Dennie Moore was born on December 30, 1902 in New York City, New York, USA as Deena Rivka Moore. She was an actress, known for The Women (1939), Bachelor Mother (1939) and Dive Bomber (1941). She died on February 22, 1978 in New York City.
By the time she made her screen debut in 1935, she had over 20 stage roles to her credit.
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She made a career playing secretaries, maids, department store clerks, busybodies, roommates, and wives.
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She had no survivors or immediate family when she died. Upon her death, she was promptly cremated and her ashes scattered over the balcony of her New York City apartment.
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When she retired in 1957, she sold her Hollywood vacation home and remained in her birth-spot of New York City.
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A feminist when her acting days ended, she spent her retirement speaking on behalf of women's rights and civil liberties in Jewish communities.
She began going by the name Dennie when she began her acting career because her family did not approve of her career move based on their religious views.
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Her father was a cantor in a local synagogue.
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Blonde supporting actress from Broadway (appearing there from 1927-1957) who played occasional films roles, usually as humorous New York types. Will always be remembered as the chatty manicurist who spills the beans to Norma Shearer about her husband's illicit affair with Joan Crawford in the classic The Women (1939).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951
Mrs. Bea Gingras
Anna Lucasta
1949
Blanche
Dive Bomber
1941
Mrs. James
Women in War
1940
Ginger
Saturday's Children
1940
Gertrude Mills
Eternally Yours
1939
Waitress (uncredited)
No Place to Go
1939
Mrs. Harriet Shafter
The Women
1939
Olga
These Glamour Girls
1939
Mavis - Jane's Roommate (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
1939
Mary
I'm from Missouri
1939
Kitty Hearne
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
Teenie Moore
Secrets of an Actress
1938
Miss Blackstone
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Miss Crews
Four's a Crowd
1938
Buckley's Secretary (scenes deleted)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
Abby Pitts
Mystery House
1938
Annette
Submarine D-1
1937
Arabella
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Clarabelle
Angel
1937
Emma MacGillicuddy Wilton
Meet Nero Wolfe
1936
Mazie Gray
Sylvia Scarlett
1935
Maudie Tilt - the Maid (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sylvia Scarlett
1935
performer: "WHO WANTS A KISS FROM ME?" uncredited, "HELLO! HELLO!" uncredited, "I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE"