Claire Dodd (December 29, 1908 - November 23, 1973) was a successful American film actress. Born Dorothy Anne Dodd in Des Moines, Iowa, Dodd's father was a doctor who abandoned her and her mother before she was ten years old. Her mother suffered from tuberculosis and was forced to support her, so young Dorothy moved to New York City at the age of 15 and joined the Ziegfeld Follies where she was eventually discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck. Wikipedia
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