Flashy, leggy, bouffant blonde Dorothy Provine graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Theater Arts. Hollywood folklore has it that Dorothy landed the role of the notorious femme bank robber in the lowbudget "B" film "The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)" just three days after arriving in Hollywood. It certainly proved to be her lucky break but it hardly lead to better big screen ro ...
show all Flashy, leggy, bouffant blonde Dorothy Provine graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Theater Arts. Hollywood folklore has it that Dorothy landed the role of the notorious femme bank robber in the lowbudget "B" film "The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)" just three days after arriving in Hollywood. It certainly proved to be her lucky break but it hardly lead to better big screen roles or clinched movie stardom for her. On the contrary, she continued on in such innocuous programmers as "The Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)", "Live Fast, Die Young (1958)" and as the gigantic, radiation-exposed love interest in the extremely lame and unfunny "30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)" opposite comedian Lou Costello in his only effort without partner Bud Abbott. Better suited it would seem for the small screen, Dorothy became one of the more visible female faces on TV during the late 50s and 60s and would be best remembered for her role as Pinky Pinkham, the Charleston-dancing flapper in the Warner Bros. adventure series "Roaring 20's" (1960)". A vivacious guest on scores of TV shows, she occasionally appeared in several 60s films where she generally projected a squeaky-clean image playing various sparkly housewives and girlfriends. Dorothy co-starred in the all-star "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)", appeared opposite Jack Lemmon in "Good Neighbor Sam (1964)" and made her last silver screen appearance alongside Dick Van Dyke_ in "Never a Dull Moment (1968)", which did not live up to its title. Dorothy abruptly left the business in 1969 after marrying director Robert Day , who was involved in several of the Tarzan movies of the 1960s.
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