- Films
- 46
- Avg rating
- 6.40
- Peak run
- 1956’60
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Dorothy by the numbers
Average
6.40
28 rated films
Vote weighted
6.46
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.89
rating spread
Career
47y
1946 to 1992
Total votes
444K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Big Sleep
Worst
6.4
Artists and Models
Newest first
Filmography
| 1992 |  Basic Instinct | Hazel Dobkins | 7.1 | 248K |
| 1987 | Rest in Pieces | Catherine Boyle | · | 865 |
| 1981 | The Being | Marge Smith | 4.4 | 2,413 |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Mildred | · | 605 |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Emma Kegan | 6.2 | 4,451 |
| 1979 | The Day Time Ended | Ana | 3.6 | 2,530 |
| 1963 | Beach Party | Marianne | 5.8 | 2,626 |
| 1961 | The Last Sunset | Belle Breckenridge | 6.7 | 4,205 |
| 1960 | The Last Voyage | Laurie Henderson | 6.7 | 2,817 |
| 1959 | Warlock | Lily Dollar | 7.1 | 7,857 |
| 1958 | Too Much, Too Soon | Diana Barrymore | · | 850 |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | Cleva Creighton Chaney | 7.1 | 3,301 |
| 1957 | Quantez | Chaney | · | 700 |
| 1957 | The Tarnished Angels | LaVerne Shumann | 7.1 | 4,553 |
| 1957 | Tip on a Dead Jockey | Phyllis Tredman | · | 395 |
| 1956 | Pillars of the Sky | Calla Gaxton | · | 889 |
| 1956 | Tension at Table Rock | Lorna Miller | · | 874 |
| 1956 |  Written on the Wind | Marylee Hadley | 7.3 | 15,376 |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Abby Parker | 6.4 | 5,006 |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Martha Wright | · | 732 |
Better together?
Dorothy Malone's regulars
- Fred MacMurrayCo-star · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.51
- Robert StackCo-star · 3 films · 7.03 avg▲+0.56
- Rock HudsonCo-star · 3 films · 7.03 avg▲+0.59
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.17
- Harold D. SchusterDirector and actor · 2 films
- Douglas SirkDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.54
- Raoul WalshDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.65
- George MarshallDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.40 avg▼−0.06
- Frank TashlinDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.40 avg●+0.04
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Dorothy Malone
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1957Dorothy Malone
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