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Claire Dodd (December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress. Born Dorothy Arlene Dodd in Baxter, Iowa, she was the daughter of Walter W. Dodd, a farmer and veterinarian, and his wife, Ethel V. (née Cool) Dodd, daughter of Baxter Postmaster Peter J. Cool. As Dorothy Dodd, she attended school in Baxter. When her parents later separated in Montana, she went to California, where she worked as a model in Los Angeles and auditioned for minor film roles. She moved to New York City to study singing and dancing. She joined the Ziegfeld Follies where she was discovered by... MORE

Claire Dodd (December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress. Born Dorothy Arlene Dodd in Baxter, Iowa, she was the daughter of Walter W. Dodd, a farmer and veterinarian, and his wife, Ethel V. (née Cool) Dodd, daughter of Baxter Postmaster Peter J. Cool. As Dorothy Dodd, she attended school in Baxter. When her parents later separated in Montana, she went to California, where she worked as a model in Los Angeles and auditioned for minor film roles. She moved to New York City to study singing and dancing. She joined the Ziegfeld Follies where she was discovered by Darryl F. Zanuck. Some confusion has led to Dodd's birthplace being listed as Des Moines, Iowa. Early in her career, Dodd applied for a passport in preparation for a trip to Europe, and was reported as saying she only knew she was born in Iowa. Whether an attempted bit of publicity, she wound up with plenty in her home state. Dodd had numerous relatives who still lived in and around Baxter when her apparent memory lapse was reported in the Register & Tribune's Iowa News Service on April 29, 1935. Locals were in an uproar for a time, spurred on by newspaper editorials taking the incident as an insult to LESS