and The Countess of Monte Cristo (also 1948) with Sonja Henie, both for Universal Pictures. She co-starred in The Naked City, starring Barry Fitzgerald, which premiered on March 10, 1948. She played the bad girl who double crosses her fiancé in William Castle’s Undertow (1949). Hart became the tenth actress to portray Jane when she appeared opposite Lex Barker as Tarzan in Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952). She also co-starred in Outside the Wall (1950) and I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951), playing a Communist schoolteacher who eventually repudiates the party. United Nations In 1952, Hart left acting to work with the American Association for the United Nations in New York. The organization's first female entertainer, she spoke at the United Nations and was an observer at the 1957-1958 meeting of the World Federation of United Nations in Geneva. Personal life Hart was twice married and divorced. With Frederick Pittera, she had a son, Douglas (born 1961). Dorothy Hart died of Alzheimer's disease on July 11, 2004, in Asheville, North Carolina, at age 82. She was survived by her son, a sister, and three grandchildren. Filmography Notes References External links 1922 births 2004 deaths Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Neurological disease deaths in North Carolina Actresses from Cleveland Actors from Shaker Heights, Ohio American film actresses 20th-century American actresses Denison University alumni Case Western Reserve University alumni 21st-century American women