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FilmographyActor CreditsThe Other Tomorrow [1930] The Painted Angel [1929] The Man and the Moment [1929] The Heart of a Follies Girl [1928] The Love Mart [1927] The Stolen Bride [1927] The Tender Hour [1927] An Affair of the Follies [1927] The Marriage Clause [1926] The Lone Wolf Returns [1926] The Ancient Highway [1925] The Lucky Horseshoe [1925] The Light of Western Stars [1925] The Roughneck [1924] The Thrill Chaser [1923] The Lone Star Ranger [1923] |
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Was a pilot, and a painter, and a poet.
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BiographyFriends and FamilyDiana Lewis-Powell [Friend] :: Alice Faye [Friend]Trivia and QuotesTrivia Silent film actress. Lived with Howard Hughes for three years in the 1930s. She had one grandson, Gordon Kenaston. Her first marriage was annulled. She married the director of her second film. She was once engaged to Howard Hughes. Her daughter claims Hughes paid her first husband $35,000 to divorce her. Her three year relationship with Hughes ended when Dove broke it off, never giving a reason why. Later, she stated Hughes was the only man she ever really loved. Her third marriage, in 1975, lasted only three months. She had a biological son, Robert, and a daughter, Gail, whom she adopted. Her daughter, Gail Adelson, was once married to Barbara Walters' former husband, Merv Adelson. After her second husband died, Dove, who had already divorced her third husband, went back to using his surname until she died. She claimed she retired not because of disappointment in her career, but because she wanted to become a mother. Most of her films were destroyed in a studio fire. President Gerald Ford was a fan of hers. Her son predeceased her, dying in 1995. Was a favorite of singer Billie Holiday, who changed her first name from Eleanora to Billie after her idol. Was offered the role of "Belle Watling" in Gone with the Wind (1939) but turned it down. Allegedly lost enthusiasm for the movie business after William Randolph Hearst ordered extensive recutting of Blondie of the Follies (1932) because Dove outshone Marion Davies, Hearst`s mistress. Was a pilot, a painter and a poet. | ||
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