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Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (December 25, 1897 [citation needed] - October 3, 1979) was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films.
Dorothy Peterson was born on 25 December 1897 in Hector, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Saboteur (1942), Dark Victory (1939) and Too Many Husbands (1940). She was married to Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams. She died on 3 October 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.
- December 25, 1897
- October 3, 1979
Dorothy Peterson was a character actress of Swedish ancestry who played long-suffering mothers and wives in movies and TV shows. She was born in 1897, married to Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, and died in 1979.
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- Hector, Minnesota, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Mothers Cry is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Hobart Henley. The movie stars Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp and Sidney Blackmer.
Stage actress Dorothy Peterson made her screen debut in 1930's Mothers Cry, a lachrymose domestic drama that required the 29-year-old actress to age nearly three decades in the course of the film.
- December 25, 1899
- October 3, 1979
Dorothy Peterson was born on 25 December 1897 in Hector, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Saboteur (1942), Dark Victory (1939) and Too Many Husbands (1940). She was married to Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams.
The Dorothy Peterson Collection contains Correspondence to Peterson from such persons as Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen, and Carl Van Vechten, as well as Jerome Bowers Peterson memorabilia.
