Dorothy Kingsley (October 14, 1909 – September 26, 1997) was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio and television.
Born in New York City, Kingsley was the daughter of newspaperman and press agent Walter Kingsley, and stage actress Alma Hanlon who had appeared on Broadway and in silent pictures. Following her parents' divorce, Kingsley returned with her mother to Detroit where she remarried; later moving to the affluent s...
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Dorothy Kingsley (October 14, 1909 – September 26, 1997) was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio and television.
Born in New York City, Kingsley was the daughter of newspaperman and press agent Walter Kingsley, and stage actress Alma Hanlon who had appeared on Broadway and in silent pictures. Following her parents' divorce, Kingsley returned with her mother to Detroit where she remarried; later moving to the affluent suburb of Grosse Point.
Kingsley also had an unsuccessful first marriage. As a young divorced mother of three, while recuperating from a severe case of the measles, she listened to all the radio programs and began to think that she could write better material than she was hearing. She went to Los Angeles to visit a friend and made the rounds of numerous agents with material she had written for various radio stars such as Jack Benny. Her youthful appearance worked against her, but she finally found an agent who would take a chance on her....
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