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Dorothy Malone (born January 30, 1925) is an American actress. Image File history File links Dorothy_Malone. ... Image File history File links Dorothy_Malone. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

She was christened Dorothy Eloise Maloney. Much of her early career was spent in supporting roles in Grade-B Westerns, although on occasion she had the opportunity to play small but memorable roles, such as that of the young, brainy, lusty, bespectacled bookstore clerk in The Big Sleep, with Humphrey Bogart, in 1946. Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... The Big Sleep (1946) was the first movie version of Raymond Chandlers 1939 novel of the same name. ... Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 - January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1956, Malone dyed her hair blonde to co-star with Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Stack in director Douglas Sirk's melodrama, Written on the Wind. Her portrayal of the dipso-nymphomaniac daughter of a Texas oil baron won her the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. As a result, she was offered meatier roles in better films, including Man of a Thousand Faces (with James Cagney), Tarnished Angels (again with Hudson and Stack, again directed by Sirk), and The Last Voyage (with Stack). 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, famous for his rugged good looks. ... Lauren Bacall (born 16 September 1924) is an American film and stage actress and a former model. ... Robert Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003), born Robert Langford Modini, was an American actor famous for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries. ... Douglas Sirk - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Official language(s) None. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Jimmy Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ...

Malone became a household name when she accepted the lead role of Constance MacKenzie Carson on the ABC primetime serial Peyton Place, on which she starred from 1964 through 1968. Her last notable screen appearance was as a mother convicted of murdering her family in Basic Instinct (1992), with Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Peyton Place was Americas first long-running nighttime soap opera. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Basic Instinct (released March 20, 1992) is an American mystery film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Michael Douglas at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, June 19, 2004 Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) is an Oscar winning American actor and producer. ... Sharon Vonne Stone (b. ...

Malone was married and divorced three times and has two daughters from her first marriage. Well known in Hollywood to be a heavy drinker, she often came into conflict with film directors and movie moguls alike. Famed actor, Richard Widmark walked off a set while filming a picture with her because she showed up to work drunk too many times than his patience would allow. During the filming of Written on the Wind she supposedly shot her drunk scene while actually inebriated. Apparently the director didn't realize she was using real alcohol in the props that day. A drunken Dorothy Malone slurred through her lines and staggered around the set and everyone thought she was trying to stay in character, but in reality it was reported she was falling down drunk during most of that film's production. Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an American film actor. ... Written on the Wind is a 1956 film with Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone. ...

External links

• Dorothy Malone entry at the Internet Movie Database
• Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Dorothy Malone
• Dorothy Malone Photo Gallery