Renowned Screenwriter. Born in New York City to writer and Broadway publicist Walter J. Kingsley and silent film actress Alma Hanlon, Dorothy's writing career spanned radio, movies, musicals, and TV. She began her career with writing scenes for the radio shows of Bob Hope and Edgar Bergen. She landed a screenwriting contract with MGM and, according to her obituary in The New York Times, wrote a series of films for Ester Williams including "Bathing Beauty," "Neptune's Daughter," and "Jupiter's Darling." She also wrote the scripts for actress/singer Jane Powell that included "A Date with Judy" and "Two Weeks with Love" (which made Debbie Reynolds a star). She later wrote, solo and in collaboration with others, on film adaptations of Broadway musicals such as "Kiss Me, Kate," "Pal Joey," "Can-Can," and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." She wrote the original screenplay for "Angels in the Outfield" and gave advice for the 1994 remake of the film, for which she received on-screen credit. She also worked on the screenplays for the films "Half a Sixpence," "Green Mansions," and "Valley of the Dolls" (1967). She also created the TV series "Bracken's World" in the late-1960s, the storyline centering on a fictional Hollywood studio. After her retirement from screenwriting, she and her husband, William Durney, established the Durney Vineyard, a California wine producer. According to The New York Times, she was partly influential in getting Frank Sinatra to play the title role in "Pal Joey," and she urged Cole Porter to include "From This Moment On" to the score of "Kiss Me, Kate." In an interview with writer Patrick McGilligan for his book, "Backstory 2," a collection of interviews with respected screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s, Kingsley stated, "I never think of myself as a real writer. I only wrote because I needed the money. I had no desire to express myself or anything."