Dorothy Lovett

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| name = Dorothy Lovett

| image = Dorothy Lovett in Meet Dr. Christian (1939).jpg

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| caption = Lovett in Meet Dr. Christian (1939)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|02|16|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1998|04|28|1915|02|16}}

| death_place = Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = Brown University (Pembroke College)

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1939–1965

| spouse = {{marriage|Jack Hively
|1941}}

}}

Dorothy Lovett (February 16, 1915 – April 28, 1998){{cite web |title=Dorothy Lovett |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f979089 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019124059/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f979089 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |website=bfi.org.uk |accessdate=19 October 2019}} was an American film actress.

Biography

= Early and personal life =

Lovett was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She married director Jack Hively (1910-1995) on December 25, 1941, while he was in the Air Force.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19411215&id=EyBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4355,3756723 "Mingle Bells", St. Petersburg Times], December 15, 1941 Hively worked for RKO studios for a period.{{Citation needed |date=December 2019}} Lovett graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University with a major in sociology and a minor in psychology.

= Film career =

Lovett's best-known recurring role is that of Judy Price in Meet Dr. Christian (1939), Remedy for Riches (1940), The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940), Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) and They Meet Again (1941). She spent almost the whole of her career with RKO studios, debuting in 1939. She was lent to Universal Studios to make The Green Hornet Strikes Again and retired from professional life in 1943 when her RKO contract expired.[https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/43471/Dorothy-Lovett/biography "Dorothy Lovett biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214957/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/43471/Dorothy-Lovett/biography |date=2016-03-06 }}, New York Times

Her last film appearance was a small role in 1965's A Patch of Blue.

= Radio career =

Lovett's early radio experience came in Providence, where she performed on programs that included a cooking school, a dramatized serial, a shopping service, and a weekly fashion show.

In radio series, Lovett supplied the voices for Toni Sherwood on Rocky Jordan (1945-1947),[https://books.google.com/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&dq=Dorothy+Lovett+Rocky+Jordan&pg=PA432 On the Air: The encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, John Dunning, 1998] Meta Bauer/Jan Carter on Guiding Light (1948-1949) and Grace Adam on The Seeking Heart (1953-1955).[https://books.google.com/books?id=jNYHAQAAMAAJ&q=Dorothy+Lovett+Guiding+Light The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, Christopher Schemering, 1988] She also appeared on Dr. Christian, Lux Radio Theatre, Father Knows Best and many other radio programs.

=TV career=

In 1954, Lovett began portraying Grace Adam, a doctor's wife, in The Seeking Heart, a CBS daytime drama.{{cite news |title=TV Portraits--Dorothy Lovett |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40241996/dorothy_lovett/ |accessdate=December 7, 2019 |work=The Bedford Daily-Times Mail |date=July 3, 1954 |location=Indiana, Bedford |page=12|via = Newspapers.com}}