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Dorothy Butts(1921-1991)

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Dorothy Butts was born on 22 December 1921 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Doctors (1963), Hill Street Blues (1981) and Busting Loose (1977). She died on 24 April 1991 in New York, New York, USA.
BornDecember 22, 1921
DiedApril 24, 1991(69)
BornDecember 22, 1921
DiedApril 24, 1991(69)
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Dorothy Butts, Franklin Cover, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)
Dorothy Butts and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)

Known for

David O'Brien in The Doctors (1963)
The Doctors
7.2
TV Series
  • Nurse Dorothy Grant
  • Nurse Dorothy Taylor
  • Nurse Dorothy Butts
  • Nurse Grant
  • Nurse Butts
  • Nurse Dorothy
Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
Hill Street Blues
8.2
TV Series
  • Landlady
Busting Loose
7.8
TV Series
  • Mrs. St. Williams
Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Trapper John, M.D.
6.6
TV Series
  • Mother

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Actress

  • The Paper Chase (1973)
    The Paper Chase
  • Brad Davis in Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
    Robert Kennedy and His Times
  • Lee Horsley in Matt Houston (1982)
    Matt Houston
  • Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)
    Highway to Heaven
  • Pamela Bellwood, Anthony Franciosa, and Christopher Norris in Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
    Finder of Lost Loves
  • Marla Gibbs, Paul Benedict, Franklin Cover, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Isabel Sanford, and Berlinda Tolbert in The Jeffersons (1975)
    The Jeffersons
  • Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
    Hill Street Blues
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
  • Robert Culp, Gary Graham, and Lee Grant in Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982)
    Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • Stand by Your Man (1981)
    Stand by Your Man
  • Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Little House on the Prairie
  • The White Shadow (1978)
    The White Shadow
  • Busting Loose
  • Serpico (1976)
    Serpico
  • David O'Brien in The Doctors (1963)
    The Doctors
    • ...

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    • December 22, 1921
    • New York, New York, USA
    • April 24, 1991
    • New York, New York, USA(undisclosed)
    • Isabel Sanford(Cousin)

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    Cousin of Isabel Sanford.

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