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| Dorothy Jordan photographed by George Hurrell in 1931. |
Dorothy Jordan was born on August 9th, 1910 in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was a lovely leading lady at the dawn of Talking Pictures and made her film debut in 1929's
The Taming of the Shrew. She was in a plethora successful films from 1930 until 1933, when she retired from the screen and married filmmaker Merian C. Cooper (who directed, produced, and wrote
King Kong (1933)). They had three children together. She did come out of retirement for a couple of brief roles in John Fords movies
The Searchers (1956) and
The Wings of Eagles (1957). She passed away on December 7th, 1988. She's an often forgotten about leading lady that should be more known. Happy Birthday Dorothy Jordan!
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| Dorothy Jordan and Robert Montgomery photographed by George Hurrell for Love in the Rough (1930). |
Hi Emily, I've just joined your blog so I can read all of your stories about the old movie stars. Where do you find all of the old pictures?
ReplyDeleteHi Gigi, that's great! I find them on the internet!
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