She was selected by Houdini because she was shorter than he was. She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926. She appeared in the several Houdini documentaries. After his death, Young, the daughter of a Methodist minister, appeared on
Broadway in
Jarnegan (1928–29),
Conquest (1933), and
New Faces of 1936 (1936). After leaving acting, she and her second husband, Gilbert Kiamie, toured the world as the Latin dancing team of "Dorothy and Gilbert". She was the author of two novels loosely based on her life:
Diary Without Dates and
Dancing on a Dime, the latter of which was made into a feature film in 1940 by
Universal Studios, as well as the booklet
Touring with Houdini, published in 2003. ==Personal life==