| Birth: | Dec. 16, 1920 | | Death: | Dec. 15, 1968 | 
Actress. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was a Las Vegas showgirl when she began performing as an extra in the film "The Razors Edge" (1946). Her other movie credits included "Road to Rio" (1947), "Red, Hot and Blue" (1949), "The Caddy" (1953), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Jailhouse Rock" (1957) and "Sergeants 3" (1962). For television, she appeared in "Dragnet", " Ford Theatre", "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" and "Leave it to Beaver". She was also married to actor Rudy Diaz. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Suicide
Search Amazon for Dorothy Abbott | | | Burial:
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Whittier
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Valley Lawn, Lot 2939
GPS (lat/lon): 34.00576, -118.05087 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 13, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 6932 |
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Stephen
Added: May. 21, 2013 |
I just saw Dorothy in an episode of "Dragnet" where she was Sgt. Friday's girlfriend. She was a very pretty woman. I researched her, and discovered she lived a very sad life. In fact, she committed suicide a day before her 48th birthday in 1968. She is r...(Read more)
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Boomerfan1948
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