Career
She later became a Broadway actress as well as a touring dancer. She was selected by Houdini because she was shorter than he was. She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926.
She appeared in the several Houdini documentaries.
After his death, Young, the daughter of a Methodist minister, appeared on Broadway in Jarnegan (1928-1929), Conquest (1933), and New Faces of 1936 (1936). She was the author of two novels loosely based on her life: Diary Without Dates and Dancing on a Dime, the latter of which was made into a feature film in 1940 by Universal Studios, as well as the booklet Touring with Houdini, published in 2003.
The Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, housed at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.