
Dorothy the Dinosaur is one of the Wiggly Friends. She is a "rosasaur" (a dinosaur who eats roses), coloured green with bright yellow spots. She is usually seen wearing a white, floppy hat with a red rose in it, as well as white gloves. Dorothy loves singing, dancing, eating roses and making rosy tea, and she lives in a pink and purple house with a large rose garden in her backyard.
Costume Actors
- Murray Cook (1991-1994)
- Paul Field (1992)
- Jacqueline Fallon (1992-1994)
- Sue McAuley (1994)
- Emma Buter (1994-1996)
- Megan Bullivant (1996)
- Leeanne Ashley (1996-2000)
- Corrine O'Rafferty (2001-2002)
- Caterina Mete (2003-2004, 2012)
- Lyn Moran (2005-2006)
- Clare Field (2006, 2012-present)
- Emily McGlinn (2007-2008)
- Samantha Hibburt (2009-present)
- Lauren Hannaford (2012)
- Kelly Hamilton (2012)
- Emma Watkins (2012)
Voice Talents
- Murray Cook (1991-1995)
- Emma Buter (1994-1996)
- Carolyn Ferrie (1996-2018)
- Elisha Burke (1999)
- Charli Robinson (2000)
- Jacqueline Field (2002-2004)
- Zoe Velez (2006)
- Anna-Lee Robertson (2009)
- Jennifer Andrade (2009-2010)
- Emma Watkins (2009)
- Emma Pask (2010)
- Blathnaid Conroy-Murphy (2011) (singing voice)
- Caterina Mete (2012-2017)
- Clare Field (2013-2017)
- Maria Field (2017-present)
Costume Models
Trivia
- Dorothy is one of the most popular Wiggles characters, to the extent where she was given her own live tours and even her own TV series from 2007-2011.
- She was the first Wiggles character to be created, being introduced in 1991 and first appearing in her self-titled song.
- Murray Cook was inspired to create her because many of the kids he was teaching in his preschool class were interested in dinosaurs.
- The song Dorothy's Birthday Party reveals the date of her birthday as November 3.
- In An Irish Dinosaur Tale, it is revealed that she was born in Ireland, making her the second character in the franchise confirmed to have a non-Australian family background (after Jeff), and the first (and to date only) Wiggly Friend to have international heritage.
- According to Yummy Yummy, her favorite color is pink.
- As seen in her bedroom in many scenes and promo pictures of her TV series and others, she loves to sleep with teddy bears.
- Her appearances in the Stephen Squirrelsky and Friends' Movie Spoof Travels are The Forest Book 2, Nikki's Adventures of Sing Along Songs Episode 10, Madagascar, and Sleeping Beauty and will even be in more movie spoof travels.
Gallery
See Also
- Characters
- Wiggle Friends
- Wiggly Topics
- Mascots/Puppets
- Families
- Chase people
- Awake Characters
- Green Characters
- Singing Characters
- Space Dancing Characters
- Female Characters
- Wiggly Group Members
- Barefooted Characters
- Green + Yellow
- Yellow Characters
- Lovers
- Reptiles
- Guitarists
- Mascot
- People Galleries
- Animals
- Pianists
- Mascots
- Duetertagonists
- Scorpio
- Main Characters
- Main Protagonists
- Wiggle Town! TV Series
- Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! TV Series
- Trumpeters
- Violinists
- Sign Language Characters
- Opera Singing Characters
- Singers
- Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Dancers
- The Wiggles Characters
- Vinnytovar
- Dark Green Characters
- Big Characters
- Sexy Characters
- Strong Characters
- Fusspots
- Silly Characters
- Characters named Dorothy
- Spotted Characters
- Characters who wear hats
- Naked
- Live Action Characters
- 20th Century Fox Characters
- Green Faced Characters
- 1991 Introductions
- 1990s Characters
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