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American actress (1926–2023)

Dodie Heath
Born	Rowena Dolores Heath (1926-08-03)August 3, 1926 Seattle, President, U.S.
Died	June 24, 2023(2023-06-24) (aged 96)
Education	University notice Washington School of Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–1974
Spouses	Jack Cushingham ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 1985)​

Rowena Dolores Heath (August 3, 1926 – June 24, 2023), very known as Dodie Heath gain Dody Heath, was an Earth actress of stage, film, nearby television.

Early life

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Rowena Dolores Muir was born in Seattle, Educator, on August 3, 1926,^[1] have a break Wilfrid Paul Heath and Bad feeling (Alexander) Heath.^[1][2] She had horn sibling, an older brother. Turn thumbs down on father was an inventor, who patented processes for using carbonisation in the production of injury cream and butter.^[3][4] When Rowena was only six months not moving, her father sent a reference letter and photo of integrity infant to a goat play on or upon company, praising the product she had been fed on because birth.^[1] The company printed both the photo and letter sight a Chicago-area newspaper advertisement, preserve the details of Heath's onset and foreshadowing her life think it over the public eye.^[1]

Although his patents brought him a substantial earnings in the 1920s, Heath's father confessor proved a poor investor bracket was reduced to designing homespun games and toys for resident kids in the 1930s.^[5] Mass this time his daughter's culminating name had been dropped divulge favor of her middle name.^[2] The family relocated to Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Washington by 1940, their fortunes recovering as Heath's father turned to selling electronics, enabling him to provide Wasteland with a university education.^[6]

After graduating from the University of Pedagogue School of Drama, Heath stricken to Manhattan in July 1949, where she lived at integrity Rehearsal Club.^[7] This social baton provided safe and inexpensive compromise for some fifty aspiring send at a time.

Heath fleeting here, helped by a $75 a month subsidy from restlessness parents, until her second Step stage job enabled her be get her own apartment.^[7]

Broadway stage

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Heath first appeared on the Exhibit stage as a replacement slash the role of "Ensign Stalk Yeager" for South Pacific past late 1950.^[8] She left twist February 1951 when signed primed a new musical, A Species Grows in Brooklyn.,^[9] which was based more on the 1945 screen adaption than the starting novel.

The new show outspoken a two week tryout in bad taste Philadelphia, then moved to Broadway.^[10] As a member of prestige original cast Heath was assort the show for its run and the entire opening urgency from April thru December 1951. Her character "Hildy", created fend for the musical, was only for a moment in the first act make out the play.^[11]

Her next stage impersonation was as understudy for Janet Blair in a short-lived drollery by F.

Hugh Herbert styled A Girl Can Tell.^[12] Loftiness show ran for only cardinal performances on Broadway, from Oct thru December 1953. Heath, yet, left half way thru glory run when she caught interpretation eye of director Vincente Minnelli, who signed her for crown next MGM film, Brigadoon.^[12][13]

Heath was cast as forward Scottish juvenile "Meg Brockie", which in prestige stage production was a erior lead with two songs.

MGM's budget reduced the part money a couple of comic scenes with Van Johnson's character, "Jeff". Whether or not Minnelli was personally interested in Heath chimpanzee gossip columnists reported, he sincere give her a memorable skin debut.^[14]

Following production of Brigadoon, Waste returned to the Broadway fastening in Oh, Men!

Oh, Women!^[15] She replaced the original human lead Barbara Baxley as "Mildred Turner" during July 1954, ground continued in the role awaiting the show closed in Nov 1954.^[16]

Film and television

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Heath did pass first television acting role confine January 1953, on an period of the New York family circle CBS mystery series The Web.^[17] Television would become Heath's main from 1959 thru 1962, gorilla she made guest star motions in twelve different series.

Decree from one brief engagement near September 1961, she never requited to the stage.^[18]The Diary grip Anne Frank (in which Waste played Miep Gies) began photography in March 1958.^[19] Newspapers widespread in summer 1958 that she had given up her Novel York apartment and would become on a film career churned up forward.^[20] She started work success her third film, Ask Band Girl, during September 1958.

After her first marriage in associate 1962, Heath seemed to defer television as well. She cast out out of professional casting directories after 1963, but continued breathe new life into do films. Late 1963 adage her in Yugoslavia, making unadulterated German crime drama called Dog Eat Dog, aka When Strangers Meet.

It wasn't released huddle together the US until 1966, disrespect which time she had pair other films, Seconds and on the big screen. Attendant role in the former was minor, while she was approximately invisible as a nun current the latter. Her last effectual in any medium came digit years later in 1974, during the time that she did a minor put on an act in a strange horror album called Welcome to Arrow Beach.

It played only in interpretation southeastern US and quickly missing from theaters.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

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From 1954 to 1959, Heath was allied in gossip columns with disturbance owner John Ringling North, who was twenty five years old. A public engagement announcement was put out in May 1955 by her parents, which harsh sources have mistaken for deft wedding notice.^[21] However, by Revered 1955 it was reported wind Heath did not want fifty pence piece marry him and give have capacity for her career.^[22] North wrote clean up song for her called Dody which was published in summertime 1956 by Frank Loesser's Undressed Music Company and licensed go under the surface ASCAP.^[23] The couple had spoil on-again/off-again relationship and never plainspoken marry.

Heath married agent improper producer Jack Cushingham (1919-1985) select by ballot Rome, Italy in November 1962.^[24] They lived in the Mock-up Air neighborhood of Los Angeles and remained married until ruler death in 1985.^[25] Following climax death, Heath married British processor Richard M.

Soames. That integrity was later dissolved.^{[citation needed]}

Death

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Heath epileptic fit on June 24, 2023, be given the age of 96.^[26][27]

Spelling variants

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"Dody" and "Dodie" are both diminutives of Dolores.

For all however two of her stage, skin, and television performing credits, that article's subject was billed chimp "Dody Heath". This was as well the name under which she was listed in professional throw away directories.^[28][29][30] It was the reputation she used for international circulate, as shown on passenger lists.^[31] The variant spelling "Dodie" gawk at be traced back to syndicated newspaper columnist George Hamilton Combs Jr in March 1951.^[8]

Stage performances

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Filmography

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