Dorothy Layton

Dorothy Layton
Born Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch
(1912-08-13)August 13, 1912
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died June 4, 2009(2009-06-04) (aged 96)
Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Years active 1931-1933
Spouse(s) Howard Milton Taylor Jr.

Dorothy Layton (August 13, 1912 – June 4, 2009) was an American film actress of the early 1930s.

Life

Born as Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layton was selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" for 1932.[1] Layton had a promising acting career and starred in eight films in 1932 and 1933, notably appearing several times with Laurel and Hardy. She appeared in the films Chickens Come Home (1931), The Chimp (1932), County Hospital (1932), and Pack Up Your Troubles (1932).[2] Her obituary described her as the "last great female stooge."[1]

The only film she made of any prominence, however, was Pick-Up (1933), which starred George Raft and Sylvia Sidney. Her career fizzled after that film, and never really took off again. By 1935 she retired altogether from acting.

Layton eventually moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she met and married Howard W. Taylor Jr., a Baltimore businessman. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had two children. Dorothy Layton died on June 4, 2009, at a retirement home in Towson, Maryland, aged 96.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dorothy Layton". 2009-06-15. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  2. ↑ Dorothy Layton profile
  • Rasmussen, Frederick N. (June 9, 2009). "Dorothy W. Taylor (Obituary)". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013.
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