Dorothy Comingore

Actor

Dorothy Comingore

Born August 24, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USADied December 30, 197123 films

Mary Louise Comingore, best known professionally as Dorothy Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971), was an American film actress. She is best known for starring as Susan Alexander Kane in Citizen Kane (1941), the critically acclaimed debut film of Orson Welles. In earlier films she was credited as Linda Winters, and she had appeared on the stage as Kay Winters. Her career ended when she was caught up in the Hollywood blacklist. She declined to answer questions when she was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952.

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Citizen Kane posterFirst watchCitizen Kane19418.0as Susan Alexander KaneA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster7.8Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939

Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. 1951The Big NightJulie Rostina
  2. 1949Any Number Can PlayMrs. Purcell
  3. 1944The Hairy ApeHelen Parker
  4. 1941Citizen KaneSusan Alexander Kane
  5. 1940Rockin' Thru the RockiesDaisy (as Linda Winters)
  6. 1940The HecklerOle's Girlfriend
  7. 1940Pioneers of the FrontierJoan Darcey
  8. 1940Convicted WomanInmate (uncredited)
  9. 1940Cafe HostessTricks
  10. 1939The Awful GoofCharley's Fiancee
  11. 1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonWoman at Station (uncredited)
  12. 1939Scandal SheetMarjorie Lawe (as Linda Winters)
  13. 1939Oily to Bed, Oily to RiseJune Jenkins (uncredited)
  14. 1939Golden BoyFight Spectator
  15. 1939Five Little Peppers And How They GrewNurse
  16. 1939Coast GuardNurse (uncredited)
  17. 1939Good Girls Go to ParisTearoom Hostess (uncredited)
  18. 1939Outside These WallsSecretary (uncredited)
  19. 1939North of the YukonJean Duncan (as Linda Winters)
  20. 1939Blondie Meets the BossFrancine Rogers
  21. 1938Trade WindsAnn (as Linda Winters)
  22. 1938Comet Over BroadwayMrs. McDermott
  23. 1938Prison TrainLouise Terris