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Vaughan was born September 20, 1910, in Kansas City, Missouri, as Dorothy Jean Johnson. [2] She was the daughter of [3] Annie and Leonard Johnson. At the age of seven, her family moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where she graduated from Beechurst High School in 1925 as her class valedictorian. [4]
Dorothy Lyman: Opal Cortlandt: 1981–83 Phyllis Lyons Arlene Vaughan: 1990–93 Ray MacDonnell: Joe Martin: 1970–2011, 2013 Rebecca Mader: Morgan Gordan 2003 Larkin Malloy: Travis Montgomery: 1987–91, 1995–97, 2001 Alexis Manta Amanda Dillon: 1996–2000 Sean Marquette: Jamie Martin: 1994–98 Forbes March: Scott Chandler: 1999–2000 ...
Taraji P. Henson starred as mathematician Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer played Dorothy Vaughan, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA in 1949, and Janelle Monáe played Mary Jackson, the first female African-American engineer to work for NASA. [16] The movie made US$231.3 million. The budget of the film was US$25 million.
Though the award-winning 2016 film “Hidden Figures” focused on the stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, there were a number of other women who were recognized for ...
Joanna Barnes, who played different but memorable roles in two iterations of “The Parent Trap,” has died at age 87. A friend of the actress, Sally Jackson, told The Hollywood Reporter that ...
Dorothy Wang has some new bling!. The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills and Bling Empire star, 36, is engaged to film producer Brandon Yankowitz. Wang shared the happy news on Instagram on Tuesday, Oct ...
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked ...
Dorothy Vaughan (November 5, 1890 – March 15, 1955) was an American actress. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She appeared in more than 143 films and television. Vaughan is best known for appearing in Slander House (1930), The Ape (1940) and Lady Gangster (1942).