Dorothy West (August 29, 1891 – December 11, 1980) was an American stage and film actress and radio performer.
She grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. [1]
West was a star in Biograph silent films in New York. She later relocated to Hollywood with a group of D.W. Griffith stars that included Mary Pickford, Marion Leonard, Florence Barker, and Mack Sennett in 1909. [2] [3] West, Pickford, Pickford's brother Jack, and Effie Johnson boarded together. [3]
She joined a stock theatre company in Mount Vernon, Illinois; [1] then joined the Pitt Stock Players in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; [4] and in also performed in theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1]
West returned to film several years later. West received positive notice for her work in Griffith's His Mother's Scarf (1911) [5] Swords and Hearts (1911) [6] and The Eternal Grind (1916). [7]
West left films again to tour in theatre productions in Europe after World War I with the American Army of Occupation, [1] including in Germany. [8]
She also worked on Broadway [9] and with a theatre company called The Triangle Players. [10] She performed in the short play Sintram of Skaggerack by Sada Cowan in 1923. [11]
She made her radio debut in 1928. [1]
Dorothy West (August 29, 1891 – December 11, 1980) was an American stage and film actress and radio performer.
She grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. [1]
West was a star in Biograph silent films in New York. She later relocated to Hollywood with a group of D.W. Griffith stars that included Mary Pickford, Marion Leonard, Florence Barker, and Mack Sennett in 1909. [2] [3] West, Pickford, Pickford's brother Jack, and Effie Johnson boarded together. [3]
She joined a stock theatre company in Mount Vernon, Illinois; [1] then joined the Pitt Stock Players in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; [4] and in also performed in theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1]
West returned to film several years later. West received positive notice for her work in Griffith's His Mother's Scarf (1911) [5] Swords and Hearts (1911) [6] and The Eternal Grind (1916). [7]
West left films again to tour in theatre productions in Europe after World War I with the American Army of Occupation, [1] including in Germany. [8]
She also worked on Broadway [9] and with a theatre company called The Triangle Players. [10] She performed in the short play Sintram of Skaggerack by Sada Cowan in 1923. [11]
She made her radio debut in 1928. [1]