Dorothy Van

Writer | Actress

Date of birth : 01/10/1928

Date of death : 05/16/2002

City of birth : Moline, Illinois, USA

A native of Moline, Illinois she was the daughter of a post office worker and Depression era housewife. She started her career as a stage actress in 1946 despite her fathers objections and later emerged as an actress and writer for television in the 1980s situation comedy "Mama's Family" in the role of Aunt Effie Harper.