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Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center theater at 135 N Grand Avenue; opened 1964, Welton Becket design, ~3,200 seats; former LA Phil home and Oscars venue, now LA Opera's hall.

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge (Dorothy Jean Dandridge) was an American actress, singer, and dancer, the first African American performer nominated for the Best Actress Oscar, for Carmen Jones (1954).

Dorothy Fay

Dorothy Fay, born Dorothy Fay Southworth, was an American actress who starred in low-budget westerns from 1938 to 1941 and married singing cowboy Tex Ritter.

Dorothy Green (actress)

Dorothy Green (born Dorothy Jeannette Hufford, 1920–2008), American stage, film, and television actress; Lucy Chapman in The Big Heat (1953), Lavinia Tate in Tammy; prolific TV guest performer; distinct from the environmentalist Dorothy Green.

Dorothy Hart

Dorothy Hart (Dorothy J. Hart, 1922-2004) was an American model, film and television actress, and UN activist; 1944 Cinderella Cover Girl winner known for The Naked City (1948) and Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952), retired from acting in 1952.

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton, 1914-1996), American actress and singer, Paramount star in sarong films and seven Road to comedies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope; WWII pin-up who sold $300 million in War Bonds.

Dorothy Lyman

Dorothy Lyman (born 1947, Minneapolis) is an American actress, director, and playwright known as Opal Gardner on All My Children, Naomi on Mama's Family, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner, and director of 75 episodes of The Nanny.

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone (Dorothy Eloise Maloney, 1924-2018), American actress; Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Written on the Wind (1956); starred as Constance MacKenzie in ABC's first primetime soap Peyton Place.

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire (1916/1918-2001), American actress from Omaha; Broadway star of Claudia (722 performances), Oscar nominee for Gentleman's Agreement, National Board of Review winner for Friendly Persuasion, and screen mother in Old Yeller and Swiss Family Robinson.

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine (Michele Dorothy Provine, 1935-2010), American actress, singer, and dancer; starred as Pinky Pinkham in ABC's The Roaring 20s (1960-62) and appeared in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; not to be confused with Dorothy Provine Alexander or Dory Previn.

Dorothy Stratten

Dorothy Stratten (Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten), Canadian Playboy Playmate of the Month August 1979 and Playmate of the Year 1980, actress in Galaxina and They All Laughed, murdered by estranged husband Paul Snider on August 14, 1980.

Dorothy Zbornak

Dorothy Zbornak is the fictional divorced substitute teacher played by Bea Arthur on NBC's The Golden Girls (1985-1992), daughter of Sophia Petrillo, Emmy-winning role, ending with her marriage to Lucas Hollingsworth.

Dos Tipos de Cuidado

Dos tipos de cuidado: 1952 Mexican comedia ranchera by Ismael Rodríguez, starring Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante as rival friends Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo; premiered 5 November 1953, their only shared film.

Dost (दोस्त)

Dost (दोस्त, Friend) is a 1974 Hindi drama directed by Dulal Guha, starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini, and Shatrughan Sinha, with music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal; a Hit that grossed 2.5 crore net, third-highest of 1974.

Dostana (1980 film)

Dostana (दोस्ताना) is a 1980 Hindi action drama directed by Raj Khosla, Dharma Productions' first film, written by Salim-Javed, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, and Zeenat Aman as friends and rivals in love; distinct from the 2008 comedy of the same title.

Dostana (दोस्ताना) (2008 film)

Dostana (दोस्ताना), 2008 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Tarun Mansukhani, produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions; two Miami men pretend to be gay to rent an apartment, the first big-budget mainstream Bollywood film with gay protagonists.

Dosti: Friends Forever

Dosti: Friends Forever (दोस्ती: फ्रेंड्स फॉरएवर), a 2005 Hindi romantic drama directed by Suneel Darshan, stars Bobby Deol and Akshay Kumar as friends across a class divide; it flopped, earning about ₹8.77 crore net in India.

Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan

Dosti... Yaariyan... Manmarziyan is an Indian television drama that aired on StarPlus in 2015. It follows two women, Monica Sehgal and Kashmira Irani, chasing their dreams in Mumbai.

Dot 2 Dot (点对点)

Dot 2 Dot (點對點) is a 2014 Hong Kong romantic drama and the debut feature of director Amos Why (黃浩然), starring Moses Chan and Meng Ting-yi, in which unnumbered connect-the-dots puzzles left at MTR stations revive the city's vanished landmarks.

Dot and Bubble

Dot and Bubble is a 2024 Doctor Who episode (Series 14, episode 5) written by Russell T Davies, set in the social-media colony Finetime, where Lindy Pepper-Bean and other residents reject the Doctor's rescue because of his race.

Dot Cotton

Dot Cotton (Dot Branning) is a fictional EastEnders launderette worker played by June Brown from 1985 to 2020, mother of villain Nick Cotton, star of the UK soap's only single-character episode, killed off in December 2022 after Brown's death.

Dot-Marie Jones

Dot-Marie Jones (born 1964, Turlock, California) is an American actress and retired athlete: 15-time world arm-wrestling champion, Fresno State shot put record holder, and three-time Emmy nominee as Coach Shannon Beiste on Glee (2010-2015), also known for Bros, Boondock Saints, and Lizzie McGuire.

Double Blind (film)

Double Blind is a 2023 Irish horror-thriller, Ian Hunt-Duffy's feature debut written by Darach McGarrigle, starring Millie Brady, Pollyanna McIntosh, and Akshay Kumar as drug-trial subjects who die if they sleep; released February 2024.

Double Dhamaal (डबल धमाल)

Double Dhamaal (डबल धमाल), also known as Dhamaal 2, is a 2011 Hindi Bollywood comedy directed by Indra Kumar, sequel to Dhamaal (2007), starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Jaaved Jaaferi, Mallika Sherawat, and Kangana Ranaut; released 24 June 2011.

Double Down South

Double Down South is a 2024 American drama-thriller, also titled Southern Gothic, written and directed by Oscar winner Tom Schulman, starring Kim Coates and Lili Simmons in an illegal keno-pool gambling underworld in rural Georgia.

Double Helix (双程) (TV series)

Double Helix (双程, Shuang Cheng, A Round Trip to Love) is a 2026 Chinese-Singaporean BL drama series adapted from Lan Lin's novel, starring Ayden Sng and Lu Sitong as reunited lovers Lu Feng and Cheng Yichen, 12 episodes on GagaOOLala, Viki, and Viu from May 8 to June 13, 2026.

Double Impact

Double Impact is a 1991 American action film directed by Sheldon Lettich, in which Jean-Claude Van Damme plays twins Alex and Chad Wagner, separated after their parents' murder in Hong Kong.

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity: 1944 Billy Wilder film noir, also known by Cain's novella title, in which insurance salesman Walter Neff and Phyllis Dietrichson murder her husband for a double indemnity payout; seven Oscar nominations, no wins.

Double iSmart

Double iSmart (డబుల్ ఇస్మార్ట్) is a 2024 Telugu sci-fi action film, sequel to iSmart Shankar, directed by Puri Jagannadh, starring Ram Pothineni and Sanjay Dutt; released August 15, 2024, and a box-office failure.

Double Jeopardy (1999 film)

Double Jeopardy is a 1999 Bruce Beresford thriller starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones, a Paramount release about a framed woman who learns the double jeopardy doctrine; it grossed $177.8 million worldwide.