Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso
Dorothy and Enrico Caruso, 1918
Born
Dorothy Park Benjamin

(1893-08-06)6 August 1893
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Died16 December 1955(1955-12-16) (aged 62)
Baltimore, Maryland
Resting placeDruid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland
OccupationWriter
Spouses
​
(m. 1918⁠–⁠1921)​
    Ernest Augustus Ingram
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1923⁠–⁠1925)​
      Charles Adam Holder
      ​
      ​
      (m. 1933⁠–⁠1940)​
      Children2
      RelativesPark Benjamin (father)

      Dorothy Park Benjamin Caruso (August 6, 1893 – December 16, 1955) was an American socialite and the wife of the Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso.

      Life

      Born Dorothy Park Benjamin on August 6, 1893, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, she was the daughter of Park Benjamin, a wealthy lawyer and author, and Ida Crane. Dorothy had two sisters and two brothers. [[File:Caruso's wedding party on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel (New York), August 20, 1918. Left to right Bruno Zirato (Caruso's personal assistant), Dorothy Caruso, Enrico Caruso, Mrs. J. S. Keith.jpg|thumb|Caruso's wedding party on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City, 20 August 1918. Left to right: Bruno Zirato (Caruso's secretary), Dorothy Caruso, Enrico Caruso, Mrs. J. S. Keith.]] On August 20, 1918, Benjamin married Enrico Caruso, with whom she had a daughter, Gloria Caruso (1919-1999). After the death of Enrico Caruso on August 2, 1921,[1] Dorothy married Captain Ernest Augustus Ingram (1892–1954) in 1923.[2][3] They had a daughter, Jacqueline, born in September 1924,[4] and were divorced in 1925.[5] She then married Charles Adam Holder (1872–1955) in Paris in 1933. They divorced in 1940. She reverted to the surname "Caruso" following the dissolution of both marriages.[6][7]

      In 1942, Dorothy Caruso met Margaret C. Anderson, on a voyage to the United States, with whom she lived until her death in 1955.[8]

      Dorothy Caruso died of cancer in Baltimore, Maryland on December 16, 1955, at the age of 62. She was interred in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland.[9]

      Books

      Dorothy Caruso wrote two biographies of her husband: Wings Of Song: The Story Of Caruso published in 1928, and Enrico Caruso: His Life and Death published in 1945. The latter book was a bestseller and the basis for the screenplay of the 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture The Great Caruso, starring Mario Lanza in the title role. Dorothy Caruso was portrayed in the film by Ann Blyth.[10][11]

      Her autobiography, Dorothy Caruso: A Personal History, was published in 1952.[12]

      References

      1. ↑ Hooper, John (23 May 2005). "Caruso love letters reveal passion behind a life of epic operatic drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
      2. ↑ [U.P.] (28 June 1933). Caruso Widow And Dr. Holder To Wed In Paris. New York: Daily News. Accessed May 2018.
      3. ↑ "15 Nov 1925, Sun • Page 9". The Atlanta Constitution: 9. 15 November 1925. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      4. ↑ "25 Sep 1927, Sun • Page 27". The Ogden Standard-Examiner: 27. 25 September 1927. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      5. ↑ "18 Oct 1927, Tue • Page 10". News-Journal: 10. 18 October 1927. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      6. ↑ "06 Jul 1933, Thu • Main Edition • Page 10". The Courier-News: 10. 6 July 1933. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      7. ↑ "June 30, 1933". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 1933.
      8. ↑ Griffin, Gabriele. Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing. Routledge, 2002.
      9. ↑ "16 Dec 1955, Fri • Page 50". The Evening Sun: 50. 16 December 1955. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      10. ↑ Caruso, Dorothy; Goddard, Torrance (1928). Wings of Song: The Story of Caruso. Minton, Balch.
      11. ↑ Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. p. 412. ISBN 9780520209640.
      12. ↑ Caruso, Dorothy (April 2012). Dorothy Caruso: A Personal History. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-258-30997-8.
      This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.