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1911 - 1999 (88 years)
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Name |
Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap |
Born |
23 May 1911 |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Maternal DNA |
Haplogroup: H5b -> North-West Europe [1] |
Occupation |
1934 |
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Actress |
Reference Number |
7435 |
Died |
24 Jun 1999 |
San Diego, California, USA |
Person ID |
I7435 |
Families |
Father |
Homer Curtis Millsap, b. 10 May 1879, Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA , d. 17 Oct 1960, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 81 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Bess P Chaney, b. 10 May 1881, Lima, Allen, Ohio, USA |
Relationship |
natural |
Married |
3 Dec 1908 |
Family ID |
F2471 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Frank John Bersbach, b. 9 Dec 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA , d. 23 Dec 1969, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 58 years) |
Children |
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Family ID |
F2472 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos |
| Millsap, Marjorie Elizabeth Dorothy Lee, born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap in Los Angeles, she started seeking film roles in 1929, after graduating from high school, but ended up in New York City working on the stage. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with Wheeler & Woolsey; she became so identified with the comedians that she seldom appeared apart from them. |
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Notes |
- Dorothy Lee (May 23, 1911 - June 24, 1999) was an American actress and comedian during the 1930s, usually appearing alongside the popular Wheeler & Woolsey comedy team.
Born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap in Los Angeles, she started seeking film roles in 1929, after graduating from high school, but ended up in New York City working on the stage. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with Wheeler & Woolsey; she became so identified with the comedians that she seldom appeared apart from them.
She withdrew from the series after producer David O. Selznick tampered with her performance in Girl Crazy; she returned when Selznick's successor Mark Sandrich cast her in two well-received features in 1934. RKO replaced her with Mary Carlisle and then Betty Grable, but she returned in 1935 for two final appearances.
In the early 1940s, after Robert Woolsey had died, Bert Wheeler was struggling to re-establish himself as a solo performer, and asked Dorothy Lee to tour with him in vaudeville. She immediately interrupted her private life to help her old friend.
Lee was married six times, including briefly to Hollywood gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler. She had four children by her fifth husband - and longest married to - in 1941-1960, Frank John Bersbach, Jr. who was a son of Manz Corporation VP Frank John Bersbach, Sr.
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Sources |
- [S255] 23andMe DNA, Brent Bersbach.
Maternal DNA test result:
Haplogroup: H5b
Ethnic Origin: North-West Europe
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