Dorothy Millette was born Adele "Della" Roddy to William Roddy and Lillie N Johnson in 1882 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She would spend much of her childhood in foster homes. She married Lowell Mellett in 1907, and they divorced in 1913. Dorothy would go on to use a corruption of her married surname, also claiming she was born in France.
Dorothy Millette was the common-law wife of Paul Bern. Dorothy became ill and was cared for in a sanitorium. In 1932, Paul Bern married Jean Harlow in a much publicized wedding. On September 5, 1932, two months after the wedding, Bern was found dead in his Hollywood home. Dorothy was a passenger on the Delta King river boat but disappeared the night of September 6. Her body was soon found in Georgiana Slough (near Walnut Grove). Mendel Silberberg, the attorney for Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) gave the coroner instructions to bury Millette and send him the bill. Apparently, there was no funeral at that time, and her grave was unmarked (no headstone) for nearly a year before Herman Koch and Chester Gannon were able to raise funds to give Dorothy a proper headstone and funeral.
Dorothy Millette was the common-law wife of Paul Bern. Dorothy became ill and was cared for in a sanitorium. In 1932, Paul Bern married Jean Harlow in a much publicized wedding. On September 5, 1932, two months after the wedding, Bern was found dead in his Hollywood home. Dorothy was a passenger on the Delta King river boat but disappeared the night of September 6. Her body was soon found in Georgiana Slough (near Walnut Grove). Mendel Silberberg, the attorney for Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) gave the coroner instructions to bury Millette and send him the bill. Apparently, there was no funeral at that time, and her grave was unmarked (no headstone) for nearly a year before Herman Koch and Chester Gannon were able to raise funds to give Dorothy a proper headstone and funeral.
Dorothy Millette was born Adele "Della" Roddy to William Roddy and Lillie N Johnson in 1882 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She would spend much of her childhood in foster homes. She married Lowell Mellett in 1907, and they divorced in 1913. Dorothy would go on to use a corruption of her married surname, also claiming she was born in France.
Dorothy Millette was the common-law wife of Paul Bern. Dorothy became ill and was cared for in a sanitorium. In 1932, Paul Bern married Jean Harlow in a much publicized wedding. On September 5, 1932, two months after the wedding, Bern was found dead in his Hollywood home. Dorothy was a passenger on the Delta King river boat but disappeared the night of September 6. Her body was soon found in Georgiana Slough (near Walnut Grove). Mendel Silberberg, the attorney for Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) gave the coroner instructions to bury Millette and send him the bill. Apparently, there was no funeral at that time, and her grave was unmarked (no headstone) for nearly a year before Herman Koch and Chester Gannon were able to raise funds to give Dorothy a proper headstone and funeral.
Dorothy Millette was the common-law wife of Paul Bern. Dorothy became ill and was cared for in a sanitorium. In 1932, Paul Bern married Jean Harlow in a much publicized wedding. On September 5, 1932, two months after the wedding, Bern was found dead in his Hollywood home. Dorothy was a passenger on the Delta King river boat but disappeared the night of September 6. Her body was soon found in Georgiana Slough (near Walnut Grove). Mendel Silberberg, the attorney for Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) gave the coroner instructions to bury Millette and send him the bill. Apparently, there was no funeral at that time, and her grave was unmarked (no headstone) for nearly a year before Herman Koch and Chester Gannon were able to raise funds to give Dorothy a proper headstone and funeral.
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