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Dorothy Louise Bridges (née Simpson; September 19, 1915 – February 16, 2009) was an American actress and poet. Bridges was the matriarch of an acting family, which included her late husband, Lloyd Bridges, her sons, Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges, and her grandson, Jordan Bridges. Bridges was sometimes credited as Dorothy Dean.〔 ==Early life== Bridges was born Dorothy Louise Simpson〔 in Worcester, Massachusetts,〔 on September 19, 1915, to Louise Myles (1888–1969) and Frederick Walter Simpson (1886–1979). Her father was English, from Liverpool.〔http://www.suerussellwrites.com/bridges.html〕 Her mother was of Irish and Swiss-German ancestry. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was two years old.〔 Bridges made her film debut in the movie ''Finders Keepers''.〔 She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she met her future husband, Lloyd Bridges, while acting in a small theatrical play on campus.〔 Lloyd Bridges, who was a UCLA upperclassman at the time, appeared in the production as her "leading man."〔 The couple married in 1938 in New York City.〔 Dorothy and Lloyd Bridges remained married for 60 years,〔 until he died in 1998 at the age of 85. They had four children: Beau Vernet, Garrett Myles, Jeffrey Leon, and Lucinda Louise. Garrett died of sudden infant death syndrome on August 3, 1948. Bridges and her husband moved to New York City, where they continued to pursue their acting studies and careers. Dorothy and Lloyd Bridges both studied under the acting teacher Michael Chekhov.〔 They returned to Hollywood in the early 1940s when Lloyd Bridges was signed to Columbia Pictures.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dorothy Bridges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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