Dorothy Van(1928-2002)

Writer
Additional Crew
Actress

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A native of Moline, Illinois she was the daughter of a post office worker and Depression era housewife. She started her career as a stage actress in 1946 despite her fathers objections and later emerged as an actress and writer for television in the 1980s situation comedy "Mama's Family" in the role of Aunt Effie Harper.

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Known for

Vicki Lawrence in Mama's Family (1983)

7.3

TV Series

Writer

Loose Shoes (1978)

4.5

Army Nurse

1978

Ricky ou la belle vie (1982)

Ricky ou la belle vie

6.1

TV Series

Writer

Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, George Gaynes, and Cherie Johnson in Punky Brewster (1984)

6.6

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Writer

Major Dad
6.5
TV Series
- written by
- 1992
Mama's Family
7.3
TV Series
- written by
- story
- 1983–1990
Punky Brewster
6.6
TV Series
- written by
- 1984–1985
Ricky ou la belle vie
6.1
TV Series
- story
- written by
- 1985

Additional Crew

Mama's Family
7.3
TV Series
- story editor
- 1983–1984

Actress

Mama's Family
7.3
TV Series
- Aunt Effie Harper
- 1983–1989
Loose Shoes
4.5
- Army Nurse
- 1978
Peeping Times
6.2
TV Movie
- (as Dorathy Van)
- 1978

Personal details

Alternative name
- Dorathy Van
Born
- January 10, 1928
- Moline, Illinois, USA
Died
- May 16, 2002
- Los Angeles, California, USA(Parkinson's disease)
Spouse
- Jim Evering1950 - 2000 (his death, 3 children)

Did you know

Trivia
Wrote several episodes of Mama's Family (1983).

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When did Dorothy Van die?
May 16, 2002
How did Dorothy Van die?
Parkinson's disease
How old was Dorothy Van when she died?
74 years old
Where did Dorothy Van die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
When was Dorothy Van born?
January 10, 1928

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