Dorothy Dickson
(1893-1995), Actress and dancerSitter in 22 portraits
by Angus McBean
gelatin silver print, 1938
NPG P1701
by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG Ax160426
by Foulsham & Banfield
bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG x138251
by Dorothy Wilding
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG x194491
by Dorothy Wilding
gelatin silver print, 1920s
NPG x194492
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 September 1921
NPG x158862
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 September 1921
NPG x158863
by Florence Vandamm
gelatin silver print, circa 1921
NPG x194490
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1921
NPG x83049
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 26 March 1928
NPG x28336
by Dorothy Wilding
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 31 December 1930
NPG x137077
by Janet Jevons
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, circa 1930
NPG x198102
Dorothy Dickson; Dorothy Hyson
by Dorothy Wilding
vintage bromide proof print, 1933
NPG x46507
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1935
NPG x13460
Dorothy Dickson; Sir Charles Blake Cochran
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide print, 17 June 1939
NPG x76566
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1944
NPG x14059
Dorothy Dickson as Helen of Troy
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1944
NPG x14060
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1954
NPG x76099
by Alfred Cheney Johnston
vintage print, circa 1966
NPG x194256
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Anjel Candy
12 September 2017, 11:52
Dorothy Schofield Dickson (1893-1995) dancer, singer, stage and screen actress was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 26 July 1893. Her parents were Chicago journalist, William Bradford Dickson (1860-) and Clara M Barrett (1863-1946), both became members of the Christian Science movement.
In 1914 Dorothy Dickson dropped out of Madame Young's Chicago finishing school to form a dancing and marital partnership with Carl Constantine Hyson Jr (1887-1966). They performed throughout the US, before Dorothy joined the Ziegfeld Follies in 1917. The couple divorced in 1936. They had one daughter, actress Dorothy Wardell Hyson (1914-1996).
Coming to Britain first in 1921 Dorothy Dickson found great success with her version of the Jerome Kern song, "Look For The Silver Lining" in the 1921 production of "Sally". She had a 73 year friendship with Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother) from 1922 until her death in London, 26 September 1995 aged 102.