Dorothy Tree

Actor, Film actor

1906 – 1992

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Who was Dorothy Tree?

Dorothy Tree was an American actress, voice teacher and writer. She appeared in a wide range of character roles in at least 49 films between 1927 and 1951.

Her roles included Martha, mother of Knute Rockne in Knute Rockne, All American, and May Emmerich, the invalid wife of Louis Calhern in The Asphalt Jungle. After being blacklisted as a communist because of the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, she began a second career as a voice teacher in New York. Emphasizing good diction and clarity, and the subtleties of intonation, she published four books on the subject.

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Born
May 21, 1906
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • Dorothy Estelle Triebitz
  • Dorothy Uris
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
Lived in
  • Brooklyn
  • Englewood
Died
Feb 13, 1992
Englewood

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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