Dorothea Neumann

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothea Neumann | image = Dorothea Neumann in The Terror (1963).jpg | image_size = | caption = Neumann in ''The Terror'' (1963) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|01|26|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|05|20|1914|01|26|mf=yes}} | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1944–1991 }}

'''Dorothea Neumann''', (January 26, 1914 – May 20, 1994) sometimes referred to as '''Dorothy Neumann''' or '''Dorothy Newman''', was an American character actress. Her career spanned six decades and encompassed television, film, and theatre work.

==Biography== A native of New York, Neumann began her career in theatre. She was one of the proprietors/performers at the Turnabout Theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. She began appearing on screens in the mid-1940s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dorothy Neumann 1914-1994 |url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=12772|website=Aveleyman.com |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> featuring in over 130 film and television projects, usually in small supporting roles. In 1962, Neumann appeared as Martha on the TV Western ''The Virginian'' in the episode titled "Big Day, Great Day". She was especially known for playing characters in the horror and fantasy genres, such as witches, crones, and gypsies. She played the murderer, Leona Durant, in S3 E22 in the episode "The Case of the Madcap Modiste" in ''Perry Mason''.

Notable film projects included ''Sorry, Wrong Number'', ''The Terror'', ''Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow'', and ''The Snake Pit''. On the small screen, she featured in television shows such as the ''Twilight Zone'' ("Mr Bevis"), ''Leave It to Beaver'' ("Community Chest"), ''The Addams Family'' ("Morticia Joins the Ladies League"), ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' ("The Iowa Scuba Affair"), '''The Andy Griffith Show'' ("Ellie for Council", "A Plaque for Mayberry", and "Deputy Otis", all as Rita Campbell), and ''Bewitched'' ("The Crone of Cawdor").<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Biography & Filmography|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/dorothy-neumann-57492314/ |website=Hollywood.com|date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref> Neumann was a member of the Yale Puppeteers, at Turnabout Theater, Los Angeles, California, in the 1940s.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==Personal life and death== Neumann was Jewish.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjszWtFu3kIC&q=dorothy%20neumann%20jewish|pages=61/62|title=The Jewish Audio-visual Review Volumes 9–16|date=1959|publisher=National Council on Jewish Audio-Visual Materials}}</ref> She died of pulmonary complications<ref name="auto">{{cite book |author=Scott Wilson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&dq=dorothy+neumann+burial+site+scott+wilson&pg=PA546 |title=Resting Places : The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |date=August 22, 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786479924 |edition=3rd |page=546}}</ref> and was survived by two nieces, two nephews, and seven great nieces and nephews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary Los Angeles Times 1994 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-25-mn-61847-story.html|website=Articles.latimes.com |date=May 25, 1994 |access-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> Following her death, her cremains were given to a niece in Encinitas, California.<ref name="auto"/>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0627030}}

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