AN emotional star of the screen who has carved an enviable niche for
herself in the cinema hall of fame is Dorothy Phillips. She first saw the
light of day in Alsquith Street, in Baltimore, Md.
Her education started at St. John's Convent, and she later attended primary
school and the Eastern Female high school, completing her course there at
the end of four years.
Her name before she was married to Allen Holubar. the noted director,
was Dorothy Gwendolyn Strieble. It was when she ran away from home to play
small parts in the George Fawcett stock company that she took the name of
Dorothy Phillips. It was in the Albaugh theatre, on North Charles Street,
that the young girl first faced the footlights.
After a successful season in stock, in Baltimore, Md. Phillips accompanied
her mother to New York, and was given the understudy part in "Mary
Jane's Pa," a Henry W. Savage production.
Her first leading role on the screen was opposite Francis X. Bushman,
in one of his old Essanay films. It was one of the first in which Bushman
had appeared, and was called "The Rosary." The engagement lasted
throughout the summer, and in the fall Miss Phillips was re-engaged by Henry
W. Savage to play the role of Modesty, in "Everywoman." It was
there that she met Allen Holubar, who had one of the leading parts in the
production. The romance which began while they were on tour, ended in what
has been termed one of the happiest marriages of the entire Hollywood colony.
Carl Laemmle saw Miss Phillips work in "Everywoman," and gave
her a contract to star in the super-productions at Universal City.
Miss Phillips is five feet three and one half inches high, weighs 125
pounds, and is gifted with a wealth of chestnut brown hair. Her eyes are
deep-sea blue. |