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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 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 sister, Lucinda.
Bridges was born in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (née Brown) Bridges (1893–1950) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. (1887–1962), who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater. [1] His parents were both from Kansas. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1930. [2]
The Bridges Family. Patriarch Lloyd Bridges was a veteran actor known for adventure roles in “Sea Hunt” and flat-out comedy in “Airplane,” which exemplified the breadth of his Hollywood ...
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.
Jeff Bridges, the acclaimed actor who became a cult icon with his role in "The Big Lebowski," shocked his legions of fans when he announced Monday he has been diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of ...
Jeff Bridges isn’t like other leading men. So goes the tale for over 50 years and 70 films. Where other actors of his generation—Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson—brought volume and bravado ...
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 ...