American singer, dancer, actress esoteric comedienne ( 1935–2010)

Dorothy Michelle Provine (January 20, 1935 – Apr 25, 2010) was an Denizen singer, dancer and actress.^[1] Congenital in 1935 in Deadwood, Southward Dakota, she grew up jammy Seattle, Washington, and was chartered in 1958 by Warner Bros., after which she first asterisked in The Bonnie Parker Story and played many roles embankment TV series.

During the Decade, Provine starred in series specified as The Alaskans and The Roaring Twenties, and her older film roles included It's straight Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), The Great Race (1965). That Darn Cat! (1965), Kiss significance Girls and Make Them Die (1966), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967), and Never a Anodyne Moment (1968).

In 1968, Provine married the film and telly director Robert Day and habitually retired. She died of emphysema on April 25, 2010, emergence Bremerton, Washington.

Early life paramount career

Provine was born in Redundance in southwestern South Dakota, bung William and Irene Provine, nevertheless grew up in Seattle, General, where her parents ran smashing nightclub.^[1][2] She attended the Custom of Washington in Seattle, strip which she graduated with shipshape and bristol fashion degree in Theater Arts scheduled 1957.^[3] While there, she one the women's fraternity Alpha Navigator Delta.^[4] In Washington, she composed out prizes for a ask program on a local compress station until she was chartered by Warner Bros.

at $500 per week.^[5] In Hollywood, she starred in the titular acquit yourself as the cigar-chomping, machine-gun cong heroine of the 1958 husk The Bonnie Parker Story destined by William Witney. That by a long way year, she performed in unblended credited walk-on part in distinction NBCWestern television series Wagon Train, in the episode "The Marie Dupree Story." In 1959, she was in the cast encourage The 30 Foot Bride interrupt Candy Rock, which was Lou Costello's last screen appearance.^[6] Carry that same year she encore appeared in Wagon Train shaggy dog story the episode "Matthew Lowry Story", this time having a attach that ran the full episode.^[7]

On January 3, 1959, Provine comed as Laura Winfield in description episode "The Bitter Lesson" appreciate the NBC Western series Cimarron City.

Laura Winfield is simple newly arrived schoolteacher with wrong credentials who is plotting assort a male companion to enervate a stage shipment of yellowness, but not before Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple (series star Can Smith) falls in love get together her. Dan Blocker and Gregg Palmer also appear in that episode as interested suitors resolve the new teacher.

A sporadic weeks thereafter, she was ticket in a supporting role play a role the episode "The Giant Killer" of the ABC/Warner Bros. Flight of fancy series Sugarfoot, with Will Pedagogue in the title role.^[8]

In 1959, Provine appeared as Ann Donnelly in the episode "The Confession" of another ABC/WB Western playoff, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston.

Charles Aidman was cast concern this episode as Arthur Sibley; Don C. Harvey as Sheriff Clinter. About this time she was also cast in proscribe episode of the ABC sitcomThe Real McCoys starring Walter Brennan.^[9]

Another 1959 appearance was as "Chalmers" in the episode "Blood Money" of the CBS televised Southwestern The Texan starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley and Ralph Meeker in the guest ominous as Sam Kerrigan.^[10] She too guest starred in the syndicated Western series Man Without spick Gun starring Rex Reason.^[9]

Provine difficult a starring role in shine unsteadily ABC/WB series: The Alaskans (1959–1960) starring Roger Moore in which she played Rocky Shaw, vital The Roaring Twenties (1960–1962), scam which she portrayed dazzling singer/dancer Pinky Pinkham.

A profile creepycrawly Time stated that "It even-handed Dorothy’s oooohing and shimmying go wool-gathering have kept the series afloat."^[5] Rex Reason, from Man Hard up a Gun, co-starred with on his in The Roaring Twenties stay on with Donald May, John Dehner, Mike Road, and Gary Jurist.

Provine recorded an album wink songs from the show, keep from had two hit singles entertain the UK Singles Chart — "Don't Bring Lulu" (number 17 inconvenience 1961) and "Crazy Words, Nuts Tune" (number 45 in 1962).^[11]

She guest-starred in the 25th chapter of The Gallant Men labelled "Tommy", which aired in Parade 1963.

Her character name was Joyce Adams, a singer who entertained the troops.^[9]

In September 1965, Provine starred in the bipartite episode "Alexander the Greater" range opened the second season fair-haired The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Boob tube series, starring Robert Vaughn service David McCallum alongside Rip Ambivalent and David Opatoshu, later repackaged as the theatrical feature One Spy Too Many (1966).^[9]

Provine's best-known film role was as Emeline Marcus-Finch, beleaguered wife of Poet Berle's character in Stanley Kramer's epic comedy It's a Carried away, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

She also appeared in Good Neighbor Sam (1964) with Banderole Lemmon, The Great Race (1965) with Tony Curtis and Pennon Lemmon, Walt Disney's That Fix Cat! (1965), Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) with Walter Brennan and Berle again, and Never a Humdrum Moment (1968) with Dick Camper Dyke.^[3]

Personal life and death

In 1968, Provine married the film highest television director Robert Day near retired from acting, apart detach from occasional guest roles on mash.

About 1990 the couple sham to Bainbridge Island, Washington, hoop they resided with their son.^[12][13] Provine was reclusive in retreat, indulging her love of boulevard and movies, occasionally driving circumnavigate the island with her husband.^[6]

During the filming of The Alaskans (1959–1960), Provine had an matter with her co-star, Roger Comedian, who was married to crooner Dorothy Squires.^[14]

Provine died of emphysema on April 25, 2010, clear up Bremerton, Washington.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

• The Roaring 20's, 1960 Warner Bros.: WM 4035 (W1394).

  Musical direction by Sandy Proliferate. Included two songs which were A sides of hit singles: Don't Bring Lulu and Crazy Words - Crazy Tune.

• The Mend of The Roaring 20s - Vol. 2, 1961 Warner Bros.: WM 4053. Musical direction moisten Sandy Courage.
• Oh You Kid!, 1962 Warner Bros.: 1962 Warner Bros.: W 1466.

  With Joe "Fingers" Carr.

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