Dorothy Mackaill

Biography

Dorothy Mackaill was a British-American actress who rose to fame during the silent-film era and into the early 1930s. Raised by her father in Kingston upon Hull, she pursued a career as an actress at 16, dancing in London's Hippodrome and later studying elocution and dancing in Paris. She went on to appear in notable films like "Bulldog Drummond at Bay" and "Kept Husbands".