Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap

Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap

Female 1911 - 1999  (88 years)

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  • Name Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap 
    Born 23 May 1911  Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Maternal DNA Haplogroup: H5b -> North-West Europe  [1
    Occupation 1934  Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Actress 
    Reference Number 7435 
    Died 24 Jun 1999  San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7435  Families

    Father Homer Curtis Millsap,   b. 10 May 1879, Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1960, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Bess P Chaney,   b. 10 May 1881, Lima, Allen, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 3 Dec 1908 
    Family ID F2471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frank John Bersbach,   b. 9 Dec 1911, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1969, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
     1. B. Bersbach
    Family ID F2472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 May 1911 - Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Actress - 1934 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jun 1999 - San Diego, California, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Millsap, Marjorie Elizabeth
    Millsap, Marjorie Elizabeth
    Dorothy Lee, born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap in Los Angeles, she started seeking film roles in 1929, after graduating from high school, but ended up in New York City working on the stage. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with Wheeler & Woolsey; she became so identified with the comedians that she seldom appeared apart from them.

  • Notes 
    • Dorothy Lee (May 23, 1911 - June 24, 1999) was an American actress and comedian during the 1930s, usually appearing alongside the popular Wheeler & Woolsey comedy team.

      Born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap in Los Angeles, she started seeking film roles in 1929, after graduating from high school, but ended up in New York City working on the stage. At 18, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures and began working with Wheeler & Woolsey; she became so identified with the comedians that she seldom appeared apart from them.

      She withdrew from the series after producer David O. Selznick tampered with her performance in Girl Crazy; she returned when Selznick's successor Mark Sandrich cast her in two well-received features in 1934. RKO replaced her with Mary Carlisle and then Betty Grable, but she returned in 1935 for two final appearances.

      In the early 1940s, after Robert Woolsey had died, Bert Wheeler was struggling to re-establish himself as a solo performer, and asked Dorothy Lee to tour with him in vaudeville. She immediately interrupted her private life to help her old friend.

      Lee was married six times, including briefly to Hollywood gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler. She had four children by her fifth husband - and longest married to - in 1941-1960, Frank John Bersbach, Jr. who was a son of Manz Corporation VP Frank John Bersbach, Sr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S255] 23andMe DNA, Brent Bersbach.
      Maternal DNA test result:
      Haplogroup: H5b
      Ethnic Origin: North-West Europe