Doretta Morrow (January 27, 1927 – February 28, 1968) was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in stage and television productions during the 1940s and 1950s.

[5] After completing high school, Morrow was cast in the musical Shooting Star[4] in 1945 which opened in Boston but never made it to New York.

In 1946 she made her Broadway debut as Gretchen in the revival of Victor Herbert's The Red Mill, replacing Ann Andre early in the show's run.

[3] In March 1951 Morrow created the role of Tuptim in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner.

Her final stage appearance was in 1959 in the original West End cast of Cole Porter's Aladdin in the role of The Princess.

For the Pulitzer Prize Playhouse show she appeared in a 1950 live television version of the Kurt Weill musical Knickerbocker Holiday in which she played Tina Tienhoven.

[7] She also starred in the live television musical specials Once Upon an Eastertime (1954)[citation needed] and The Adventures of Marco Polo on Max Liebman Spectaculars (April 14, 1956).

Shortly after her withdrawal from the public eye, she married Albert Hardman, an Englishman who worked as an underwriter for Lloyd's of London.