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person_profile-Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Dorothy Coonan Wellman Died at age: 95

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Date of Birth:

Nov 25, 1913

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 16, 2009

Biography of

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Dorothy Coonan Wellman (November 25, 1913 - September 16, 2009) was an American actress and dancer. Wellman was the widow of film director William Wellman, to whom she was married from 1934 until his death in 1975. Wellman cast her in several of his films. Her career as a dancer began at the age of 14 with Warner Brothers Studios. Her early film credits as an on-screen dancer and actress included small, uncredited parts in such early talkies as The Broadway Melody (1929), Whoopee! (1930), Kiki (1931) Palmy Days (1931), and The Kid from Spain (1932). Her best-known films were 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933. Many of the films in which she appeared were choreographed by Busby Berkeley.

    Film director William Wellman cast Coonan as "Sally" in his 1933 film, Wild Boys of the Road. This was the only role she played in which she was credited or had a character with a name. She makes an uncredited appearance in Wellman's The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) as an army nurse nicknamed Red who marries a soldier on the battlefield, only to be widowed shortly afterwards.

Filmography of

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Found 10 Movies in total

... 2003

Story of G.I. Joe

Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Wild Boys of the Road

Sally ( Actor )

... 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Digger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

42nd Street

Chorus Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Kid from Spain

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

They Call It Sin

Chorus Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Whoopee!

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Show of Shows

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Broadway Melody

Chorus Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929