Dorothy Cumming

Dorothy Cumming
Publicity photo of Cumming from Who's Who on the Screen (1920)
Born
Dorothy Greville Cumming

(1894-04-12)12 April 1894
Died10 December 1983(1983-12-10) (aged 89)
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1929
Spouses
Frank Elliott
(m. 1922; div. 1927)
Allan McNab
(m. 1932)
Children2

Dorothy Greville Cumming (12 April 1894 – 10 December 1983)[1][2] was an Australian-born actress of the silent film era. She appeared in 39 American, English, and Australian films between 1915 and 1929, notably appearing as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille's 1927 film The King of Kings and the jealous wife in Lillian Gish's 1928 The Wind. She also appeared in stage productions in those same countries.

  1. ^ The Burrowa News 13 April, 1894 (NSW : 1874 - 1951) Accessed 20 December 2015
  2. ^ "Dorothy Cumming in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922". Ancestry. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922. 1994. Retrieved 19 March 2015.