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Dorothy Parker is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Additional Dialogue American born on 22 august 1893 at Long Branch (USA)

Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker
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Birth name Dorothy Rothschild
Nationality USA
Birth 22 august 1893 at Long Branch (USA)
Death 7 june 1967 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the Hollywood blacklist.

Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker". Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured.

Biography

Connue également sous le nom de Dottie et surnommée « The Wit », Parker est née Dorothy Rothschild dans le West End district de Long Branch (New Jersey), où ses parents avaient une résidence estivale. Elle aimait à dire que ses parents l'avaient ramenée dans leur appartement de Manhattan peu de temps après un jour de fête du travail afin qu'elle puisse être considérée comme une véritable New-yorkaise. Ses amis la voyaient à la fois comme une source d'amusement et de tragédie. Elle tenta de se suicider au moins à trois reprises.

Elle débute dans la critique littéraire et théâtrale dans Vanity Fair, The New Yorker. Ses éreintements sont très mordants comme ses enthousiasmes sont communicatifs. Elle publie dans cette presse new-yorkaise des poèmes plutôt désabusés qui, réunis en recueil, font un grand succès de librairie en 1928, avec de nombreuses rééditions.

Dorothy Parker était au centre d'un groupe littéraire new-yorkais, l'Algonquin Round Table, "The Round Table Vicious Circle" ou "Cercle Vicieux", surnommé ainsi car les réunions se tenaient autour d'une grande table ronde, à l'Hôtel Algonquin sur la 44e rue. On pouvait croiser parmi les convives des auteurs, des gens de théâtre ou plus simplement des "it girls and boys" - l'expression si utilisée aujourd'hui date de cette époque.

Pour Hollywood, elle écrit, souvent en collaboration, les scénarios d’Une étoile est née (1937), de La Vipère de William Wyler (1941), Cinquième Colonne (Saboteur), d'Alfred Hitchcock (1942), d’Une vie perdue (1947) et de L'Éventail de Lady Windermere d'Otto Preminger (adaptation de L'Éventail de Lady Windermere d'Oscar Wilde, 1949).

Très engagée politiquement, Dorothy Parker compte parmi les défenseurs de Sacco et Vanzetti. Dans les années 1950, elle est une des victimes du maccarthysme et inscrite sur la liste noire du cinéma ; elle était en effet liée plus ou moins directement à la mouvance communiste, ayant entre autres aidé à fonder la « Hollywood Anti-Nazi League » en 1936.

Elle meurt seule dans une chambre d'hôtel avec son chien et une bouteille d'alcool à l'âge de soixante-treize ans.

Elle légua ses biens au mouvement de Martin Luther King, la NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

En 1987, Prince écrit un morceau, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, sur l'album Sign of the Times, où il cite au détour d'un verset le surnom de l'auteur (« The Wit »).

En 2014, Myriam Gendron met en musique une partie des poèmes de Dorothy Parker.

Best films

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
(Additional Writing)

Usually with

Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
(2 films)
Murray Alper
Murray Alper
(4 films)
Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps
(3 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dorothy Parker (22 films)

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Actress

The Ten-Year Lunch, 56minutes
Directed by Aviva Slesin
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about cities
Actors Helen Hayes, Heywood Hale Broun, Ruth Gordon, Margalo Gillmore, Roberta Maxwell, Marshall Efron
Roles Herself (archive footage)
Rating65% 3.2821953.2821953.2821953.2821953.282195
Le film retrace l'histoire de l'Algonquin Round Table, un groupe d'écrivains et d'acteurs à qui se réunissaient à l'Hôtel Algonquin à New York dans les années 1920, comprenant des personnalités telles que Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Marc Connelly, Harold Ross et Harpo Marx.
Saboteur
Saboteur (1942)
, 1h48
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd, Ian Wolfe
Roles Woman in Car (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.547983.547983.547983.547983.54798
During World War II, aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale, California, an act of sabotage that killed his friend Mason (Virgil Summers). Kane believes the real culprit is a man named Fry (Norman Lloyd) who, during their efforts to put out the fire, handed him a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline, that he passed on to Mason. When the investigators find no one named "Fry" on the list of plant workers, they assume Kane is guilty.

