Refined Star Dorothy Lee Hollywood Regency Vintage 1930s RKO Glamour Photograph
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7160639 | Size: 8" x 10" |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: United States | Subject: Dorothy Lee |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Modified Item: No |
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ITEM: This is a vintage and original 1930s photograph of actress and comedian Dorothy Lee, posed in profile for this RKO glamour portrait. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with the Wheeler & Woolsey comedy team, becoming so identified with pair that she seldom appeared apart from them. After appearing in 28 movies, she retired from film work in the early 1940s. This image embodies all the fashion and style we love so much about the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Measures 8" x 10" sepia on glossy single-weight paper stockTyped notation on verso.
CONDITION: Fine condition with only light edge and corner wear. Please use the included images as a conditional guide.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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After finishing high school, Dorothy Lee went to vaudeville, sang with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvaninans and made her film debut in Syncopation (1929). In Rio Rita (1929) she was teamed with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey and appeared in almost all of their movies, like Margaret Dumont in The Marx Brothers' films. She had a short marriage to Hollywood gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler in 1931. After the Wheeler and Woolsey team split up, her career drifted away and she left the film business in 1939. She returned for a few more films in the early '40s, but then permanently retired after that.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Stephan Eichenberg
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