Dorothy Revier

Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress.

Dorothy Revier
Revier in 1929
Born	Doris Valerga^[1] (1904-04-18)April 18, 1904 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	November 19, 1993(1993-11-19) (aged 89) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921–1936
Spouse(s)	Harry Revier (?–1926) William Pelayo (1950–1964)

Early years

Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco^[2] on April 18, 1904,^[3] Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing family of the Bay Area. Her mother was English and her father was Italian.^[3] She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing.

Career

 

Dorothy Revier c.1930

Revier danced with a Russian ballet company on tour, but homesickness brought her back to San Francisco, where she became the featured dancer at Tait's Cafe.^[4] She was discovered by a talent agent while working in a cabaret^[5] and signed to a film contract by Harry Cohn.^[6]

She made her film debut in Life's Greatest Question (1921) and was active throughout the 1920s, playing in The Virgin (1924), The Supreme Test (1923), An Enemy of Men (1925), The Far Cry (1926), Cleopatra (1928), Tanned Legs (1929) and The Iron Mask (1929).^{[citation needed]}

After recovering from two broken arms suffered in a 1930 car accident, she played roles in low-budget films for Columbia Pictures. In 1935 she played the role of a saloon girl in Paramount Pictures' second Hopalong Cassidy film, The Eagle's Brood, working alongside William Boyd. In many films she appeared as a vamp, and she later worked as a free-lance performer in Buck Jones westerns such as Lovable Liar (1933). The Cowboy and the Kid (1936) was her final film.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Revier was married to director Harry J. Revier, and to commercial artist William Pelayo. Both marriages ended in divorce.^[5]

A resident of West Hollywood, Revier died at the age of 89, at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center,^[5] and was interred at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles area, buried under the simple marker of name and dates, marked with the lone inscription, "Beloved Actress."^[7]

Partial filmography

• The Broadway Madonna (1922)
• The Wild Party (1923)
• The Sword of Valor (1924)
• Marry in Haste (1924)
• The Virgin (1924)
• The Cowboy and the Flapper (1924)
• The Martyr Sex (1924)
• The Other Kind of Love (1924)
• The Rose of Paris (1924)
• Do It Now (1924)
• An Enemy Of Men (1925)
• Sealed Lips (1925)
• The Fate of a Flirt (1925)
• Just a Woman (1925)
• Steppin' Out (1925)
• The Far Cry (1926) - Yvonne Beaudet
• The Better Way (1926)
• Poker Faces (1926)
• When the Wife's Away (1926)
• The False Alarm (1926)
• Poor Girls (1927)
• The Price of Honor (1927)
• Wandering Girls (1927)
• Stolen Pleasures (1927)
• The Clown (1927)
• The Red Dance (1928)
• Submarine (1928)
• Sinner's Parade (1928)
• Father and Son (1929)
• The Iron Mask (1929)
• The Quitter (1929)
• The Donovan Affair (1929)
• The Dance of Life (1929)
• The Mighty (1929)
• The Way of All Men (1930)
• The Squealer (1930)
• Call of the West (1930)
• Vengeance (1930)
• The Black Camel (1931)
• Anybody's Blonde (1931)
• Left Over Ladies (1931)
• Night World (1932)
• Beauty Parlor (1932)
• The King Murder (1932)
• The Arm of the Law (1932)
• No Living Witness (1932)
• A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
• The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
• Above the Clouds (1933)
• Green Eyes (1934)
• Unknown Blonde (1934)
• Circus Shadows (1935)
• Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
• The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
• The Eagle's Brood (1935)
• $20 a Week (1935)

References

1. Valerga family, oac.cdlib.org. Accessed September 5, 2022.
2. "The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925". Wireless Age: The Radio Magazine. 12 (6): 30–31. 1925. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
3. Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
4. Brownlow, Kevin (November 27, 1993). "Perfect Beauty from Poverty Row". The Guardian. England, London. p. 30. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Dorothy Revier Dead; Silent-Film Actress, 89". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 25, 1993. p. D 19. ProQuest 109149670. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via ProQuest.(subscription required)
6. George, Harry (January 25, 1931). "Up From Poverty Row". The Times Dispatch. Virginia, Richmond. p. 33. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland. p. 624.

• Fresno, California Bee Republican, "Louella Parsons Column", February 1, 1933, Page 4.
• Oakland, California Tribune, "Mother Wife In Oakland Maid's Bigamy Tangle", February 23, 1923, Page 15.
• Oakland Tribune, "Oakland Girl Screen Star", Sunday, June 10, 1923, Page 12-A.
• Oakland Tribune, "In New Hall of Fame", Thursday evening, November 10, 1935, Page B25.

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External links

 

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