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~ Dorothy Rothchild was born in
West End, New Jersey.
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Her mother was Scottish and her father was Jewish. At the age of
four, her mother died.
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Dorothy was educated in private schools in New Jersey and New
York City.
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Her brother Henry died aboard the Titanic.
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At the age of 21 she submitted her writing to various magazines
and papers. Her poem "Any Porch" was accepted by Vanity
Fair.
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A months later, she was hired by Vogue. After two years
working there, she transferred to Vanity Fair.
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In 1917 she married Edwin Parker, a stockbroker. The marriage
only lasted a brief time, but she became known as Mrs. Dorothy
Parker.
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At Vanity Fair, she became New York's only female drama
critic at the time.
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In the spring of 1919 she was invited to the Algonquin Hotel
because of her connection to Vanity Fair and her
reputation as a drama critic. This was the beginning of the
famous Algonquin Round Table, a renowned intellectual literary circle.
Dorothy was the only female founding member.
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When her reviews became sarcastic and unfavorable, she was
fired from the magazine. To earn money, she wrote subtitles for movies by D.W. Griffith.
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~ In 1922 she wrote her first
short story Such a Pretty Little Picture. This was the
beginning of her literary career.
~ In 1924 Dorothy divorced and
moved into the Algonquin Hotel. She began writing plays.
~ The first issue of The New
Yorker was published in early 1925, and Dorothy contributed
drama reviews and poetry for the first few issues.
~ She later became their book
reviewer under the title, "The Constant Reader."
~ Dorothy won an Academy Award
for her joint screenplay of A Star is Born.
~ She was found dead of a heart
attack in her hotel room in New York City.
~ She bequeathed her entire
literary estate to the NAACP.
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