Doraldina (1888–1936) was an American

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and one of the

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film stars. She was Dora Saunders after her marriage to Frank Saunders. Though given a splendid opportunity to display her histrionic talents as an

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, she would, nevertheless, retain in her pictures the familiar

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an setting with which her legion of admirers had come to associate her. Beginning her career as a

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in a

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hotel, Doraldina's rise to fame and stardom came as a fitting climax to a career during which she put forth every effort to please a discriminating public. Studying the dancing art first in

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, and then in

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, she returned to New York where her career as dancer, actress, and screen star made of her a national figure. Her first Metro production was ''

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'' (1921). Her cause of death was a heart attack.''Who Was Who on Screen'', p.128 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt

Filmography

* '' The Naulahka'' (1918) *''The Woman Untamed'' (1920) *''

'' (1921)

References

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* 1888 births 1936 deaths 20th-century American dancers Actresses from San Francisco American female dancers American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Dancers from California {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub