Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the headstrong Felice Pickett in "Take Me to Town" (1953). Born Dorothea Neumann, she began her career appearing as a leading lady on the Broadway stage. After being introduced to director Cy Endfield during a War Bond Rally at the prestigious Radio City Music Hall, he was so impressed by her poise, humble charm, and unique appearance, that he arranged for her to begin a secondary career in the film industry beginning with her being under his supervision per a supporting role in "Tale of a Dog" (1944). From there, she would go on to enjoy a successful career as a notable character actress appearing in over 140 features; often cast as nannies, schoolteachers, landladies, neighbors, housekeepers, wives, old maids, secretaries, telephone operators, businesswomen, retail clerks, white-collared workers, eccentrics, snobs, aristocrats, librarians, and dowdy matrons. She appeared in such feature films as "Molly and Me" (1945), "Two Sisters from Boston" (1946), "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim" (1947), "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948), "Wabash Avenue" (1949), "My Blue Heaven" (1950), "Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell" (1951), "The Pace That Thrills" (1952), "The I Don't Care Girl" (1953), "Desiree" (1954), "Sudden Danger" (1955), "Three for Jamie Dawn" (1956), "Carnival Rock" (1957), "Gigi" (1958), "The FBI Story" (1959), "The Thrill of It All" (1963), "Looking for Love" (1964), "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), "The Missouri Breaks" (1976), and "Things Are Tough All Over" (1982). On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in such syndicated sitcoms as "Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson," "Four Star Playhouse," "Telephone Time," "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "Code 3," "How to Marry a Millionaire," "Lassie," "Mr. Lucky," "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "Bronco," "Leave It to Beaver," "Bachelor Father," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Wagon Train," "Dr. Kildare," "The Bing Crosby Show," "Hank," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Bonanza," "The Flying Nun," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "Gunsmoke," "Love, American Style," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Mannix," "The Waltons," "Adam-12," "Barbary Coast," "Highway to Heaven," "Tales from the Crypt," and "True Colors". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture of the Television Fund, had been one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, had presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, was a theatrical instructress for the Pasadena Playhouse, had been a notable children's book author, and she was the official stand-in for fellow actresses Maudie Prickett and Margaret Hamilton. Upon her 1991 retirement, Neumann, who never married nor had any children, spent the final years of her life living comfortably in the suburbs devoting her time to charitable and religious causes, until her death from the effects of pulmonary complications.