Dorothy Morris
Dorothy Ruth Morris ( born February 23, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, † November 20, 2011 in Palm Springs, California ) was an American actress.
Life
Dorothy Ruth Morris grew up in Los Angeles. She was the younger sister of actress Caren Marsh Doll and daughter of a Methodist pastor. She took acting lessons with Maria Ouspenskaya and signed in 1942 for MGM her first acting contract. Underlay it still Donna Reed for the lead role in The Courtship of Andy Hardy, she played in the following years in films like Seven young heart, Tarzan's adventures in New York and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
After she married the professor of mathematics Marvin Moffie on April 4, 1943 she slowly withdrew from acting and took care of their two children. The marriage was divorced in 1966. Three years later she married Roger E. Miller a pastor. The marriage ended in divorce in 1972. November 20, 2011 Morris died at the age of 89 years. She donated her body to science.