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Description: The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks consists of personal papers, photographs, and clippings documenting her versatile career as newswoman, actress, TV personality, radio hostess, wife and mother from 1930 to her death in 1965. The collection is a wealth of photographs and clippings, but has virtually no correspondence. Photographs include such notables as: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Joe DiMaggio and Rex Harrison, among others. The materials reveal Ms. Kilgallen as a celebrity; even personal family photographs have the flavor of posed publicity settings. The collection gives no glimpse of Dorothy Kilgallen's private life.
Names: Kilgallen, Dorothy (Creator); Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986; Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989; Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977; Di Maggio, Joe, 1914-; Gable, Clark, 1901-1960; Harrison, Rex; Kilgallen, James L.; Kollmar, Jill; Kollmar, Kerry, 1954-; Kollmar, Richard; Kollmar, Richard, Jr
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1936 - 1965
Library locations: Billy Rose Theatre Division; Shelf locator: *T-Mss 1966-001
Topics: Actors; Actresses; Celebrities; Gossip columnists -- United States; Women journalists -- United States
Genres: Clippings; Photographs; Programs; Scrapbooks
Notes: Biographical/historical: Dorothy Kilgallen, newswoman, Broadway columnist and TV panelist was born in Chicago on July 3, 1913. Emulating her father, noted newsman James L. Kilgallen, she began her journalism career at the age of 17. In 1936 The New York Evening Journal sent her on an around-the-world trip in competition with reporters from two other daily newspapers. Romanticized as a modern Nellie Bly her fame was secured, receiving not only a role in the 1937 movie Winner Take All, but also a daily column entitled The Voice of Broadway. In 1945, Ms. Kilgallen and her husband, Richard Kollmar, became the stars of a morning radio program, Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick. It ran from 1945 until 1963. Her television career began when she appeared on the first panel of the quiz show What's My Line? in 1950. Dorothy Kilgallen was known for her tough reporting style, her stylish dress and her caustic commentary on notables of the day. She died on November 8, 1965.; Content: The Dorothy Kilgallen Papers and Scrapbooks consist of personal papers, photographs and scrapbooks documenting her versatile career as newswoman, actress, TV personality, radio hostess, wife and mother from 1930 to her death in 1965. The collection is a wealth of photographs and clippings but has virtually no correspondence. It reveals Ms. Kilgallen as a celebrity, even personal family photographs have the flavor of posed publicity settings. The collection gives no glimpse of Dorothy Kilgallen's private life.
Physical Description: Photographic prints; Extent: 8 lin. ft. (18 boxes)
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: *T-Mss 1966-001; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11613592; MSS Unit ID: 21296; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 770f3cd0-899f-0134-3827-00505686d14e

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