Dorothy Malone

Birth Name: Mary Dorothy Maloney

Date of Birth: January 29, 1924

Place of Birth: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: January 19, 2018

Place of Death: Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Ethnicity: Irish, some English

Dorothy Malone was an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Written on the Wind (1956).

Dorothy was the daughter of Esther Emma “Eloise” and Robert Ignatius Maloney, an auditor for ATT telephone company. She had two children with her former husband, French actor and business executive Jacques Bergerac.

Dorothy’s paternal grandfather was named Patrick J. Maloney. Patrick was Irish.

Dorothy’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Agatha Foley. Mary Agatha was born in Illinois, to Irish parents.

Dorothy’s maternal grandfather was Solomon/Soloman S. Smith (the son of George Washington Lafayette Smith and Elizabeth Ann Benson). Solomon was born in Maryland. Elizabeth was the daughter of Stephen Benson and Mary Stanton.

Dorothy’s maternal grandmother was named Margaret O’Neal (the daughter of Emma). Margaret was born in Pennsylvania, to an Irish father.

Sources: Genealogies of Dorothy Malone – https://www.geni.com
https://www.findagrave.com

Dorothy’s father on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Travel record of Dorothy’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

Dorothy’s mother’s family on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org