Year

Age

Description

1959

31

Starred in “Dream Girl” in summer stock       

Recorded 1st record for Top Rank Label, “Down in the Valley and All Full of Empty”

1960

33

Featured on the television show, “Candid Camera” for two years as co-host with Allen Funt

Stared in “Sounds of Home” on ABC Television program Summer Night, July 6, 1960

1961

35

Stared in NBC’s Holiday on Ice television show recorded in Fort Wayne, IN

Sang a collection of educational tunes on an album entitled “Experiment Songs”

Stared in musical “Brigadoon” on summer tour

1963

37

Starred in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” in summer stock

1965

39

Divorced Raymond Scott

Stared in musical “110 In The Shade” in summer stock

1966

40

Married actor Ron Holgate ( 1 child, Melissa Holgate)

Stared in musical “My Fair Lady” in summer stock

1967

40

Gave birth to third child, Melissa born on October 31, 1967

1968

41

Stared in musical “The Sound of Music” in summer stock with husband, Ron Holgate

1971

45

Stared in original cast of  legendary Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies”

Nominated for a 1971 Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award in “Follies”

1972

46

“Follies” opened in Los Angeles at Shubert Theater.

Awarded the Ruby Award for performance in “Follies”.

1973

46

Starred in Broadway salute,   “Sondheim, A Musical Tribute” at the Shubert Theater, March 11

1975

48

Featured on “A Salute to the Best Years of Your Hit Parade” on ABC-TV on October 23, 1975.

1976

50

Toured with husband Ron Holgate doing community concerts across America in “Broadway Hit Parade”

1977

51

Divorced Ron Holgate

Starred in production of “Follies” with Jill Corey at  Milwaukee  Melody Top Theater

1980

54

Retired from show business

1982

Swing House Records released LP  “Popular Music” with Raymond Scott               and  Dorothy Collins

1988

62

Served as Vice President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

1992

65

Angel records released a CD re-issue of the original cast recording of “Follies”

1994

67

Died on July 21, 1994 at age 67 from respiratory distress in Watervliet, New York

1999

Japanese import of Coral LP “Picnic” Dorothy Collins sings songs of Steve Allen

2003

Collector’s Choice released a ten track CD (My Heart Tells Me) of

 mid-nineteen forties radio broadcasts with Raymond Scott