Dorothy Page (actress)
| Dorothy Page | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Dorothy Lillian Stofflett March 4, 1904 Northampton, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 26, 1961 (aged 57) LaBelle, Florida |
| Occupation | Film actress, singer |
| Spouse(s) | Waldo Shipton, Frederick D. Leuschner, Henry Clark McCormick |
Dorothy Page, dubbed "The Singing Cowgirl", born Dorothy Lillian Stofflett in Northampton, Pennsylvania (March 4, 1904 – March 26, 1961), was a B-movie actress during the 1930s.
During the 1920s Page had attended Cedar Crest College, majoring in music. During that time she was chosen by the Curtis Publishing Company as a model for a Saturday Evening Post cover. Her portrait, painted by artist Neysa McMein, dubbed her "One of America's Ten Most Beautiful Women".
On July 3, 1925 at age 21, she married Waldo Shipton of Detroit, Michigan, a doctor whom she had met in college. The couple would have two daughters by 1929. Page tried out for the "Youth of America", in a singing contest hosted by Paul Whiteman, and won. With that, her radio career as a singer began, and her stage name was created. However, with her being away from home often with her new career, which often took her to New York City, she and Shipton divorced in 1932. By 1935 she was a regular on the Paducah Plantation, written and hosted by Irvin S. Cobb.
That same year, Universal Pictures signed her to a contract. Her first film was Manhattan Blue, starring opposite Ricardo Cortez, which saw moderate success and placed a spotlight on her talent as a singer and an actress. She then starred in King Solomon of Broadway opposite Edmund Lowe and Pinky Tomlin. That film was only moderately successful, and it wasn't until 1938 that she starred in another film, this time alongside Mary Boland and Ernest Truex in Mama Runs Wild. That movie also was not successful, and Page was not given any singing parts in the film.
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