Dorothy Johnson (actress)
Dorothy Johnson | |
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| Born | October 14, 1936 Superior, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2022 (aged 85) Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | Dorothy Mae Johnson |
| Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor, print model |
| Years active | 1953–c. 1960 |
| Notable credits | |
| Style | Comedy, drama |
| Children | 4, including Dorothy Papadakos |
| Website | oregon55 |
Dorothy Mae Johnson (October 14, 1936 – April 7, 2022) was an American actress and print model. Starting her career as a beauty queen, she was best known for acting on television and in motion pictures during the Golden Age of Hollywood as a starlet during the 1950s. Dorothy Mae Johnson won the 1955 Miss Oregon beauty pageant and was first runner-up in the 1956 Miss America pageant. The United States Marine Corps chose her to be their official Miss Leatherneck.
Johnson was cast in the title role of Bernardine in Pat Boone's first Hollywood movie Bernardine. She was the female lead in Columbia Pictures' teen romance film Life Begins at 17 with co stars Edd Byrnes and Mark Damon. She was a working actress who performed in Hollywood productions in the studio of Warner Bros., Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. Johnson traveled with Conrad Hilton to participate in the week-long grand opening ceremonies of the newly built Havana Hilton Hotel in Cuba in March 1958.