Early Life
Hale was born Dorothy Donovan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1919, after attending a convent and a drama school, Hale left home to pursue a career. Her family hired detectives to find her, but she eventually returned when her funds ran out. With the assistance of friends, she eventually landed a job in the chorus of a Broadway production of Lady, Be Good. While she was studying sculpture in Paris, she married millionaire stockbroker Gaillard Thomas, son of the wealthy gynecologist T. Gaillard Thomas; the brief marriage ended in divorce.
She married Gardner Hale (1894–1931), in 1927. Gardner Hale was a fresco, mural and society portrait artist, and the married Dorothy Hale continued moving in creative and expensive social circles. During this west coast period she socialized with artists Miquel and Rosa Corvarrubias, Frida Kahlo and photographer Nickolas Muray.
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