I've been in more laps than a napkin.

Mae West, 1892 – 1980
Dorothy Gilman biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Dorothy Gilman

Author Name:

Dorothy Gilman

Born As:

Dorothy Gilman Butters

Other Names:

Dorothy Gilman

Born:

25 Jun 1923

Died:





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Selected Works:

Young Adult Works published under the name Dorothy Gilman Butters:

Enchanted Caravan - 1949
Carnival Gypsy - 1950
Ragamuffin Alley - 1951
The Calico Year - 1953
Four-Party Line - 1954
Papa Dolphin's Table - 1955
Girl in Buckskin - 1956
Heartbreak Street - 1958
Witch's Silver - 1959
Masquerade - 1961 (published as Heart's Design - 1963 )
Ten Leagues to Boston Town - 1962
The Bells of Freedom - 1963

Under the name Dorothy Gilman - The Maze in the Heart of the Castle - 1983

Adult Works:

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - 1966 - published as Mrs. Pollifax, Spy - 1971
Uncertain Voyage - 1967
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 1970
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - 1971
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - 1973
A Nun in the Closet - 1975 - published as A Nun in the Cupboard - 1976
The Clairvoyant Countess - 1975
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - 1977
The Tightrope Walker - 1979
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station - 1983
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha - 1985
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle - 1988
Incident at Badamya - 1989
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish - 1990
Caravan - 1992
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief - 1993
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued - 1995
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - 1996
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist - 1997
Thale's Folly - 1999
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled 2000
Kaleidoscope: A Countess Karitska Novel 2002

Other:

Contributor - On Creative Writing - 1964
A New Kind of Country - nonfiction, - 1978
Contributor to Good Housekeeping, Jack and Jill, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Writer, and other magazines; contributor of short stories, under name Dorothy Gilman Butters, to Redbook.

Media Adaptations:

Mrs. Pollifax - Spy was filmed by United Artists in - 1970 as Mrs. Pollifax - Spy, starring Rosalind Russell.

Angela Lansbury starred in the made-for-TV movie The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax in 1999. She was directed by her son, Anthony Pullen Shaw.                          
Married teacher Edgar A. Butters, Jr. September 15, 1945 and was divorced in 1965. They had had two children, Christopher and Jonathan.