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| Born | Marie Katherine Steward May 25, 1882 Duncannon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1956 (aged 74) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Marie Doro (May 25, 1882 – October 9, 1956) was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era.
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Marie Doro was born as Marie Katherine Steward in Duncannon, Pennsylvania and began her career as a theater actress before progressing to motion pictures in 1915, under contract with film producer Adolph Zukor.
She was briefly married to the vaudeville and silent screen actor Elliott Dexter; the marriage soon ended in divorce. The marriage produced no children and Doro never remarried.
Doro's film debut for Zukor's Famous Players studio was the starring role in the now lost short film The Morals of Marcus in 1915.
The following year she played the lead in the 1916 film version of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a role she previously played with much acclaim on stage in 1912. Throughout the 1910s, Doro remained a highly respected and popular leading lady. Most of her earliest screen appearances are now lost. One of the few to survive is Lost and Won from 1915.
Although still a popular leading lady, by the early 1920s Doro became increasingly disillusioned with Hollywood and her acting career. She became reclusive and drawn to spiritual matters and after moving to New York City briefly studied at the Union Theological Seminary.
In 1924 Doro made her last American film appearance, playing the title character in Sally Bishop and briefly relocated to Europe where she made several more films in Italy. After returning to the United States, she spent the rest of her life in seclusion.
In 1956 she died of heart failure in New York City, New York, aged 74. She allocated $90,000 dollars in her will to the Actors' Fund. She was buried at the Duncannon Cemetery in Duncannon, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Marie Doro was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, USA.
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