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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 husband, Lloyd Bridges, two of their three sons, Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges, and her grandson, Jordan Bridges. [1] Bridges was sometimes credited as Dorothy Dean. [1]
Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) [2] and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). He is one of four children: older brother Beau Bridges (born December 9, 1941), who is also an actor; a younger sister Lucinda; and a brother named Garrett, who died of sudden infant death syndrome in 1948.
Bridges was born on December 9, 1941 [4] in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). [5] He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind. [6] His younger brother is actor Jeff Bridges, and he has a younger
Betty A. Bridges, an actress best known for starring in ER, 2 Broke Girlsand Good Times, has died. She was 83 years old. According to Deadline, Betty died at the home of her son, Diff'rent ...
A loving mother of four, Betty Bridges played an active role in her son Todd’s recovery from addiction, providing “tough love and unwavering support,” the family added. Betty Bridges is ...
Bridges first acted professionally at the age of five in the television film The Kid from Nowhere (1982), directed by his father. [3] [4] [5] After a break he returned once more in the television film The Thanksgiving Promise (1986), starring the entire Bridges family. Not wanting to be a child actor, he left acting and attended L.A.'s Oakwood ...
Bridges also built up a venerable practice as an acting coach later in her career. In a 2023 interview with Vlad TV Todd explained, "My mom trained Nia Long, Regina King, my friend who passed away ...
Spencer and Abigail Breslin; actors; Jimmy and Todd Bridges; actors; Beau and Jeff Bridges; actors, sons of actor Lloyd Bridges; Jay and Mark Briscoe; professional wrestlers (real surname Pugh) Sthefany and Kayky Brito; actors; Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë; authors; Sandra and Gesine Bullock; actress and pastry chef, respectively