Dorma Leigh

Dorma Leigh (1890-1969) was a British dancer, actress and playwright.

Dorma Leigh, 1912

Leigh was born Dorothy Mabel Woodley.[1] She danced with Jan Oyra in The Girl on the Film in 1913.[2][3]

In 1919 she married the writer Peter Cheyney.[4] Cheyney petitioned for a divorce from Leigh in 1931 on the grounds of adultery but as he admitted adultery the judge granted a decree nisi in favour of Leigh.[4]

In 1917 she wrote a play Brownie.[5]

Reference section
  1. "Dorma Leigh (née Dorothy Mabel Woodley) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "Dorma Leigh (née Dorothy Mabel Woodley) and Jan Oyra in 'The Girl on the Film'". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. "Gaiety Theatre". The Times (London). 5 April 1913 – via Times Digital Archive.
  4. "Decree for an actress". Portsmouth Evening News. 2 July 1931. p. 14 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Brownie". Great War Theatre. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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