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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 ]
During an appearance on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live, Cohn recalled the late Lear reaching out after ABC produced live specials of Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life in 2021. Lear, who died ...
On December 1, 2016, Johnson received the Langley West Computing Unit NASA Group Achievement Award at a reception at the Virginia Air and Space Center. Other awardees included her colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. [80] 2017, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Medal of Honor [81] 2017 Honorary Doctorate from Spelman College [82]
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).
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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Dorothy Mae Johnson (October 14, 1936 – April 7, 2022) was an American actress and print model. Starting her career as a beauty queen, she was best known for acting on television and in motion pictures during the Golden Age of Hollywood as a starlet during the 1950s. [ 1 ]