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 (26 April 1906 – 17 March 1981)
Born in Sedalia, Missouri on April 26, 1906. She was the daughter of
Nancy Wallace, a descendant of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish
patriot.
Dorothy Dwan was a leading lady of the 1920s who was well known in
westerns, comedies and melodramas. She appeared in 40 films between
1922 and 1930. Her first known film credit, The Silent Vow (1922),
was under the auspices of the Vitagraph Company which starred
actor-director William Duncan and his wife Edith Johnson. Not
another film credit surfaced until 1924 when, as Lefty Flynn’s
leading lady, she appeared in FBO’s western melodrama The Breed of
the Border.
In 1924 Miss Dwan’s career took a leap forward when comedian and
director Larry Semon, came across a photograph of her. Impressed,
Semon asked her to test as his leading lady. Pleased with the test
results, he cast her as his leading lady in his Chadwick Production
of The Perfect Clown. Larry had not only found a co-star, he also
had found a wife. On January 22, 1925, the couple were married. |
