Dorothy Provine

Actor

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Birth Place

Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

Born

January 20, 1937

Died

April 25, 2010

Cause of Death

Emphysema

Biography

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Actress Dorothy Provine appeared on the big screen many times over the course of her Hollywood career. In 1958, she made her feature debut in "Live Fast, Die Young." In 1959, she played the title role in "The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock" opposite Lou Costello. Provine started her acting career landing roles in films, such as "The Bonnie Parker Story" (1958), "Riot in Juvenile Prison" (...

Filmography

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Never a Dull Moment (1968)

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1967)

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

One Spy Too Many (1966)

Tracey Alexander

That Darn Cat (1965)

The Great Race (1965)

Photos & Videos

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Never A Dull Moment (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Stop That Bleeding

Never A Dull Moment (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Open, We've Got You Surrounded!

Family & Companions

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Robert Day

Husband

Director. British; married c. 1968.

Biography

Actress Dorothy Provine appeared on the big screen many times over the course of her Hollywood career. In 1958, she made her feature debut in "Live Fast, Die Young." In 1959, she played the title role in "The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock" opposite Lou Costello. Provine started her acting career landing roles in films, such as "The Bonnie Parker Story" (1958), "Riot in Juvenile Prison" (1959) with Jerome Thor and "The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock" (1959). Provine worked in television around the start of her acting career with a role on "The Alaskans" (ABC, 1959-1960). Her passion for acting continued to her roles in projects like the comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) with Spencer Tracy and the Jack Lemmon comedy "Good Neighbor Sam" (1964). She also appeared in the TV special "The Bob Hope Show (01/24/62)" (NBC, 1961-62). She also worked in television during these years, including a part on "The Roaring Twenties" (ABC, 1960-62). In the latter half of her career, she continued to act in the Hayley Mills comedic adaptation "That Darn Cat" (1965), the Jack Lemmon comedy adventure "The Great Race" (1965) and "One Spy Too Many" (1966) with Robert Vaughn. She also appeared in "Who's Minding the Mint?" (1967). Provine more recently appeared in "The Sound of Anger" (NBC, 1968-69). Provine was married to Robert Day and had one child. Provine passed away in April 2010 at the age of 73.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Never a Dull Moment (1968)

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1967)

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)

One Spy Too Many (1966)

Tracey Alexander

That Darn Cat (1965)

The Great Race (1965)

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

Minerva Bissell

Wall of Noise (1963)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)

Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)

The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)

Live Fast, Die Young (1958)

Life Events

1958

Had the title role in the film "The Bonnie Parker Story"

1958

Made her feature debut in "Live Fast, Die Young"

1959

Made her TV series debut playing Rocky Shaw, the saloon singer, in "The Alaskans" (ABC)

1959

Played the title role in "The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock" opposite Lou Costello

1960

Starred as Pinky Pinkham, the singing and dancing star, in the TV series "The Roaring Twenties" (ABC)

1963

Played Milton Berle's wife and Ethel Merman's daughter in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"

1964

Played Jack Lemmon's wife in the comedy "Good Neighbor Sam"

1965

Co-starred in "That Darn Cat!" and "The Great Race"

1968

Last film, "Never a Dull Moment"

Videos

Never A Dull Moment (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Stop That Bleeding Escorted by Tony Bill as henchman Florian, who’s mistaken him for west coast hit man Ace, actor Jack (Dick Van Dyke) has found it safer to play along, as he’s introduced to art-loving mobster Joe (Edward G. Robinson, himself a noted art connoisseur) and his painting instructor Sally (Dorothy Provine), in the Disney comedy Never A Dull Moment, 1968.

Never A Dull Moment (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Open, We've Got You Surrounded! Opening gag has Walt Disney regular Dick Van Dyke using deadly force, for reasons quickly explained, with Anthony Caruso and Jackie Russell briefly featured, Jerry Paris directing, in Never A Dull Moment, 1968, also starring Edward G. Robinson and Dorothy Provine.

Good Neighbor Sam (1964) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like Sheep San Francisco ad man Sam (Jack Lemmon) getting a lift to work from wife Min (Dorothy Provine), then on the elevator with big boss Burke (Edward Andrews), early in director-producer David Swift's Good Neighbor Sam, 1964.

Good Neighbor Sam (1964) -- (Movie Clip) It Can't Be Helped Posing as her husband for her pursuing litigious cousins, Jack Lemmon as Bay Area ad-man Sam and Romy Schneider, as his wife’s visiting European friend Janet, have to continue the act when they find his boss (Edward Andrews) awaiting with the big client (Edward G. Robinson), in Good Neighbor Sam, 1964.

Good Neighbor Sam (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Nice To See You Bounding home after landing a new account, ad-man Sam (Jack Lemmon) discovers his wife's bubbly European friend Janet (Romy Schneider) in the shower, smoothing things out with Min (Dorothy Provine) straight away, in Good Neighbor Sam, 1964.

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Every Man For Himself! The second scene of motorist-witnesses Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, and Buddy Hackett (Edie Adams and Dorothy Provine not talking) finally not agreeing on how to split the loot from the dead gangster’s stash, in It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 1963.

Family

Robert Day Jr

Son

Musician. Born c. 1970; performs with the band Dark Dead Mind.

Companions

Robert Day

Husband

Director. British; married c. 1968.

Bibliography

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