词条 | Mary Dees |
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|name = Mary Dees |image = |imagesize = 160px |caption = |birth_date = {{birth_date|1911|6|3|mf=y}} |birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death_date and age|2004|8|4|1911|6|3|mf=y}} |death_place = Lake Worth, Florida, U.S. |occupation = Actress |yearsactive = 1929–1985 }} Mary Ella Dees (June 3, 1911 – August 4, 2004) was an American stage and screen actress who once served as a primary stand-in double for late-1930s actress Jean Harlow. Dees had parts in The Last Gangster (1937), The Women (1939), as well as a number of Three Stooges shorts, which included Hoi Polloi (1935), and numerous Marx Brothers comedies. Biography and careerBorn in Syracuse, New York on June 3, 1911,[1] the daughter of a successful lawyer, she was for a time raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[2] In 1937, upon the sudden death of actress Jean Harlow, Dees was cast by MGM boss Louis B. Mayer as a four-minute stand-in for Harlow, who was acting on the film Saratoga with Clark Gable, which was still in production at the time.[3] Later careerDees appeared in her last film role in 1946, in the Marx Brothers film A Night in Casablanca. She continued to act on stage in repertory theatre until 1985.[3] DeathDees died on August 4, 2004 in Lake Worth, Florida, aged 93, after a long illness.[4] References1. ^Born on June 3, 1911, not in September 1911 as per the Social Security Death Index, under name DEES, MARY E (SS# 569-18-8259) 2. ^Guide to actress Mary Dees' scrapbooks MSS.2562-001, University of Alabama, accessed 2011-01-02. 3. ^1 [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/sep/22/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries The Guardian obituary for Mary Dees, September 22, 2005; accessed January 2, 2011.] 4. ^South Florida Sun-Sentinel article with photo, August 10, 2004 External links
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