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Dorothy Comingore
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Dorothy Comingore

1913 – 1971 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Active 1938–2002

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Louise Comingore, best known professionally as Dorothy Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971), was an American film actress. She is best known for starring as Susan Alexander Kane in Citizen Kane (1941), the critically acclaimed debut film of Orson Welles. In earlier films she was credited as Linda Winters, and she had appeared on the stage as Kay Winters. Her career ended when she was caught up in the Hollywood blacklist. She declined to answer questions when she was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952.

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941 ★ 7.9
as Susan Alexander Kane

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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Filmography

24 credits
2000s 1 credit
2002
The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) as Archival Footage
Movie
1950s 1 credit
1951
The Big Night as Julie Rostina
Movie ★ 6.8
1940s 8 credits
1949
Any Number Can Play as Mrs. Purcell
Movie ★ 6.9
1944
The Hairy Ape as Helen Parker
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Citizen Kane as Susan Alexander Kane
Movie ★ 8.0
1940
Rockin' Thru the Rockies as Daisy (as Linda Winters)
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
The Heckler as Ole's Girlfriend
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Movie ★ 9.0
1940
Cafe Hostess as Tricks
Movie ★ 5.4
1940
Convicted Woman as Inmate (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.6
1930s 14 credits
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Woman at Station (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.8
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss as Francine Rogers
Movie ★ 5.8
1939
The Awful Goof as Charley's Fiancee
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Outside These Walls as Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.8
1939
Scandal Sheet as Marjorie Lawe (as Linda Winters)
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise as June Jenkins (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris as Tearoom Hostess (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1939
Golden Boy as Fight Spectator
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Coast Guard as Nurse (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
North of the Yukon as Jean Duncan (as Linda Winters)
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Trade Winds as Ann (as Linda Winters)
Movie ★ 6.4
1938
Comet Over Broadway as Mrs. McDermott
Movie ★ 5.7
1938
Prison Train as Louise Terris
Movie ★ 7.3