Dorothy Henry
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Born
October 31, 1925
Dorothy Alice Leenknecht
October 31, 1925
Detroit, Michigan
DiedDecember 21, 2020 (aged 95)
OthernamesDorothy Lee Manning (after first marriage)
OccupationsCartoonist, illustrator
Dorothy Henry | |
|---|---|
 Dorothy Lee Manning, later Dorothy Henry, from a 1957 newspaper. | |
| Born | Dorothy Alice Leenknecht October 31, 1925 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | December 21, 2020 (aged 95) |
| Other names | Dorothy Lee Manning (after first marriage) |
| Occupations | Cartoonist, illustrator |
Dorothy Henry (October 31, 1925 – December 21, 2020), born Dorothy Alice Leenknecht, was an American cartoonist and illustrator. She drew and wrote a newspaper comic strip, Bill and Sue, in London in the 1950s.
Dorothy Leenknecht was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of August Leenknecht[1] and Dorothy Jean Waltham Leenknecht. She graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1943.[2] She studied art at Wayne State University and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and with the Art Students League of New York.[3] She earned an associate degree in art from St. Clair County Community College.[4]
