Dorothy Hamill - Childhood Scenes

Dorothy has a new autobiography detailing the inner struggles of a skating queen. This video has lots of home movies showing a gawky, plump little girl who dreamed of "becoming a champion!" When us old fokes pine about skating "not being what it used to be", this is what we're talking about. It used to be possible for a little girl to one day make her dreams come true! Of course, I realize hundreds of skaters make their more limited dreams come true quite frequently, and without worldwide notority; but the charm of a personal little sport that hundreds of people culled from the pages of a tattered USFSA rulebook is gone, and no doubt lost forever. Her new book reveals that in the moment of her greatest success, when all the world was at one with this delightful American teenager, she was besieged with horrendous bouts of loneliness and depression. How poignant that everyone in Western Civilization and most of Japan knows exactly who Dorothy Hamill is......except Dorothy Hamill.

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[kamwrites]

It's just occurred to me that young Princess Diana had a Hamill bob. ;)

[k9henrydog]

@kamwrites yes, she did......as did almost everyone in the early 80's best wishes

[dumont1957]

Dorothy Hamill is so sweet...and GORGEOUS! One of the world's most handsome men, Dean Paul Martin, fell like a ton of bricks and married her. Then he broke up the marriage...God, how dumb can a guy get? And her next husband was a philandering heel - poor Dorothy deserved so much better! She took a financial bath with Ice Capades, and struggled with depression....but she is a SURVIVOR! A real champion, on and off the ice.

[k9henrydog]

@dumont1957 Well, we all still love her and hope for the best for her! best wishes

[k9henrydog]

6.0 or NO for YO....2010!!!! UGH!!!!!

[dvdneely]

Always so elegant, both on and off the ice! who doesn't love her?

[k9henrydog]

Only Scrooge and the Grinch!!! So many years, a part of so many lives! So many wish her well, I hope her finances and personal life have settled down a bit! best wishes

[HattieLovesCattie]

@dumont1957 At least she seems happy with hubby # 3.

[HattieLovesCattie]

The:25 mark,that is the old Wolman rink.She looked so different at the 1:27 mark.Seems her third marriage is a happy one.