About Dorma Leigh
Lived 1890 – 1969 (aged 78–79). Dorma Leigh was a British dancer, actor and playwright.
Dorma Leigh (1890–1969) was a British dancer, actress and playwright.
Leigh was born Dorothy Mabel Woodley. She danced with Jan Oyra in The Girl on the Film in 1913.
In 1919 she married the writer Peter Cheyney. Cheyney petitioned for a divorce from Leigh in 1931 on the grounds of adultery but as he admitted adultery the judge granted a decree nisi in favour of Leigh.
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Who was Dorma Leigh?
British dancer and actress
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Dorma Leigh was born in 1890.
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Dorma Leigh died in 1969.
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Dorma Leigh was a dancer, actor and playwright.
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Dorma Leigh was British.
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