Dorothy Herskind

 Dorothy Herskind, known as Dorothy Dare (August 6, 1911 – October 4, 1981)

She began her singing and acting career in several of Ziegfeld's shows and then appeared in Vitaphone shorts. In time, interest was growing with young Dorothy and by 1934 she was signed under contract to Warner Bros. Studios and made her debut in Very Close Vangs (1934). During the 1930s, she starred in a string of successful films such as Gold Diggers of 1935, Front Page Woman (1935), High Hat (1937), and Clothes and the Woman (1937). She sang such songs as "Red Headed and Blue" and "Yoo Hoo Hoo". By the late 1930s and early 1940s, Dare began to lose parts. In 1942, she made her final film appearance as Peggy in The Yanks Are Coming and in 1944 she sang her last musical number in Musical Movieland. Dare left movies and moved to Orange County, California. She seldom granted interviews or wrote about her Hollywood years. She died at her home on October 4, 1981 at age 70. She is interred at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar, California.