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Wrote under the penname of or [[Kitty Black]]. Also known as [[Noir]].  
 
Wrote under the penname of or [[Kitty Black]]. Also known as [[Noir]].  
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==Biography==
  
 
She was born on 30 April 1914 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the younger daughter and youngest of six children of Francis Black (d. 1918), quantity surveyor, and his wife, Elizabeth Johanna, née Albertyn.  
 
She was born on 30 April 1914 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the younger daughter and youngest of six children of Francis Black (d. 1918), quantity surveyor, and his wife, Elizabeth Johanna, née Albertyn.  
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==Sources==
  
 
Kate Dorney. 2010. "Dorothy Black" in The ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]''[https://www.oxforddnb.com/browse;jsessionid=21EAF90849389EC2AB9E68E848C5F709?pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&t_0=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A725&t_1=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A740]
 
Kate Dorney. 2010. "Dorothy Black" in The ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]''[https://www.oxforddnb.com/browse;jsessionid=21EAF90849389EC2AB9E68E848C5F709?pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&t_0=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A725&t_1=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A740]

Revision as of 09:42, 22 June 2026

Dorothy Black (1914–2006), theatrical agent and translator

Wrote under the penname of or Kitty Black. Also known as Noir.

Biography

She was born on 30 April 1914 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the younger daughter and youngest of six children of Francis Black (d. 1918), quantity surveyor, and his wife, Elizabeth Johanna, née Albertyn.

Sources

Kate Dorney. 2010. "Dorothy Black" in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography[1]