Dorothy Young

• Name — Dorothy Young • Birth Name — Dorothy Lena Young • Born — 3 May 1907 • Birthplace — Otisville, New York, U.S. • Died — 20 March 2011 • Place of death — Tinton Falls, New Jersey, U.S. • Occupation — * Actress • stage assistant to Harry Houdini • novelist • Years Active — 1925–2007

She was selected by Houdini because she was shorter than he was. She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926. She appeared in the several Houdini documentaries. After his death, Young, the daughter of a Methodist minister, appeared on Broadway in Jarnegan (1928–29), Conquest (1933), and New Faces of 1936 (1936). After leaving acting, she and her second husband, Gilbert Kiamie, toured the world as the Latin dancing team of "Dorothy and Gilbert". She was the author of two novels loosely based on her life: Diary Without Dates and Dancing on a Dime, the latter of which was made into a feature film in 1940 by Universal Studios, as well as the booklet Touring with Houdini, published in 2003.

Her first husband, Robert Perkins, was an agent for the FBI. Her second husband, Gilbert Kiamie, died in 1992. Young, the last surviving member of Houdini's touring show, died in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, on March 20, 2011, aged 103.