Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton
From Wikipedia Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago, Terre Haute, Indiana and Holyoke, Massachusetts. She joined the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation vaudeville circuits. By 1914 she was working in Hollywood. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dalton made her movie debut in 1914 in Pierre of the Plains, co-starring Edgar Selwyn, followed by the lead role in Across the Pacific that same year. In 1915, she appeared with William S. Hart in The Disciple. This production came before she left Triangle Film Corporation and was signed to Thomas Harper Ince Studios. While Ince meant to cast her in mature roles, she wanted to play ingénues and claimed she couldn't play women. Her role in The Disciple, however, in which she attracts a man who is not her husband, led to her being cast as a vamp. Her vamp, however, was untraditional in that she vamped unconsciously; in the words of Kay Anthony, "Not because she wanted people to think she was a full-fledged shatterer of hearts before the camera did she make pulses beat hard and fast, but because she couldn't help it: 'I guess I just must have been born that way!' Ince's company was operative from 1919 until his death in 1924. With Ince, she played in The Price Mark and Love Letters, both co-starring William Conklin. Dalton also performed with Rudolph Valentino in Moran of the Lady Letty (1922), and with H.B. Warner in The Flame of the Yukon (1917) and The Vagabond Prince (1916). Dalton's stage career included performances as Chrysis in Aphrodite by Morris Gest in 1920 and on Broadway in The Country Wife.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 6.672
Birthday 1893-09-21
Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922

Moran of the Lady Letty

Vive la France!
1918

Vive la France!

A Trip to Paramountown
1922

A Trip to Paramountown

Behind Masks
1921

Behind Masks

The Dark Mirror
1920

The Dark Mirror

The Camera Speaks
1934

The Camera Speaks

The Three Musketeers
1916

The Three Musketeers

The Captive God
1916

The Captive God

The Flame of the Yukon
1917

The Flame of the Yukon

Wild Winship's Widow
1917

Wild Winship's Widow

The Dark Road
1917

The Dark Road

Pierre of the Plains
1914

Pierre of the Plains

Across the Pacific
1914

Across the Pacific

The Lone Wolf
1924

The Lone Wolf

The Disciple
1915

The Disciple

The Raiders
1916

The Raiders

Civilization's Child
1916

Civilization's Child

The Vagabond Prince
1916

The Vagabond Prince

The Jungle Child
1916

The Jungle Child

Law of the Lawless
1923

Law of the Lawless

Fog Bound
1923

Fog Bound

Dark Secrets
1923

Dark Secrets

On the High Seas
1922

On the High Seas

Back of the Man
1917

Back of the Man

A Gamble in Souls
1916

A Gamble in Souls

Black Is White
1920

Black Is White

The Price Mark
1917

The Price Mark

Love Letters
1917

Love Letters

The Siren Call
1922

The Siren Call

Fool's Paradise
1921

Fool's Paradise

Chicken Casey
1917

Chicken Casey

Love Me
1918

Love Me

Green Eyes
1918

Green Eyes

The Weaker Sex
1917

The Weaker Sex

The Crimson Challenge
1922

The Crimson Challenge

His Wife's Friend
1919

His Wife's Friend

The Kaiser's Shadow
1918

The Kaiser's Shadow

Hard Boiled
1919

Hard Boiled