Dorothy Park Benjamin

• Name — Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso • Birth Name — Dorothy Park Benjamin • Born — 6 August 1893 • Birthplace — Hastings-on-Hudson, New York • Died — 16 December 1955 • Place of death — Baltimore, Maryland • Resting Place — Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland • Occupation — Writer • Relatives — Park Benjamin (father) • Partner — Margaret C. Anderson (1942) • Children — 2

Born Dorothy Park Benjamin on August 6, 1893, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, she was the daughter of Park Benjamin, a wealthy lawyer and author, and Ida Crane. Dorothy had two sisters and two brothers. • Illustration — Caruso's wedding party on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City, 20 August 1918. Left to right: Bruno Zirato (Caruso's secretary), Dorothy Caruso, Enrico Caruso, Mrs. J. S. Keith. On August 20, 1918, Benjamin married Enrico Caruso, with whom she had a daughter, Gloria Caruso (1919–1999). After Enrico Caruso's death on August 2, 1921, Dorothy married Captain Ernest Augustus Ingram (1892–1954) in 1923, divorcing in 1925. Their daughter, Jacqueline, was born in September 1924. In 1933, she married Charles Adam Holder (1872–1955), divorcing in 1940. She reverted to the surname "Caruso" following the dissolution of both marriages. In 1942, Dorothy Caruso met Margaret C. Anderson, on a voyage to the United States, with whom she lived until her death in 1955. Dorothy Caruso died of cancer in Baltimore, Maryland on December 16, 1955, at the age of 62. She was interred in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Her recorded language was English. She was the child of Park Benjamin and Ida Crane. She married Enrico Caruso. One child is recorded: Gloria Grazianna Victoria America Caruso.