Dortha Duckworth


Actor

About

Birth Place
Newton, Kansas, USA
Died
November 14, 1996

Family & Companions

Hugh Rennie
Husband
Married until his death.
Vladimir Konstantinov
Husband
Ballet dancer, teacher. Russian; married until his death.

Biography

Life Events

1932

Broadway debut in "Goodbye Again"

Videos

Movie Clip

Honeymoon Killers, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) Not A Motel Room! The grim, low budget opening, the first two interior shots said to have been directed by the soon-fired (for working too slowly) Martin Scorsese, introducing Shirley Stoler as nurse Martha, with neighbor and mother (Doris Roberts, Dortha Duckworth), in the semi-legendary The Honeymoon Killers, 1969.
Honeymoon Killers, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I Want You To Call Me Ray Cutting from Martha (Shirley Stoler) in Mobile, beginning her first letter to the lonely-hearts service, we meet Raymond (Tony Lo Bianco) in New York, beginning their correspondence, in The Honeymoon Killers, 1969, written and directed by Leonard Kastle.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Ladies' Man Travis (Robert De Niro) not much up for lewd, racist conversation with fellow cabbies Wizard (Peter Boyle) and Doughboy (Harry Northrup) in Taxi Driver, 1976, Martin Scorsese directing from Paul Schrader's script.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) You Talkin' To Me? Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in his apartment rehearsing, with profanity, in the most famous scene from Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976, from Paul Schrader's screenplay.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Forget About This The fleeting first appearance of Iris (Jodie Foster) and Matthew (Harvey Keitel) in the cab driven by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.
Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Travis Hypnotic opening sequence featuring Bernard Hermann music, and Travis (Robert De Niro) applying for a job with a fellow ex-Marine (Joe Spinell) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.
Trouble With Harry, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Awkward Moment Caustic artist Marlowe (John Forsythe) drops in, not having formally met droll single-mom Jennie (Shirley MacLaine), and son Arnie (Jerry Mathers), partly to talk about the body, in Hitchcock's Vermont-based satire The Trouble With Harry, 1956.
Trouble With Harry, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Arnie Pastoral (shot in Vermont) opening sequence with Bernard Hermann's score to Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 satirical oddity The Trouble With Harry, starring Shirley MacLaine and John Forsythe.
Trouble With Harry, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Last Of Harry Hunter Captain Wiles (Edmund Gwenn), who assumes he's killed the corpse, hides in the landscape while Shirley MacLaine (as "Jennie") makes her first-ever screen appearance, considering the body found by her son Arnie (Jerry Mathers) in Hitchcock's satire The Trouble With Harry, 1955.
Vertigo (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Alfred Hitchcock turns things over to composer Bernard Hermann and artist Saul Bass for the opening credit sequence, plus the still remarkably close shot of leading lady Kim Novak, in Vertigo, 1958.
Vertigo (1958) -- (Movie Clip) That's Carlotta Ex-cop "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart) grows ever more intrigued as Madeleine (Kim Novak), who he's been hired to follow around San Francisco, demonstrates her interest in long-dead Carlotta, in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, 1958.
Wrong Man, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) This Is A True Story The director addresses the audience, setting the distinct tone of his non-fiction mystery, followed by credits and the introduction of protagonist Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda), in Hitchcock's The Wrong Man, 1956.

Promo

Companions

Hugh Rennie
Husband
Married until his death.
Vladimir Konstantinov
Husband
Ballet dancer, teacher. Russian; married until his death.

Bibliography