Dolores Dorn

Dolores Dorn (born March 3, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film and television actress, co-star of The Bounty Hunter (1954), Uncle Vanya (1957), Underworld U.S.A. (1961), and several other films through 1985.

Early years

The daughter of an automobile dealer in Chicago, Dorn was born Dolores Heft.

A graduate of the Goodman Art Theatre in Chicago, she finished third in the Miss Chicago contest in 1950 and second in the same contest in 1951.

Film

Dorn had second billing in The Bounty Hunter, a western starring Randolph Scott in which her character, Julie Spencer, ends up married to Scott's. She played the wife of Alan Ladd in the actor's last leading-man role in a Hollywood film, 13 West Street, and was featured as "Cuddles," the moll of convict Cliff Robertson, in the crime film Underworld, U.S.A.

Television

Dorn appeared in a number of made-for-TV films and as a guest star in series such as Ironside, Charlie's Angels, Simon & Simon, Run for Your Life, and The Untouchables.

Teaching

Dorn became an acting teacher with the American Film Institute in 1977 and later with the Lee Strasberg Institute.

Personal life

Dorn was married to actors Ben Piazza and Franchot Tone (from 1956 to 1959).