Dodie Smith is far better remembered today for her books -- and one often-filmed book, in particular -- than for her name; but in the early '30s, she took the British theater and literary world by storm. She was born Dorothy Gladys Smith in Whitefield, near Bury in Lancashire, England. She lost her father while still in infancy, and with her mother she resided with her maternal grandparents until...
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