Dorothy Layton

born: 13 August 1912 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

died: 04 June 2009 Towson, Maryland, United States of America (natural causes, age 96)

Beautiful American actress, a former WAMPAS Baby. For years her identity in several movies was mistaken for the similar-looking Lorena Carr.

Real name: Dorothy Violet Wannenwetch Height: 5'2"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1932 Young Ironsides Herself, Miss San Francisco/ Woman on pier 1932 Alum And Eve Nurse 1932 Girl Grief Student 1932 The Soilers Woman in revolving door 1932 Taxi For Two Eloping bride 1932 Mr. Bride Muriel's maid 1933 Fallen Arches Miss Layton Acknowledgements: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/5543719/Dorothy-Layton.html (obit + middle name) https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.obituaries/8F_dxQezDcg/fgN4-kRLCFMJ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38371572 https://archive.org/stream/photo44chic#page/n251/mode/1up/search/layton https://archive.org/stream/motionpicture45moti#page/n148/mode/1up/search/layton https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1930s-actress-dorothy-layton-4575559035 (a couple of nice Dorothy portraits) Richard W. Bann (identification in On The Loose - now disputed by Jesse Brisson as being Lorena Carr) George R. Dey (identification in Catch-As Catch-Can - now disputed by Jesse Brisson as being Lorena Carr) Jesse Brisson (help, information and identification in Alum And Eve, The Soilers) Richard Finegan This page was last updated on: 02 October 2023