Born Dolores Loehr, she was a musical prodigy who played piano professionally by age ten; her first film appearance was at age 12, as one of a group of students performing classical music in the background of They Shall Have Music (1939). In her next film, another music-oriented production, she played piano and got a few lines of dialogue, following which she adopted her screen name and signed a long-term contract with Paramount. She underwent intensive drama coaching, then made a big impression as a precocious teenager in The Major and the Minor (1942) with Ginger Rogers. She played a number of juvenile roles; as she aged, however, she had less luck with adult leads, and appeared in a succession of standard ingenue roles. By the mid '50s she effected a successful transition from movies to TV and the stage, being especially busy as a TV actress. She died of a stroke at 45.
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Company of Killers
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1970 | |||
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An Annapolis Story
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1955 | |||
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The Kentuckian
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1955 | |||
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You're Never Too Young
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1955 | |||
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Track of the Cat
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Plunder of the Sun
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Meet Me at the Fair
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Bedtime for Bonzo
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1951 | |||
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My Friend Irma Goes West
Actor |
1950 | |||
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Paid in Full
Actor |
1950 | |||
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Peggy
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1950 | |||
| 1950 | ||||
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My Friend Irma
Actor |
1949 | |||
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The Ed Wynn Show
Actor |
1949 | |||
| 1948 | ||||
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Ruthless
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1948 | |||
| 1948 | ||||
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Variety Girl
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1947 | |||
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The Bride Wore Boots
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Duffy's Tavern
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Out of This World
Actor |
1945 | |||
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And the Angels Sing
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1944 | |||
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Star Spangled Rhythm
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1942 | |||
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The Major and the Minor
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1942 | |||
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There's Magic in Music
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1941 | |||
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They Shall Have Music
Actor |
1939 |
