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Marie Doro (
May 25,
1882 -
October 9,
1956) was an
American stage actress and film
actress of the early
silent film era of the 1910 through the early
1920s.
Personal life
Marie Doro was born
Marie Katherine Steward in
Duncannon, Pennsylvania,
U.S. and began her career as a theater actress before transitioning to the new medium of motion pictures in
1915 under contract with film producer
Adolph Zukor.
Marie Doro was briefly married to
vaudeville and silent screen actor
Elliott Dexter. The union didn't last long however, and the couple soon divorced. The union spawned no offspring and Doro never remarried.
Career
Doro's film debut for Zukor's
Famous Players studio was the starring role in the now lost short film
The Morals of Marcus in 1915.
The following year she played the lead in the
1916 film version of
Charles Dickens'
Oliver Twist, a role she previously played with much acclaim on stage in
1912. Throughout the
1910s, Doro remained a highly respected and popular leading lady. Unfortunately, most of her earliest screen appearances are now lost and have not been viewed for nearly one hundred years. One surviving film,
Lost and Won from 1915 in which Doro convincingly portrays a young girl, shows her to have been a charming actress with a remarkably natural acting style for the era.
Although still a very much a popular leading lady, by the early
1920s Marie Doro became increasingly disillusioned with
Hollywood and her acting career. She became reclusive and drawn to sprirtual matters and after moving to
New York City even briefly studied at the
Union Theological Seminary. In
1924 Doro made her last American film appearance, playing the title character in
Sally Bishop and briefly relocated to
Europe where she made several more films in
Italy. After returning to the
United States of America, Marie Doro spent the rest of her life in seclusion. In 1956 she died of heart failure in New York City, New York, allocating $90,000 dollars in her will to the
Actors' Fund. Marie Doro was laid to rest at the
Duncannon Cemetery in Duncannon,
Perry County, Pennsylvania.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Marie Doro was awarded a star on the legendary
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, USA.
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