Dorothy Hammerstein was born on June 7, 1899 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She was an actress, known for What's Wrong with the Women? (1922), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music (1985). She was previously married to Oscar Hammerstein II, Henry I. Jacobson and Thomas William Meikle. She died on August 3, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.