Blessed with good looks and southern charm, Herren appeared to be headed for stardom, yet he is known to have had only one credited film role and one credited stage role.
Born in Baxter, Tennessee, in September 1945, Herren is the older of four sons of a carpenter father and homemaker mother. He joined the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1968 after serving in Vietnam. As a boy he excelled as a volleyball player and was considered Olympic caliber when he played in the International Military League.
After his discharge from the Navy he secured his first role (uncredited) in the 1969 big-budget musical film production of Lerner and Loewe's Paint Your Wagon (1969) starring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin. He had a higher-profile stage role with credits as the cowboy gigolo in southwest U.S. stage productions of "The Boys in the Band."
His career peaked and ended with his co-starring performance as Rusty Godowsky in the 1970 film of Gore Vidal's 1968 best-seller Myra Breckinridge (1970). The controversial film featured established stars Raquel Welch in the title role, Mae West and John Huston, as well as other newcomers Farrah Fawcett, who played Herren's girlfriend, and Tom Selleck, in a small but unforgettable role opposite the inimitable West (he lost the larger role to Herren). The film was a flop and his acting career tapered off.
Amid his brief time in front of the lights and cameras, Herren had something of a roller-coaster personal life which included dating Barbara Thinnes, ex-wife of actor Roy Thinnes. He lived inauspiciously in Santa Barbara, California and could still be found on the beach until his death at the age of 68. - Byron Stewart was born on 1 May 1956 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), St. Elsewhere (1982) and The White Shadow (1978).
- Pamela Raymond was born on 3 January 1929 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Homicide (1964), Ring of Terror (1961) and Sanctuary (1961). She was married to Ben Cooper and Raymond Bernard Ottestad (Patrick Bernard Raymond). She died on 30 August 2008 in Dana Point, California, USA.
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Mark Herron was born on 8 July 1928 in Baxter, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Girl in Gold Boots (1968), 8½ (1963) and Eye of the Cat (1969). He was married to Judy Garland. He died on 13 January 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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JoeDon Rooney was born on 13 September 1975 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), To Appomattox (2015) and The Christmas Trap (2018). He was previously married to Tiffany Fallon.- Florence Dye was born on 1 September 1888 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Scapegoat (1912), The Boob (1912) and A Motorcycle Adventure (1912). She was married to William Duncan. She died on 6 May 1958 in San Bernardino, California, USA.
- William Jay was born on 15 May 1935 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Great Performances (1971), Out of It (1969) and N.Y.P.D. (1967).
- Booker Edgerson was born on 5 July 1939 in Baxter, Arkansas, USA.