Dorothy Mackaill (March , â€" August , ) was a British-American
actress, most notably of the silent-film era and into the early s.Born
in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in (although she later would claim
or as her year of birth, including on her petition for naturalization
as a United States citizen, giving as the year), Mackaill lived with
her father after her parents separated when she was around eleven
years old. She attended Thoresby Primary School. As a teenager,
Mackaill ran away to London to pursue a stage career as an
actress.After temporarily relocating to Paris,[when?] she met a
Broadway stage choreographer who persuaded her to move to New York
City[when?] where she became involved in the Ziegfeld Follies and
befriended future motion picture actresses Marion Davies and Nita
Naldi.[citation needed]
actress, most notably of the silent-film era and into the early s.Born
in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in (although she later would claim
or as her year of birth, including on her petition for naturalization
as a United States citizen, giving as the year), Mackaill lived with
her father after her parents separated when she was around eleven
years old. She attended Thoresby Primary School. As a teenager,
Mackaill ran away to London to pursue a stage career as an
actress.After temporarily relocating to Paris,[when?] she met a
Broadway stage choreographer who persuaded her to move to New York
City[when?] where she became involved in the Ziegfeld Follies and
befriended future motion picture actresses Marion Davies and Nita
Naldi.[citation needed]
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