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Birth Name: Dolores Heft
Date of Birth: March 3, 1933
Place of Birth: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: October 5, 2019
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: * father – German, Czech Bohemian * mother – Lithuanian, likely Eastern Slavic
Dolores Dorn was an American film and television actress. She was known for starring in the films Phantom of the Rue Morgue , The Bounty Hunter (1954), Uncle Vanya , Underworld U.S.A. , 13 West Street , The Candy Snatchers , Truck Stop Women , and Tell Me a Riddle . She was billed as Dolores Dorn-Heft on Broadway.
She was the daughter of Alice Ellen and Edward Heft, an automobile dealer.
Dolores’ paternal grandfather was Edward Heft (the son of Joseph Heft and Marianna Polarek). Edward was born in Chicago, Illinois, to German-born parents.
Dolores’ paternal grandmother was named Antonette Barcal (the daughter of Steve Barcal). Antonette was born in Chicago, Illinois, to parents from Bohemia, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Dolores’ maternal grandfather was named Stanley Yagmin/Iagmin/Eagmin. The surname Yagmin appears frequently in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Stanley was an emigrant, from Lithuania, then in the Russian Empire.
Dolores’ maternal grandmother was named Petronella Marma. Petronella was an emigrant from Lithuania.
Sources: Genealogies of Dolores Dorn – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.findagrave.com
Birth record of Dolores Dorn – https://www.familysearch.org