Biography for
Dovima

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Date of Birth

11 December 1927, New York, New York, USA

Date of Death

3 May 1990, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (liver cancer)

Birth Name

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba

Nickname

Doe

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

Casper West Hollingsworth	(1983 - 13 February 1986) (his death)
Alan Murray	(1957 - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Worked closely with photographer Richard Avedon in the 1950s and became one of the world's top fashion models. When the musical Funny Face (1957) was produced based on Avedon's career, Dovima was given a role in the film.

Dorothy Juba first devised the name Dovima for an imaginary friend she created as a kid.

A comic book fanatic -- a trait shared by her screen character, Marion, in Funny Face (1957).

Was born in New York City, in the Burough of Queens, in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights.

A supermodel before the term was invented, Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid Manhattan high-fashion model of her time ($75 an hour) in the 1950s.

Her second husband, Alan Murray, was an Immigration Department Official.

Her only child, a daughter named Alison, was born July 14, 1958 in Manhattan. She weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz. The father is her second husband, Immigration Department Official Alan Murray

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