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Dorothy Morris 
in the film trailer for ''Cry 'Havoc' (1943)Born February 23, 1922
Los Angeles, California, United StatesOccupation Actress Years active 1941–1971 Spouse Marvin Moffie (1943–1966)
Roger E. Miller (1969–1972)Dorothy Morris (born February 23, 1922) is a former American film and television actress known for her "girl next door" persona.
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Early life and career
Morris was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of a Methodist minister. She studied acting under famed drama teacher Maria Ouspenskaya. She did a screen test for the female lead in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942), but lost to Donna Reed.
Morris was signed to an MGM contract in 1942. For one of her early film roles, Cry 'Havoc' (1943), she affected a British accent. The highlight of her career, however, was in 1945 when she starred as Ingeborg Jensen in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes. Other screen roles included Someone to Remember (1943), The Human Comedy (1943), Rationing (1944) and None Shall Escape (1944).
Morris is often remembered for her featured appearances in M-G-M short subjects. She appeared in several of the studio's "miniatures," including the Pete Smith, Passing Parade, and Crime Does Not Pay series. The Crime short turned out so well that M-G-M expanded it into a full-length feature, Main Street After Dark (1945). (Morris reminisces about her short-subjects experience in the Turner Classic Movies documentary Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story, first broadcast in 2002.)
Later career
After she married in 1946, she took a hiatus from movie making. In the late 1950s, she made guest appearances on television series such as The Untouchables, The Donna Reed Show, Rawhide, Casey Jones, and Wagon Train. She made one film appearance during the 1950s in Macabre (1958). Her last film role to date was in William Castle's Seconds (1966) starring Rock Hudson. Her last television appearance was in a 1971 episode of Marcus Welby, M.D..
Personal life
Morris was married twice. Her first marriage was to math professor Marvin Moffie in 1946. They had two children. The marriage ended in divorce in 1966. Her second marriage was to church minister Roger E. Miller in 1969, but their union was short-lived and ended in a 1972 divorce.
Morris is the younger sister of actress Caren Marsh who was under contract to MGM and worked there as a dancer and constant stand-in for Judy Garland.
Morris has resided in Palm Springs, California, since July 2004.
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Categories:- 1922 births
- Living people
- 20th-century actors
- Western (genre) film actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Actors from Los Angeles, California
- People from Palm Springs, California
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