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His fifth marriage to Dorothy Stine lasted from 1930 until 1946. This union resulted in Karloff's only child, daughter Sara Karloff, being born on November 23, 1938 (Karloff's own 51st birthday). [41]
Former wife of actor Boris Karloff (legal name William Pratt), married from 1930-1946, and mother of Karloff's only child, Sara Jane Karloff. Dorothy later married attorney Edgar H. Rowe .
- The Frankenstein Flop. When Karloff starred in Frankenstein, nobody had much faith it would lead him anywhere. Karloff was not credited for his appearance as the iconic monster (instead credited as “?”
- The Black Sheep. Karloff’s original name was William Henry Pratt, but he changed it for a heartbreaking reason. He didn't want to embarrass his family, who thought he was the black sheep for becoming an actor and that he would never make it in Hollywood.
- Odds Against Him. The odds of stardom were stacked against Karloff from the start: He was born bow-legged, with a stutter and a lisp. Though he eventually conquered the stutter, the lisp became a staple of his character, and clearly he didn’t let anything else keep him back.
- Late Start. Karloff didn’t get his first starring role until he was 43 years old, proving you’re never too old to start new, exciting things! Getty Images.
Actor: Bride of Frankenstein. Along with fellow actors Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, Boris Karloff is recognized as one of the true icons of horror cinema, and the actor most closely identified with the general public's image of the Frankenstein Monster from the classic 1818 Mary Shelley novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...
- November 23, 1887
- February 2, 1969
Oct 30, 2011 · An only child, Sara was 7 when Karloff and Stine split up, but they were together long enough for him to impart a lesson she never forgot. “We had some close family friends who raised rabbits ...
Two more wives came and went (he had divorced Grace in 1913) and in 1930 he married librarian Dorothy Stine. The couple would have one child – a daughter named Sara Jane – who was born on 23 November 1938 (her father’s 51st birthday).
Nov 23, 2022 · He did, however, finally become lucky in love when he met Dorothy Stine, a librarian, in 1929 and the two were married on April 12, 1930.
