She was born into a socially prominent family, and her mother was a descendant of Jefferson Davis.
•
Initially being contracted for bit parts, she won her first film role over such established contenders as Mae Clarke and Isabel Jewell and made her debut in Wharf Angel (1934).
•
Dell and Columbo had met at her Ziegfeld audition; Columbo's manager, Con Conrad, was determined to end their relationship and did so with a series of "publicity only" romances between Columbo and other, more famous actresses.
Dell | Dorothy L. Sayers | Dorothy Parker | Dorothy Gale | Dorothy | Michael Dell | Commedia dell'arte | Dell Comics | Dell Publishing | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Dorothy Loudon | Dorothy Lamour | Dorothy Dandridge | Dorothy Thompson | Dorothy Day | Dell Hymes | Dorothy Hamill | Dell'Orto | Floyd Dell | Dorothy Stratten | Dorothy McGuire | Dorothy Malone | Dorothy Kirsten | Dorothy Fields | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion | commedia dell'arte | Castel dell'Ovo | Autodromo dell'Umbria | Dorothy Wordsworth | Dorothy Perkins |