Doraldina

Doraldina, (1888–1936) was an American dancer and one of the Metro Pictures film stars. She was Dora Saunders after her marriage to Frank Saunders.[1] Though given a splendid opportunity to display her histrionic talents as an actress, would, nevertheless, retain in her pictures the familiar Hawaiian setting with which her legion of admirers have come to associate her. Beginning her career as a manicurist in a San Francisco hotel, Doraldina's rise to fame and stardom came as a fitting climax to a career during which she put forth every effort to please a discriminating public. Studying the dancing art first in New York City, and then in Barcelona, Spain, she returned to New York where her career a dancer, actress, and screen star made of her a national figure. Her first Metro production was Passion Fruit (1921).[2] Her cause of death was a heart attack.[3]

Doraldina
Born
Dora Saunders

1888
San Francisco, California
DiedFebruary 13, 1936
Los Angeles, California
Occupationactress
Spouse(s)Frank Saunders

Filmography

References
  1. Silent Film Necrology, p.140 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  2. Charles Donald Fox & Milton L. Silver (1920). "Doraldina". Who's Who on the Screen. New York City: Ross Publishing. (Note: Not currently in copyright)
  3. Who Was Who on Screen, p.128 2ndEdition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt


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