Dorothy Kingsley
(1909 - 1997)
Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia


Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Born in New York City. A former radio comedy writer for Bob Hope, Edgar Bergen and others, she turned to screenwriting in the mid-1940s and collaborated primarily on light films, including a number MGM musicals, including A DATE WITH JUDY (1948), NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949), ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1951), KISS ME KATE (1953), SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954), JUPITER'S DARLING (1955), PAL GOEY and DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (both 1957), CAN-CAN and PEPE (both 1960), HALF A SIXPENCE and VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (w. Helen Deutsch) (both 1967). In 1969 she created the TV series "Bracken's World."

 Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1954: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (w. Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich)

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