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Dorothy Spence Mitchum, the wife of actor Robert Mitchum for 57 years, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara. She was 94. She met Mitchum, who was two years her elder, in...
Apr 16, 2014 · Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum, a writer and the widow of the late actor Robert Mitchum, passed away on April 12 at Serenity House hospice in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 94 and had been married to Mitchum since 1940, when she was 14. She was a glamorous Hollywood wife, a dancer, an astrologer and a S.H.A.R.E. member.
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Dorothy Mitchum was born on 2 May 1919 in Camden, Delaware, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Robert Mitchum. She died on 12 April 2014 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Actress
- April 12, 2014
- May 2, 1919
Apr 17, 2014 · Known for her grace, great beauty, devilish wit and love of words, roses, and animals – especially dogs, Dorothy lived a remarkable life, most famously as the wife of Robert (Charles) Mitchum whom she married in the cabbage-scented kitchen of a Methodist parson in Dover, Delaware, on March 16, 1940.
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker.
Apr 16, 2014 · They were married in the kitchen of a Methodist parson in Dover, Delaware, on March 16, 1940. Dorothy attended Peirce College in Philadelphia with the aim of becoming a secretary, but she abandoned...
