Dorothy Peterson

December 25, 1897 (age 81)

Hector, Minnesota, Renville County, United States of America

She made her screen debut in Mothers Cry (1930), a domestic drama that required the 29-year-old actress to age nearly three decades in the course of the film. Mothers Cry instantly typecast Peterson in careworn maternal roles, which she continued to assay for the rest of her career. Most of her subsequent film assignments were supporting roles like Mistress Hawkins in Treasure Island (1934). In 1942, she briefly replaced Olive Blakeney as Mistress Aldrich in the comedy series entry Henry Aldrich for President. Her last screen appearance was as the mother of Shirley Temple in That Hagen Girl (1947). Peterson remained active on the New York television and theatrical scene until the early "60s. She appeared in 83 films, and made several television appearances between 1930 and 1964. She died in New York City, aged 81.

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Background

Peterson was born in Hector, Minnesota of Swedish immigrant ancestry.

Career

She made her screen debut in Mothers Cry (1930), a domestic drama that required the 29-year-old actress to age nearly three decades in the course of the film. Mothers Cry instantly typecast Peterson in careworn maternal roles, which she continued to assay for the rest of her career. Most of her subsequent film assignments were supporting roles like Mistress

Hawkins in Treasure Island (1934).

In 1942, she briefly replaced Olive Blakeney as Mistress Aldrich in the comedy series entry Henry Aldrich for President.

Her last screen appearance was as the mother of Shirley Temple in That Hagen Girl (1947). Peterson remained active on the New York television and theatrical scene until the early "60s.

She appeared in 83 films, and made several television appearances between 1930 and 1964.

She died in New York City, aged 81.

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