FrameThrower · Actors · Dorothy Comingore
Dorothy Comingore
2 films · 99 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1941–1951
Born 24 August 1913 · Los Angeles, California, USA · died 30 December 1971
Mary Louise Comingore, best known professionally as Dorothy Comingore, 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.
How their films are shot
Measured across 99 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dorothy takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 75% of their frames are night, 61% low key — the look of the work Dorothy takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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