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Dorothy Stickney
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Actor Born: June 21, 1896 in Dickinson, ND Death: June 2, 1998 in New York City, NY Biography:American stage actress "Dorothy Stickney" attended Northwestern University, and upon graduation in 1921 studied acting for two years with Christine Brooks. Stickney made her Broadway bow in the 1926 play The Squall, and thereafter made at least one starring appearance per year. She seemed most comfortable in roles calling for brassy exuberance, though it took quite a while for director "George S. Kaufman" to get Stickney to say her entrance line -- "I've been looking for you bastards" -- in the original 1928 production of The Front Page. Married from 1927 to producer/playwright "Howard Lindsay", Stickney appeared with her husband as Vinnie and Clarence Day in the 1939 Broadway classic Life With Father, which ended up the longest-running stage comedy in history. In 1948, Stickney re-created her role for a less lengthy but successful sequel, Life with Mother. "Dorothy Stickney" made a handful of film... Full Biography
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