Actress/model. Born Ruth Edwin Anderson in Toledo, Ohio, on December 17, 1918, Dusty Anderson began her career as dark-haired model-turned-starlet of the 40s who signed with Columbia Studio, beginning with a minor role as one of the cover girls in the 1944 production of the film "Cover Girl" (1944), starring Rita Hayworth. Over the next three years Anderson appeared in another eight films, usually in secondary roles. During World War II, she was one of a number of actresses who became a pin-up girl, appearing in the October 27, 1944, issue of the United States Military's YANK magazine. Anderson was featured in the mystery films Crime Doctor's Warning (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and The Phantom Thief (1946), from the Boston Blackie crime series films.
Anderson was twice married, and had two children. On July 18, 1941, she first married Charles Mathieu, Jr., a United States Marine Corps Captain, divorcing on June 13, 1945. On July 21, 1946, Anderson married director Jean Negulesco in West Los Angeles, California, and retired shortly thereafter and the couple adopted two daughters, Gaby and Tina--eventually leaving their Beverly Hills home, moving their home to the Spanish island of Majorca.
Four years later, her final screen efforts were in uncredited roles in a couple of her husband's films "Under My Skin", and "Take Care of My Little Girl ", before finally retiring for good. In 1971, Anderson and Negulesco settled in Paris in retirement. Anderson died in Marbella, Spain in 2007 and was buried within the city, at the Cementerio Virgen del Carmen.
Anderson was twice married, and had two children. On July 18, 1941, she first married Charles Mathieu, Jr., a United States Marine Corps Captain, divorcing on June 13, 1945. On July 21, 1946, Anderson married director Jean Negulesco in West Los Angeles, California, and retired shortly thereafter and the couple adopted two daughters, Gaby and Tina--eventually leaving their Beverly Hills home, moving their home to the Spanish island of Majorca.
Four years later, her final screen efforts were in uncredited roles in a couple of her husband's films "Under My Skin", and "Take Care of My Little Girl ", before finally retiring for good. In 1971, Anderson and Negulesco settled in Paris in retirement. Anderson died in Marbella, Spain in 2007 and was buried within the city, at the Cementerio Virgen del Carmen.
Actress/model. Born Ruth Edwin Anderson in Toledo, Ohio, on December 17, 1918, Dusty Anderson began her career as dark-haired model-turned-starlet of the 40s who signed with Columbia Studio, beginning with a minor role as one of the cover girls in the 1944 production of the film "Cover Girl" (1944), starring Rita Hayworth. Over the next three years Anderson appeared in another eight films, usually in secondary roles. During World War II, she was one of a number of actresses who became a pin-up girl, appearing in the October 27, 1944, issue of the United States Military's YANK magazine. Anderson was featured in the mystery films Crime Doctor's Warning (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and The Phantom Thief (1946), from the Boston Blackie crime series films.
Anderson was twice married, and had two children. On July 18, 1941, she first married Charles Mathieu, Jr., a United States Marine Corps Captain, divorcing on June 13, 1945. On July 21, 1946, Anderson married director Jean Negulesco in West Los Angeles, California, and retired shortly thereafter and the couple adopted two daughters, Gaby and Tina--eventually leaving their Beverly Hills home, moving their home to the Spanish island of Majorca.
Four years later, her final screen efforts were in uncredited roles in a couple of her husband's films "Under My Skin", and "Take Care of My Little Girl ", before finally retiring for good. In 1971, Anderson and Negulesco settled in Paris in retirement. Anderson died in Marbella, Spain in 2007 and was buried within the city, at the Cementerio Virgen del Carmen.
Anderson was twice married, and had two children. On July 18, 1941, she first married Charles Mathieu, Jr., a United States Marine Corps Captain, divorcing on June 13, 1945. On July 21, 1946, Anderson married director Jean Negulesco in West Los Angeles, California, and retired shortly thereafter and the couple adopted two daughters, Gaby and Tina--eventually leaving their Beverly Hills home, moving their home to the Spanish island of Majorca.
Four years later, her final screen efforts were in uncredited roles in a couple of her husband's films "Under My Skin", and "Take Care of My Little Girl ", before finally retiring for good. In 1971, Anderson and Negulesco settled in Paris in retirement. Anderson died in Marbella, Spain in 2007 and was buried within the city, at the Cementerio Virgen del Carmen.
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