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Dusty Anderson | |
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 Anderson in 1944 | |
| Born | Ruth Anderson 1916 or 1917 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 90) |
| Other names | Dusty Negulesco |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, pin-up model |
| Years active | 1944–1951 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
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Ruth "Dusty" Anderson (1916 or 1917 – September 12, 2007) was an American actress and model who worked in the 1940s. She was a World War II pin-up model and appeared in the Yank magazine.
Career
Anderson was born in Toledo, Ohio, United States. She began her career as a model and made her film debut in a minor role as one of the cover girls in the 1944 Columbia Pictures production of Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth. Over the next three years Anderson appeared in another eight films, usually in secondary roles.[1] During World War II, she was one of a number of actresses who became a pin-up girl, appearing in the October 27, 1944, issue of the United States Military's YANK magazine. Anderson was featured in the mystery films Crime Doctor's Warning (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and The Phantom Thief (1946), from the Boston Blackie crime series films.
Personal life
Anderson was married twice and had two children. On July 18, 1941, she married Charles Mathieu, Jr., a United States Marine Corps Captain. They divorced on June 13, 1945.[2] On July 21, 1946, Anderson married director Jean Negulesco in West Los Angeles, California,[3] and retired from acting. Four years later, her final screen work was an uncredited role in one of her husband's films.[4] In 1971, Anderson and Negulesco settled in Paris in retirement.[5] Anderson died in Marbella, Spain on September 12, 2007, and was buried within the city, at the Cementerio Virgen del Carmen.[6]
Selected filmography
- Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
- The Phantom Thief (1946)
- Singing on the Trail (1946)
See also
References
- ^ "The Cover Girls came to Hollywood and left-but not Dusty Anderson". The Sunday Morning Star. January 28, 1945. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Dusty Anderson Divorces Marine". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. June 14, 1945. p. 14. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dusty Anderson Is Bride". The Post-Standard. New York, Syracuse. Associated Press. July 22, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved October 31, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mitch is the guest of Toledo's Dusty Anderson on Hollywood film set". Toledo Blade. March 28, 1946. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (July 23, 1993). "The glory that was Rome in Cinemascope". The Guardian. England, London. p. 38. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Necrológicas". Málaga, Spain: Diario Sur. September 12, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2020. (in Spanish)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dusty Anderson.
- Dusty Anderson at IMDb
- Dusty Anderson at the American Film Institute
- Glamour Girls of the Silverscreen
- Dusty Anderson – the life of a starlet at aenigma