Scriptwriter

The Flower of My Secret, 1h42
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Marisa Paredes, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma, Juan Echanove, Chus Lampreave, Kiti Mánver
Roles Novel
Rating69% 3.497733.497733.497733.497733.49773
Marisa Paredes is Leocadia ("Leo") Macias, a woman writing popular romance novels under the pen name Amanda Gris. Unlike her romantic ("pink") novels, her own love life is troubled. Leo has a difficult relationship with her husband Paco (Imanol Arias), a military officer stationed in Brussels and later in Bosnia, who is distant both physically and emotionally. The film starts with Leo writing about the feeling of having lost her lover, a feeling that she compares to the pain of a tight pair of boots that she can't take off. Almodovar took for this first part of the film strong plot elements from Dorothy Parker's short story The Lovely Leave
A Star Is Born, 3h1
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Amanda Blake
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating74% 3.7464953.7464953.7464953.7464953.746495
Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist attempts to keep him away from reporters. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause.
Queen for a Day, 1h47
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jack Bailey, Phyllis Avery, Darren McGavin, Joan Winfield, Lonnie Burr, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3850553.3850553.3850553.3850553.385055
This script must be run from the command line
The Fan
The Fan (1949)
, 1h19
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene, Martita Hunt, John Sutton
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2899353.2899353.2899353.2899353.289935
A Londres, juste après la guerre, Mrs Erlynne, une vieille dame assiste à la mise aux enchères d'un éventail lui ayant appartenu. Souhaitant le récupérer, elle va demander de l'aide à une ancienne relation, Lord Darlington. Mais qui est donc la mystérieuse Mrs Erlynne ? Grâce à plusieurs flash-backs, nous revivons le drame qui s'est joué quelques années plus tôt.
The Fan
The Fan (1949)
, 1h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene, Martita Hunt, John Sutton
Roles Writer
Rating65% 3.2899353.2899353.2899353.2899353.289935
Dans un Londres dévasté par les bombardements de l'après-guerre, une vieille dame, Mrs. Erlynne, assiste à la mise aux enchères d'un éventail lui ayant appartenu. Elle souhaiterait le récupérer : le commissaire-priseur lui accorde un délai de vingt-quatre heures pour établir la preuve de ses allégations. Mrs. Erlynne se rend donc au domicile d'une de ses anciennes relations, Lord Darlington. À l'aide de quatre flash-back, le film reconstitue le passé des époux Windermere, de Lord Darlington, de Lord Lorton et de Mrs. Erlynne et de leurs relations complexes. Au cours de son entretien avec Lord Darlington, Mrs. Erlynne lui révèle qu'elle est la mère de Lady Margaret Windermere. Elle avait sauvé sa fille d'une situation embarrassante au cours de laquelle celle-ci risquait d'être compromise. En signe de gratitude, Lady Windermere lui légua son éventail. Extrêmement bouleversé par ce qu'il apprend, Darlington invite Mrs. Erlynne à dîner.
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman, 1h43
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs
Actors Susan Hayward, Eddie Albert, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Carl Esmond, Carleton Young
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.1476553.1476553.1476553.1476553.147655
In a hospital, Angie Evans (Susan Hayward), her face bandaged, recounts the events that brought her here.
Saboteur
Saboteur (1942)
, 1h48
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd, Ian Wolfe
Rating70% 3.547983.547983.547983.547983.54798
During World War II, aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale, California, an act of sabotage that killed his friend Mason (Virgil Summers). Kane believes the real culprit is a man named Fry (Norman Lloyd) who, during their efforts to put out the fire, handed him a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline, that he passed on to Mason. When the investigators find no one named "Fry" on the list of plant workers, they assume Kane is guilty.
The Little Foxes, 1h55
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Charles Dingle, Richard Carlson, Carl Benton Reid
Rating78% 3.946373.946373.946373.946373.94637
The focus is on Southern aristocrat Regina Hubbard Giddens (Bette Davis), who struggles for wealth and freedom within the confines of an early 20th-century society where a father considered only sons as legal heirs. As a result, her avaricious brothers, Benjamin (Charles Dingle) and Oscar (Carl Benton Reid), are independently wealthy, while she must rely for financial support upon her sickly husband Horace (Herbert Marshall), who has been away undergoing treatment for a severe heart condition.
Trade Winds, 1h33
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Sidney Blackmer, Ann Sothern, Thomas Mitchell
Roles Writer
Rating61% 3.0989353.0989353.0989353.0989353.098935
Former police detective Sam Wye is on the trail of socialite Kay Kerrigan who is accused of fatally shooting millionaire cad Thomas Bruhme. Kay has taken a ship to the South Seas followed by Sam, Sam's secretary Jean Livingstone as well as police detectives Ben "Homer" Blodgett and George Faulkner. Along the way, through various adventures, Sam and Kay fall in love, as do Homer and Jean. Sam eventually determines that the actual killer was a jealous husband whose wife was having an affair with Bruhme. Kay is thus cleared and free to marry Sam.
Sweethearts, 1h54
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Mischa Auer, Florence Rice
Rating61% 3.095993.095993.095993.095993.09599
Broadway stars Gwen Marlow (Jeanette MacDonald) and Ernest Lane (Nelson Eddy) are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta Sweethearts (Ray Bolger dances the role of Hans). They are also very much in love after six years of marriage. Norman Trumpett (Reginald Gardiner) is a successful Hollywood talent scout under pressure to recruit Marlow and Lane for his studio, which their Broadway producer Felix Lehman (Frank Morgan) is equally determined to prevent.
Nothing Sacred, 1h17
Directed by William A. Wellman, William Cameron Menzies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists
Actors Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Sig Ruman, Margaret Hamilton
Rating67% 3.395553.395553.395553.395553.39555
New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) is blamed for passing off an ordinary African-American (Troy Brown) as an African nobleman hosting a charity event (despite his claims of not knowing this was false). Cook is demoted to writing obituaries. He begs his boss Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) for another chance. Wally is sent to the (fictional) town of Warsaw, Vermont, to interview Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard), a woman supposedly dying of radium poisoning. Cook finally locates Hazel, who is crying because her doctor has told her that she is not dying. Unaware of this, he invites her to New York as the guest of the Morning Star newspaper.