Dorothy Arnold (actress)

Dorothy Arnold was an American film actress and the first wife of baseball star Joe DiMaggio. Her 20year movie career began with 1937s Freshies and ended with 1957s Lizzie.

She was born as Dorothy Arnoldine Olson in Duluth, Minnesota, of Norwegian heritage. By the age ofwas performing on amateur nights at Duluths Lyric Theater and with the local Salvation Army Band. She graduated from Denfeld High School in 1935. Her first theatrical job was with the Band Box Revue, traveling out of Chicago. She studied at Paramount School in New York and played bits in pictures as a dancer.

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