Dorothy Manners

Dorothy Manners was an American gossip columnist and actress who wrote the celebrity news column Hollywood for King Features Syndicate from 1965 to 1977. She took over the column from Louella Parsons, for whom she had worked as an assistant for 30 years.

As an actress, Manners appeared in the films Snowdrift (1923) and The Victor (1923).

Early life and education Manners was born Dorothy Manners Greene in Fort Worth, Texas in about 1903. and moved to Los Angeles as a teenager, attending Los Angeles public schools.

She signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation at the age of 17 and began working as an extra in films directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks, and William Powell.

Career Before becoming a writer, Manners worked as an actress, appearing in several silent films between 1921 and 1923. Her last major role was in The Victor, a romantic comedy in which she played the female lead opposite Herbert Rawlinson.

In 1922, Manners sued actress Sally Rosse, who also acted under the name "Dorothy Manners", to prevent Rosse from using the name professionally.

In 1935, Manners began working at Motion Picture Magazine as an assistant to celebrity gossip columnist Louella Parsons, As Parsons' assistant, Manners had occasionally written the column while Parsons was on vacation or otherwise unavailable. Parsons began suffering from various health problems in 1962, leading Manners to assume a larger role in the writing of the column. In 1965, Parsons retired, and Manners assumed full authorship of the column. and Jeffersonville Evening News, among others. In 1966, she was named entertainment columnist of the year by the California Women's Press Club.