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| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|1|02|1939|8|28|}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy McGowan Obituary |url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23549752/dorothy-mcgowan |website=www.tributearchive.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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| death_place = [[Mamaroneck, New York]], U.S. |
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| occupation = [[Model (person)|Model]], [[film actress]] |
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'''Dorothy McGowan''' (sometimes credited as '''Dorothy MacGowan''' |
'''Dorothy McGowan''' (sometimes credited as '''Dorothy MacGowan)''' was a [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]–born [[Model (person)|model]] and [[actress]]. |
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⚫ | A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah ({{nee}} Philbin) and Michael McGowan, and born in the [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]] section of Brooklyn, she had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter, a policeman who was ordained in 1966 as a Roman Catholic priest,<ref name="klyneesopusmuseum">Obituary of Peter McGowan, "2007 Passings", [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718095153/http://www.klyneesopusmuseum.org/memorium.html In Memoriam: We Honor the Passing of Members and Friends], Klyne Esopus Museum. Accessed September 12, 2022.</ref> and James, also a policeman, whose role as lead negotiator in a hostage crisis was dramatized in the film ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''.<ref name="klyneesopusmuseum" /> |
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Her sole screen credit is for the 1966 [[France|French]] film ''[[Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?]]'', in which she had the starring role of a supermodel. |
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⚫ | McGowan was one of photographer [[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]]'s favorite models.<ref>[http://ana-lee.livejournal.com/49712.html William Klein: From Painting to Photography, Fashion to Film. Part 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127040410/http://ana-lee.livejournal.com/49712.html |date=2007-01-27 }}</ref> After the release of ''[[Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?]]'', in which she starred, she disappeared from public life. |
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As a model McGowan appeared on countless covers of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'', and other publications in the 1960s. She was photographed by [[Richard Avedon]], [[Irving Penn]], [[Melvin Sokolsky]], [[Francesco Scavullo]], and others. |
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She was married to, and divorced from photographer Didier Dorot, with whom she had two children.<ref name="klyneesopusmuseum" /> In 2022, she died at age 82 in [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Dorothy McGowan |url=https://www.coxeandgraziano.com/obituaries/Dorothy-McGowan?obId=23549752 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.coxeandgraziano.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Model Dorothy McGowan, 82 |url=https://www.irishecho.com/2022/1/model-dorothy-mcgowan-82 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Irish Echo Newspaper |language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah and Michael McGowan and born in the [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]] section of Brooklyn, she had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter |
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⚫ | McGowan was one of photographer [[William Klein (photographer)|William Klein]]'s favorite models.<ref>[http://ana-lee.livejournal.com/49712.html William Klein: From Painting to Photography, Fashion to Film. Part 2]</ref> After the release of |
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She was married to and divorced from photographer Didier Dorot<ref>[http://www.didierdorot.com didierdorot.com]</ref> with whom she has two children, Damien and Juliette. |
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Dorothy Dorot now lives in [[Mamaroneck (village), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]].<ref>[http://www.klyneesopusmuseum.org/memorium.html klyneesopusmuseum.org]</ref> |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actor |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = circ 1939 |
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 25 January 2024
Dorothy McGowan | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | August 28, 1939
Died | January 2, 2022[1] Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. | (aged 82)
Occupation(s) | Model, film actress |
Spouse | Didier Dorot (divorced) |
Children | 2 |
Dorothy McGowan (sometimes credited as Dorothy MacGowan) was a Brooklyn, New York–born model and actress.
A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah (née Philbin) and Michael McGowan, and born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, she had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter, a policeman who was ordained in 1966 as a Roman Catholic priest,[2] and James, also a policeman, whose role as lead negotiator in a hostage crisis was dramatized in the film Dog Day Afternoon.[2]
McGowan was one of photographer William Klein's favorite models.[3] After the release of Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, in which she starred, she disappeared from public life.
She was married to, and divorced from photographer Didier Dorot, with whom she had two children.[2] In 2022, she died at age 82 in Mamaroneck, New York.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dorothy McGowan Obituary". www.tributearchive.com.
- ^ a b c Obituary of Peter McGowan, "2007 Passings", In Memoriam: We Honor the Passing of Members and Friends, Klyne Esopus Museum. Accessed September 12, 2022.
- ^ William Klein: From Painting to Photography, Fashion to Film. Part 2 Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Obituary information for Dorothy McGowan". www.coxeandgraziano.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Model Dorothy McGowan, 82". Irish Echo Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
External links
[edit]- Dorothy McGowan at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie name is being considered for deletion.› Dorothy McGowan at AllMovie