Actress. Dorothy Mackaill received much acclaim as a British-American actress during the silent movie era with her career ending after a few years in the "Talkie" films. She was eleven years old when her parents separated and she went to live with her father. As a rebellious teenager, she ran away from home to London where she pursued her acting career in the theater. She coerced her father to pay for her acting lessons and room and board. Her first stage job was as a chorus girl, before relocating to Paris, France. There she met a Broadway choreographer who got her a job with Ziegfeld Follies in New York City. In the Follies, she became friends with another Follies star, Marion Davies. In 1920 she joined the Broadway cast of "The Century Revue." By 1921, she was making silent movies with her first successful film being "The Man Who Came Back" in 1924. After performing in western films, she was the recipient of the WAMPAS Baby Stars Award for being an up-and-coming young actress. She married for the first time to German-born actor Lothar Mendes from 1926 to 1928. In 1926 she became a naturalized American citizen. Other successful films included "Chickie" and "Joanna" in 1925 and "The Dancer of Paris" in 1926. Her career continued into the beginning of sound when the 1928 silent film "The Barker" was remade as a partial talkie. With the upheaval of the industry at the time, First National Studios, with whom she had signed a contract, was purchased by Warner Brothers in the early 30s. With a host of other silent film actors, her contract was not renewed when it expired in 1931. Becoming a free agent, she had roles in films at various studios including Columbia Studios, with "Love Affair" in 1932 opposite a young Humphrey Bogart; Paramount Studios , with "No Man of Her Own" in 1932; and MGM with "The Chief" in 1933, making a total of 18 films from 1931 to 1934. Things did not improve the next year as she made "The Cheaters" in 1934, the last of three quickie "B" pictures. Her notoriety in films was fading. At this point in 1937, Dorothy retired from pictures to be a caregiver for her mother. After her short marriage to Mendes, her second marriage on November 4, 1931 was to Neil Albert Miller, a radio singer. They divorced in February of 1934. Her third and final marriage was to horticulturist Harold Patterson in June of 1947; she filed for divorce in December of 1948. She had no children. In 1955 she moved to Hawaii, living in a Waikiki Beach hotel, The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. She had made eight radio programs about the hotel in 1927. Occasionally, she would leave retirement to appear in a cameo role in a television series, such as two episodes of "Hawaii Five-O" filmed on location in 1976 and 1980.