Dorothy Comingore Movies and Career Information

Dorothy Comingore (August 24, 1913 – December 30, 1971) was an American film actress, best known for her portrayal of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles's critically acclaimed movie Citizen Kane (1941). From 1934 to 1940, Comingore was billed in her stage appearances as Kay Winters and then Linda Winters as a film actress. Born Margaret Louise Comingore in Los Angeles, California, she was discovered by Charles Chaplin while she was performing in a small playhouse. She went on to play bit parts in Hollywood movies until Welles cast her as Susan, the fragile but fiery mistress of press tycoon Charles Foster Kane. Her performance is generally considered one of the best in the movie, but, according to Peter Bogdanovich in his DVD commentary on Citizen Kane, she crippled her subsequent career by turning down too many roles that she felt were uninteresting. She appeared in the film version of the Eugene O'Neill play The Hairy Ape (1944) with William Bendix, Susan Hayward, and John Loder. Her last movie appearance was in a supporting role in The Big Night (1951) starring John Drew Barrymore. Her career ended in 1951, when she was caught up in the Hollywood blacklist. The following year she