Dorothy Bridges

Dorothy Louise Bridges (née Simpson; September 19, 1915 – February 16, 2009) was an American actress and poet.[1] She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she met her future husband, Lloyd Bridges, while acting in a small theatrical play on campus.[citation needed] Bridges and her husband moved to New York City, where they continued to pursue their acting studies and careers.[2] Jeff Bridges notes that both his parents studied under Michael Chekhov and that "and a lot of things my mom learned with him were passed down to all of us".[2] Bridges died of natural causes in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, on February 16, 2009, in the same home where she and her husband raised their children.
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