Dorothy Gibson
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s Model, actress and singer
Personal Info
- Birth Place
- Dorothy Winifred Brown May 17, 1889 Hoboken, New Jersey , U.S.
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born Dorothy Winifred Brown
May 17, 1889
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Died February 17, 1946 (aged 56)
Paris, France
Occupations Model, actress and singer
Years active 1906–1917
Spouses
George Henry Battier, Jr.
(m. 1910; div. 1913)
Jules Brulatour
(m. 1917; div. 1919)
Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster.
Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889, to John A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen (1866-1961; Danish, and German immigrant father, and mother, respectively) as Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the Hippodrome Theatre.
May 17, 1889
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Died February 17, 1946 (aged 56)
Paris, France
Occupations Model, actress and singer
Years active 1906–1917
Spouses
George Henry Battier, Jr.
(m. 1910; div. 1913)
Jules Brulatour
(m. 1917; div. 1919)
Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster.
Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889, to John A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen (1866-1961; Danish, and German immigrant father, and mother, respectively) as Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the Hippodrome Theatre.
Life & Career Details
Born Dorothy Winifred Brown
May 17, 1889
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Died February 17, 1946 (aged 56)
Paris, France
Occupations Model, actress and singer
Years active 1906–1917
Spouses
George Henry Battier, Jr.
(m. 1910; div. 1913)
Jules Brulatour
(m. 1917; div. 1919)
Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster.
Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889, to John A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen (1866-1961; Danish, and German immigrant father, and mother, respectively) as Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the Hippodrome Theatre.
May 17, 1889
Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
Died February 17, 1946 (aged 56)
Paris, France
Occupations Model, actress and singer
Years active 1906–1917
Spouses
George Henry Battier, Jr.
(m. 1910; div. 1913)
Jules Brulatour
(m. 1917; div. 1919)
Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster.
Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889, to John A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen (1866-1961; Danish, and German immigrant father, and mother, respectively) as Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the Hippodrome Theatre.
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