Dorothy Kingsley

Born to a press-agent father and a silent-film actress mother in New York City, Kingsley turned to writing while recuperating from measles as a divorced mother of three, crafting jokes for radio personalities. After a series of unsuccessful agent pitches, she secured a gag-writing slot on Constance Bennett’s program and later won a trial contract for the Edgar Bergen Show, where her contributions… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources