Dorothy Malone (born Dorothy Maloney; January 30, 1925) is a retired American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in B-movies. After a decade in films, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in Written on the Wind (1956), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance MacKenzie on Peyton Place from 1964 to 1968. Less active in her later years, Malone returned to films in 1992 as the friend of Sharon Stone's character in Basic Instinct.
She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Malone was born Dorothy Maloney on January 30, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. When she was a child, her family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she attended high school and Southern Methodist University. While performing in a play there she was spotted by a talent scout who had been looking to find and cast a male actor. Malone recalled in 1981,