About Dorothy Donnelly
Lived 1880 – 1928 (aged 47). Dorothy Donnelly was an American actor, stage actor, director, playwright, librettist and author.
Dorothy Agnes Donnelly (January 28, 1876 She was also a close friend of playwright Edward Sheldon and after he became bedridden assisted in transcribing, editing, and supporting his work.
Death Donnelly died on January 3, 1928, in her apartment at 111 East 34th Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. The cause of death was pneumonia and nephritis. She was buried on January 7, 1928, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. Donnelly never married.
Selected works Flora Bella (operetta), book adaptation (Broadway 1916) Johnny, Get Your Gun (play), script revision (Broadway 1917) Six Months' Option (play), producer (Broadway 1917) Fancy Free (musical), book (Broadway 1918) The Riddle: Woman (play; Broadway 1918) Forbidden (play; Broadway 1919) Blossom Time (operetta), adapted English libretto (Broadway 1921; 1924, 1926, 1931, 1938 and 1943 revivals) Poppy (musical), book, lyrics and direction (Broadway 1923) The Student Prince (operetta), libretto (Broadway 1924; 1931 and 1943 revivals) Hello, Lola (musical), books and lyrics (Broadway 1926) My Maryland (musical), book and lyrics (Broadway 1927)
Theatre roles Nell Gwyn in Nell Gwyn (1901, Broadway play) Madam Alvarez in Soldiers of Fortune (1902, Broadway play) Candida in Candida (1903 Broadway play; 1915 revival) The Lady in The Man of Destiny (1904 Broadway play) Mrs. Maia Rubek in When We Dead Awake (1905 Broadway play) Ruth Jordan in The Little Gray Lady (1906 Broadway play) Louise Stolbeck in The Daughters of Men (1906 Broadway play) Marion Manners in The Movers (1907 Broadway play)
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Who was Dorothy Donnelly?
American actress (1880-1928)
When was Dorothy Donnelly born?
Dorothy Donnelly was born on 28 January 1880 in New York City.
When did Dorothy Donnelly die?
Dorothy Donnelly died on 3 January 1928 in New York City.
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Dorothy Donnelly was an actor, stage actor, director, playwright, librettist and author.
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Dorothy Donnelly was American.
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