Dorothy Abbott

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Dorothy Abbott, (December 16, 1920, Kansas City, Missouri – December 15, 1968, Los Angeles, California), was an American film actress. She appeared in many films between the 1940s and 1960's, as an extra. She was married to Rudy Diaz when he was a police officer. In Las Vegas she was a showgirl (known as the girl with the golden arm) at the Flamingo Hotel. She also appeared in Dragnet playing Seargeant Joe Friday's girlfriend. She also modeled and sold real estate when the roles were far and few between.

In a fit of depression over the break-up of her marriage, she committed suicide in Los Angeles on December 15, 1968, a day before her 48th birthday.

[edit] Filmography

1964 Dear Heart 1963 Palm Springs Weekend 1963 Vacation Playhouse (1 episode) 1963 A Gathering of Eagles 1963 Leave It to Beaver(2 episodes) 1962 That Touch of Mink 1962 Sergeants 3 1960 Pepe 1960 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet(1 episode) 1960 The Apartment 1958 South Pacific 1957 Jet Pilot 1957 Jailhouse Rock 1957 The Unholy Wife 1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1956 The Great Man 1956 Everything But the Truth 1955 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Love Me or Leave Me 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business 1953-1954 Dragnet (6 episodes)

1953 The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode) 1953 The Caddy 1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick 1952 The Las Vegas Story 1951 My Favorite Spy 1951 His Kind of Woman 1950 A Life of Her Own 1950 The Petty Girl 1950 Where Danger Lives 1950 Annie Get Your Gun 1949 East Side, West Side 1949 Red, Hot and Blue 1949 Angels in Disguise 1949 Neptune's Daughter 1949 Little Women 1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1948 Words and Music 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 A Virgin in Hollywood 1947 Road to Rio 1946 The Razor's Edge

[edit] External links

• Dorothy Abbott at the Internet Movie Database
• Dorothy Abbott at Allmovie
• Dorothy Abbott at Find A Grave