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Dorothy Lee (actress)
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Years active
1929–1941
Name
Dorothy Lee
Role
Actress
Full Name
Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap
Born
May 23, 1911 (
1911-05-23
)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
June 24, 1999, San Diego, California, United States
Spouse
Charles Calderini (m. 1960–1985)
Movies
Rio Rita, Hook - Line and Sinker, Half Shot at Sunrise, Hips - Hips - Hooray!, Cockeyed Cavaliers
Similar People
Robert Woolsey, Jimmie Fidler, William A Seiter, Fred Guiol, Edward F Cline
Miss dorothy lee
Dorothy Lee (May 23, 1911 – June 24, 1999) was an American actress and comedian during the 1930s, usually appearing alongside the popular Wheeler & Woolsey comedy team.
Born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap in Los Angeles, she started seeking film roles in 1929, after graduating from high school, but ended up in New York City working on the stage. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with Wheeler & Woolsey; she became so identified with the comedians that she seldom appeared apart from them.
She withdrew from the series after producer David O. Selznick tampered with her performance in Girl Crazy; she returned when Selznick's successor Mark Sandrich cast her in two well-received features in 1934. RKO replaced her with Mary Carlisle and then Betty Grable, but she returned in 1935 for two final appearances.
In the early 1940s, after Robert Woolsey had died, Bert Wheeler was struggling to re-establish himself as a solo performer, and asked Dorothy Lee to tour with him in vaudeville. She immediately interrupted her private life to help her old friend.
Personal life
Lee was married six times, including briefly to Hollywood gossip columnist Jimmie Fidler. She had four children by her fifth husband - and longest married to - in 1941-1960, Frank John Bersbach, Jr. who was a son of Manz Corporation VP Frank John Bersbach, Sr.
She died in June 24, 1999, at the age of 88., in San Diego, California from respiratory failure
Filmography
Actress
1941
Too Many Blondes as
Lorene La Rue
1941
Roar of the Press as
Frances Harris
1941
Repent at Leisure as
Flip Sales Girl (uncredited)
1940
Laddie as
Louise (uncredited)
1939
S.O.S. Tidal Wave as
Mable
1939
Twelve Crowded Hours as
Thelma
1936
Silly Billies as
Mary Blake
1935
The Rainmakers as
Margie Spencer
1935
The Old Homestead as
Elsie Wilson
1935
Without Children as
Carol Cole
1935
In the Spotlight (Short) as
Dorothy
1934
The Curtain Falls as
Dot Scorsby (credit only)
1934
If This Isn't Love (Short)
1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers as
Mary Ann Dale
1934
School for Girls as
Dorothy Bosworth
1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray! as
Daisy Maxwell
1933
Mazie as
Mazie
1933
Plane Crazy (Short) as
Dottie
1933
Take a Chance as
Consuelo Raleigh
1933
A Preferred List (Short)
1932
Girl Crazy as
Patsy
1931
Peach O'Reno as
Prudence Bruno
1931
Local Boy Makes Good as
Julia Winters
1931
Full Coverage (Short)
1931
Caught Plastered as
Peggy Morton
1931
Too Many Cooks as
Alice Cook
1931
Cracked Nuts as
Betty Harrington
1931
The Stolen Jools (Short) as
Autograph Signer
1931
Laugh and Get Rich as
Alice Austin
1930
Hook, Line and Sinker as
Mary Marsh
1930
Half Shot at Sunrise as
Annette Marshall
1930
Dixiana as
Nanny - Pewee's Girl
1930
The Cuckoos as
Anita
1929
Rio Rita as
Dolly Bean
1929
Syncopation as
Peggy
1924
The Danger Rider
Soundtrack
2012
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (Documentary) (performer: "Jericho")
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (Video documentary) (performer: "Unidentified Tune", "Whistling the Blues Away" - uncredited)
1936
Silly Billies (performer: "Tumble on Tumbleweed" (1931) - uncredited)
1935
The Rainmakers (performer: "Isn't Love the Grandest Thing?" (1935) - uncredited)
1935
The Old Homestead (performer: "Somehow I Knew")
1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers (performer: "And the Big Bad Wolf was Dead" (1934), "Dilly Dally" (1934) - uncredited)
1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray! ("Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'" (1933), uncredited) / (performer: "Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'" (1933) - uncredited)
1933
Plane Crazy (Short) (performer: "I Feel I'm Safe with You" - uncredited)
1932
Girl Crazy (performer: "You've Got What Gets Me" (1932) - uncredited)
1931
Peach O'Reno (performer: "From Niagara Falls to Reno" - uncredited)
1931
Caught Plastered (performer: "I'm That Way About You" (1931) - uncredited)
