Sutton, Dolores

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American actress on stage, screen and television, Dolores Sutton was born in New York City in 1927 and was a philosophy major at New York University before co-authoring a script for NBC-TV and winning the lead. She had an active career as a performer, primarily on the stage and on television, and was also an occasional playwright.

From the description of Dolores Sutton papers, 1945-1996 and n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 289531511

From the guide to the Dolores Sutton papers, 1945-1996 and undated, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)

Dolores Sutton and Bertha Case were friends and associates of Lotte Lenya during the years following the death of Lenya's first husband, Kurt Weill, in 1950.

Sutton, an actress who played alongside Lenya during part of the road tour of Brecht on Brecht, was also Lenya's neighbor in her apartment building on New York's East 55th Street and, perhaps most importantly, her partner in endless rounds of poker and canasta. Also in on the sessions was Bertha Case, who happened to act as agent for both Lenya (as actress and as executrix of the Weill estate), and the Bertolt Brecht estate.

From the description of Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case, 1956-1982. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 122574785

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creatorOf Sutton, Dolores. Dolores Sutton papers, 1945-1996 and n.d. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Lucille Lortel papers The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Dolores Sutton papers, 1945-1996 and undated The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Sutton, Dolores. Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case, 1956-1982. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
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associatedWith Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. person
correspondedWith Case, Bertha person
correspondedWith Grayson, Richard person
correspondedWith Hauptmann, Elisabeth, 1897-1973 person
correspondedWith Lenya, Lotte, 1898-1981 person
associatedWith Lindfors, Viveca, 1920-1995 person
associatedWith Lortel, Lucille person
correspondedWith Richmond, Harvey person
associatedWith Saddler, Donald person
associatedWith Tabori, George, 1914-2007 person
associatedWith Weigel, Helene, 1900-1971 person
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Birth 1927-02-04

Death 2009-05-11

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