Dolores Johnson

born: 25 April 1903 California, United States of America

died: 11 August 1957 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 54)

Dark-haired American actress, also known as "Del Lorice." She had two brief stints with Hal Roach, first as one of the Vanity Fair Girls (1920-21) and then in some entries of the Earl Mohan/Billy Engle series (1924-25). Her parents were Delevan D. ("Del," 1881-1928) and Lorice C. (McCullum) Johnson (1885-1915). Though she went by "Dolores" much of the time including in screen and professional credits, it would appear, especially judging by her 1920 marriage certificate, that "Dellorice" - a combination of her parents' names - is the natural spelling. She was also known as "Delloris Johnson." She married sometime Roach director Percy "Scott" Pembroke in 1920, with Mildred Davis and Roy Brooks serving as witnesses; they divorced sometime before 1925, when Pembroke married Gertrude Short. Around that same period, Dolores wed film writer Lawson Harris; they had one son, Derek Delevan Harris - later famous as actor/director John Derek (1926-1998) - before divorcing circa 1931. She died as Dolores Guendolyn Schowengerdt.

Real name: Dellorice Guendolyn Johnson

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1920 June Madness Vanity Fair girl 1920 Alias Aladdin [unidentified character] 1920 The Sandman Vanity Fair girl 1920 Queens Up! [unidentified character] 1920 The Man Haters [unidentified character] 1920 Greek Meets Greek [unidentified character] 1920 The Sleepy Head [unidentified character] 1921 Burglars Bold [unidentified character] 1921 Pinning It On [unidentified character] 1921 Oh, Promise Me [unidentified character] 1921 Prince Pistachio [unidentified character] 1921 Paint And Powder [unidentified character] 1921 Running Wild [unidentified character] 1922 The Love Lesson [unidentified character] 1921 Hobgoblins [unidentified character] 1921 Hurry West [unidentified character] 1925 Grief Of Bagdad [?] 1925 Riders Of The Kitchen Range Maid

Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23048-27715-69?cc=1727033 (1910 Census, line 35) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22890-11018-88?cc=1488411 (1920 Census, line 68 [?]) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-29949-14252-91?cc=1804002 (1920 marriage, to Percy "Scott" Pembroke) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22721-9434-20?cc=1810731 (1930 Census, line 33) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27791-11185-45?cc=2000219 (1940 Census, line 59) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPW8-2N9 (CA Death Index) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85512531 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/76024918/ (Washington Herald, 14 Nov 1920) https://archive.org/stream/pictureplaymagaz13unse#page/n89/mode/1up/search/dellorice (Picture-Play Magazine, Sep 1920) https://archive.org/stream/movpicwor64movi#page/n55/mode/1up/search/%22del+lorice%22 (Moving Picture World, 1 Sep 1923) https://archive.org/stream/modernscreen4243unse#page/n35/mode/1up/search/%22dolores+johnson%22 (Modern Screen, Jan 1951) Jesse Brisson (research; identification in Riders Of The Kitchen Range) This page was last updated on: 19 March 2017