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Dorothy Winnifred Brown was born at the home of her parents, Pauline Caroline Boesen Brown and John Brown on May 17, 1889 at 320 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey. John Brown died while she was an infant and Leonard Gibson became her stepfather four years later. She had two siblings but both died in infancy. Later, Pauline and Dorothy moved to Manhattan.
In 1909 Dorothy met George Battier Jr. They were soon married, but the marriage was short-lived. Soon, she became an actress for Eclair Studios, making one-reelers. In 1912, she finished The Easter Bonnet (1912) and traveled to Europe. By April she was ready to return. On April 10, 1912, she and her mother boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England. They occupied a cabin on E-Deck. When the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on the 14th, she described it as "a long sickening crunch". She and her mother boarded the first lifeboat to leave with friends William Sloper and Fredrick Seward. She later appeared in the film, Saved from the Titanic (1912), a one-reel quickie. It was to be her last. She soon quit the business and married Jules Brulatour. This marriage was also short, lasting only two years.
In 1928 Dorothy left with her mother for Europe, never to see the States again. She lived in Italy and France. During World War II she was suspected of spying for the Nazis, but this is unsubstantiated. She died in Paris on February 17, 1946, found by a hotel maid.- Charles Brinley was born on 15 November 1880 in Yuma, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for In the Days of Daniel Boone (1923), Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) and At Shiloh (1913). He was married to Johanna ?. He died on 17 February 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Gwynne Herbert born around the mid 1860s in London. Became a popular theatre performer from the 1880s, perhaps best known show was in 'Curtain Raiser' in 1897. Wonderful lady who appeared in over sixty British silent movies, often seen playing mothers, landladies and often seen as sophisticated ladies in drama and comedies, making her film debut in 'Lil O'London' for the London Film Company in 1914 then followed by the Hepworth Film Company. She retired from the movie business after 'The World of Wonderful Reality' in 1924 to run her own florist in London.
- Earle Mitchell was born on 8 October 1876 in La Plata, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Praise Agent (1919), The End of the Tour (1917) and The Moral Deadline (1919). He was married to Frances May Fetter. He died on 17 February 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Editor
Bennet Musson was born in 1866 in Cairo, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for The Uphill Path (1918), Forgiven; or, the Jack of Diamonds (1914) and Marriage (1918). He died on 17 February 1946 in Amityville, Long Island, New York, USA.