Sands, Dorothy, 1893-1980

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Dorothy Sands (1893-1950), a stage actress for nearly 50 years and an accomplished diseuse and mimic, died last Thursday at a nursing home in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was 87 years old and had been a resident of Manhattan.

Made Broadway debut in Catskill Dutch (1924), followed by Little Clay Cart, Exiles, The Critic, Grand Street Follies, The Dybbuk, The Apothocary, The Seagull, Jeannie, Misalliance, Quadrille, Mary Stuart, My Fair Lady and Bell Book and Candle; had 2 one-woman shows, Styles in Acting and Our Stage and Stars. Received Tony Award for her teaching of classic acting at the American Theatre Wing (1959).

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referencedIn Huntington, Catharine Sargent, 1886-1987. Papers, 1913-1987 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Radcliffe College. Class of 1915. Records, 1915-1990 (inclusive). Radcliffe College, Archives
referencedIn Will Rapport papers, 1931-1964. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946. Studio one summer theatre-- The Voysey inheritance / by Granville Barker ; adapted for television by Michael Dyne. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. George Pierce Baker papers, 1878-1958 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn De Pauw, Victor. Grand Street follies of 1928 portrait collection, 1928. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Huntington, Catharine Sargent, 1887-1987. Papers, 1913-1987 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Lucille Lortel papers The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Records, 1915-1990 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn George Pierce Baker papers, 1878-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Baker, George Pierce, 1866-1935. Papers of George Pierce Baker, 1882-1926 (inclusive), 1890-1926 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES I. Vol. LXXX (ff. 119). Photographs of productions of 'Androcles and the Lion’, 'Arms and the Man’, 'Back to Methuselah’, 'Caesar and Cleopatra’, 'Candida’, 'Captain Brassbound’s Conversion’, and Anatole France, 'The Man wh..., 1915-1950 British Library
referencedIn Huntington, Catharine Sargent, 1886-1987. Papers, 1919-1973 Houghton Library
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Sands, Dorothy, 1893-1980. Dorothy Sands papers, circa 1932-1977 Houghton Library
creatorOf Serling, Rod, 1924-1975. Westinghouse summer theatre-- U.F.O. / by Rod Serling. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
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associatedWith Huntington, Catharine Sargent, 1886-1987. person
associatedWith Lortel, Lucille person
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