Dorothy Jordan

• Name — Dorothy Jordan • Born — 9 August 1906 • Birthplace — Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. • Died — 7 December 1988 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1929–1933; 1953–1957 • Spouse — Paul J. Barnes (?) Merian C. Cooper (1933–1973) (his death) 3 children • Children — 3

Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, Jordan studied at what is now Rhodes College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She performed in Broadway musicals, including Garrick Gaieties. • Illustration — Dorothy Jordan (right) with Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in Min and Bill Jordan made her screen debut in the 1929 film The Taming of the Shrew. She made 22 more films in the next four years, including Min and Bill (1930) with Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler and The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) with Bette Davis. During this time, she appeared in films with Ramon Novarro, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Huston and Jimmy Durante.

Jordan and Cooper lived in Coronado, California and remained married until his death of cancer on April 21, 1973. Jordan died of congestive heart failure on December 7, 1988, aged 82, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Her body was cremated at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles, California, and her ashes scattered at sea.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1929 — Black Magic — Ann Bradbroke • Words and Music — Song and dance principal • The Taming of the Shrew — Bianca • Devil-May-Care — Leonie de Beaufort • 1930 — In Gay Madrid — Carmiña Rivas • Call of the Flesh — Maria Consuelo Vargas • Love in the Rough — Marilyn Crawford • Min and Bill — Nancy Smith • 1931 — A Tailor Made Man — Tanya • Shipmates — Kit Corbin • Young Sinners — Constance Sinclair • The Beloved Bachelor — Mitzi Stressman • Hell Divers — Ann Mitchell • 1932 — The Lost Squadron — 'Pest' Curwood • The Wet Parade — Maggie May 'Persimmon' Chilcote • The Roadhouse Murder — Mary Agnew • Down to Earth — Julia Pearson • 70,000 Witnesses — Dorothy Clark • The Cabin in the Cotton — Betty Wright • That's My Boy — Dorothy Whitney • 1933 — Strictly Personal — Mary O'Conner • Bondage — Judy Peters • One Man's Journey — Letty McGinnis • 1953 — The Sun Shines Bright — Lucy Lee's mother • 1956 — The Searchers — Martha Edwards • 1957 — The Wings of Eagles — Rose Brentmann