# Dolores Cassinelli

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{{Short description|American actress and singer (1888–1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Dolores Cassinelli
| image        = Dolores Cassinelli 1919.jpg
| image_size   = 180px
| caption      = Cassinelli, 1919
| birth_name   = Elvere Dolores Cassinelli
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1888|07|04}}
| birth_place  = New York City, U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1984|4|26|1888|07|04}}
| death_place  = [New Brunswick, New Jersey](/source/New_Brunswick%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| occupation   = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1911–1925
}}
'''Dolores Cassinelli''' (July 4, 1888<ref>Born in 1888 as per Social Security Death Index</ref> &ndash; April 26, 1984)<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'', p.84 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana</ref> was an American film actress and singer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tenor Featured |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67446998/the-evening-sun/ |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=The Evening Sun |date=March 20, 1929 |location=Maryland, Baltimore |page=27|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> She appeared in 69 films between 1911 and 1925.

Born in New York City, Cassinelli and her family moved to Chicago. Her parents put her in a convent with plans for her to become a nun, but she preferred to become an actress.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=Charles Donald |last2=Silver |first2=Milton L. |title=Who's who on the Screen |year=1920 |publisher=Ross publishing Company |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DAOAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Dolores+Cassinelli%22&pg=PA214 |access-date=January 12, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

By 1929, Cassinelli had left acting and turned to singing professionally. She said that she would return to films only if she could make a singing film, "for radio is my life now".<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Wins Singer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67447536/dorores-cassinelli/ |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=The Morning Call |date=March 20, 1929 |location=Pennsylvania, Allentown |page=25|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

She is interred at Holy Redeemer Cemetery in [South Plainfield, New Jersey](/source/South_Plainfield%2C_New_Jersey).

==Selected filmography==
* ''[A False Suspicion](/source/A_False_Suspicion)'' (1911)
* ''[From the Submerged](/source/From_the_Submerged)'' (1912) *short
* ''[When Soul Meets Soul](/source/When_Soul_Meets_Soul)'' (1913) *short
* ''[Lafayette, We Come](/source/Lafayette%2C_We_Come)'' (1918)
* ''[The Virtuous Model](/source/The_Virtuous_Model)'' (1919)
* ''[Tarnished Reputations](/source/Tarnished_Reputations)'' (1920)
* ''[The Web of Deceit](/source/The_Web_of_Deceit)'' (1920)
* ''[Forever](/source/Forever_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[Anne of Little Smoky](/source/Anne_of_Little_Smoky)'' (1921)
* ''[The Hidden Light](/source/The_Hidden_Light)'' (1921)<ref>{{cite news |title=Keith's-"The Hidden Light." |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59978319/keiths-the-hidden-light/ |work=Buffalo Courier |date=13 June 1921 |page=5|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
* ''[The Secrets of Paris](/source/The_Secrets_of_Paris)'' (1922)
* ''[The Challenge](/source/The_Challenge_(1922_film))'' (1922)
* ''Columbus'' (1923) - Queen Isabella
* ''Jamestown'' (1923) - [Pocahontas](/source/Pocahontas)
* ''[Dangerous Money](/source/Dangerous_Money_(1924_film))'' (1924)
* ''[Lend Me Your Husband](/source/Lend_Me_Your_Husband_(1924_film))'' (1924)
* ''[The Unguarded Hour](/source/The_Unguarded_Hour_(1925_film))'' (1925)
* ''[The Midnight Girl](/source/The_Midnight_Girl)'' (1925)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0144293}}
*{{Find a Grave|9021254}}

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Category:1888 births
Category:1984 deaths
Category:American silent film actresses
Category:Actresses from Chicago
Category:Actresses from New Brunswick, New Jersey
Category:20th-century American actresses

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