Dorothy Rockfort
Dorothy Rockfort | |
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Born | Mildred Dorothy Rochfort June 17, 1877 Lympstone, England |
Died | August 28, 1924 Los Angeles, California, USA |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1914–1920 |
Spouse(s) |
Dorothy Rockfort (born Mildred Dorothy Rochfort) was a screenwriter who worked in Hollywood during the silent era. She primarily worked on short Westerns and serials. She was married to fellow screenwriter , who later got involved in real estate after leaving the business.[1]
Biography[]
Dorothy was born in England in 1877 to D'Oyly Rochfort and Constance Caley. The family immigrated to the Canada in the 1880s when Dorothy was a girl,[2] and eventually made their way to Sausalito, California, where Dorothy married William Pigott in 1910.[3]
Dorothy and William worked on a number of Western films and serials at Universal during the 1910s; Dorothy's last known screen credit was on 1920's Hair Trigger Stuff. She died in 1924 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Select filmography[]
- Hair Trigger Stuff (1920)
- (1919)[4]
- The Kid and the Cowboy (1919)
- (1919)[5]
- (1919)
- (1919)[6]
- (1919)[6]
- The Jack of Hearts (1919)[7]
- Kingdom Come (1919)[5]
- The Law of the Wilds (1915)[6][8]
References[]
- ^ "Women's Work, Women's Clubs". The Los Angeles Times. November 14, 1920. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "A Remarkable Trip for a Young Miss". The Washington Standard. July 7, 1893. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ "Marriage Licenses". The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus. November 29, 1910. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1919). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ a b Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1919.
- ^ a b c Library of Congress. Copyright Office (1951). Motion pictures, 1912–1939. Prelinger Library. [Washington].
- ^ "Read the eBook Motion pictures, 1912–1939 by Library of Congress. Copyright Office online for free (page 126 of 385)". www.ebooksread.com. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 4. Works of Art, Etc. New Series. 1915.
- American women screenwriters
- 1877 births
- 1924 deaths
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American women
- American screenwriter stubs