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Dorothy Gordon (Australian actress)

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Dorothy Hetty Fosbery Jenner, also known as Dorothy Gordon (1 March 1891 – 24 March 1985) was an Australian actress, journalist, and radio broadcaster. She worked as an actress in Hollywood, played the lead in the Australian film Hills of Hate (1926) and did art direction on For the Term of His Natural Life (1927). She is best known for her long career as a columnist and radio commentator under the name "Andrea". She was a POW in Hong Kong during World War II.,[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Christina Twomey, Australia's Forgotten Prisoners: Civilians Interned by the Japanese in World War Two (Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
  2. ^ Griffen-Foley, Bridget, 'Jenner, Dorothy Hetty Fosbury (Andrea) (1891–1985)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 11 January 2012

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