This is an 8x10 inch vintage original single weight photograph of Dorothy Arnold (born Dorothy Arnoldine Olson; 1917 – 1984), an American film actress and the first wife of baseball star Joe DiMaggio (1939-44). Arnold met DiMaggio in 1937 – she was 19, he was 23 – on the set of the film Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (released in 1937). DiMaggio had a minor speaking role in the film; Arnold had no lines. The couple married on November 18, 1939 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco.

Her 20-year movie career began with 1937's Freshies and ended with 1957's Lizzie. Arnold appeared in 15 films between 1937 and 1939. Her most memorable roles were as the imperiled heroine Jean Drew in The Phantom Creeps (with Bela Lugosi and Robert Kent) and Gloria DeVere in The House of Fear (with Irene Hervey and William Gargan).

A brief comeback in 1957 included her last film, MGM's Lizzie (with Eleanor Parker and Joan Blondell) and appearances on TV's The Adventures of Jim Bowie and Dragnet.

The photograph is in worn condition with heavy creases and a fold line on the far left side.

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