Bergetta "Dorothy" Peterson (December 25, 1897 â€" October 3, 1979)
was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway
before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films.Peterson was born
in Hector, Minnesota and of Swedish ancestry. She made her screen
debut in Mothers Cry (1930), a domestic drama that required the
29-year-old actress to age nearly three decades in the course of the
film.Mothers Cry instantly typecast Peterson in careworn maternal
roles, which she continued to assay for the rest of her career. Most
of her subsequent film assignments were supporting roles like Mrs.
Hawkins in Treasure Island. In 1942, she briefly replaced Olive
Blakeney as Mrs. Aldrich in the comedy series entry Henry Aldrich for
President.
was an American actress. She began her acting career on Broadway
before appearing in more than eighty Hollywood films.Peterson was born
in Hector, Minnesota and of Swedish ancestry. She made her screen
debut in Mothers Cry (1930), a domestic drama that required the
29-year-old actress to age nearly three decades in the course of the
film.Mothers Cry instantly typecast Peterson in careworn maternal
roles, which she continued to assay for the rest of her career. Most
of her subsequent film assignments were supporting roles like Mrs.
Hawkins in Treasure Island. In 1942, she briefly replaced Olive
Blakeney as Mrs. Aldrich in the comedy series entry Henry Aldrich for
President.
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