Dorothy Dickson
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Dorothy Dickson (July 25, 1893 - September 25, 1995), was an American born, London-based theater actress.
She is known mostly for her rendition of the classic Jerome Kern song "Look for the Silver Lining". She was also a member of the Zeigfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad. In 1936 she co-starred with Ivor Novello in Careless Rapture.
As for her film career, Dickson starred in a few silent films, including Eastward Ho! in 1919, and made her last film appearance in 1949's Paying the Piper.
During her early days on the London stage, Dickson was introduced to another future celebrity (as well as a centenarian), whose name was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later The Queen Mother. The two became close friends and their friendship lasted until Dickson's death at age 102.
Her daughter was the actress Dorothy Hyson, who was married to Sir Anthony Quayle. Dorothy Hyson Quayle died, aged 81, one year after her mother's death at age 102.
Angus McBean's photograph of Dorothy Dickson was used on the poster for the exhibition of his photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2006.
