Adalyn Doyle

Short Biography

"Doyle sisters, Adalyn, Patsy and Mimi, daughters of a prominent LA attorney, all of whom variously worked as Kate's stand-in.With Adalyn, Hepburn grew especially close, insisting that her friend be with her on the set at all times. So ubiquitous did Adlyn become that the press to calling her "Kate Hepburn's good-luck girl. Known as "Murph, " Adalyn Doyle was a wisecracking, boyish, freckle-faced Irish girl, whose ambition to become a full-fledged actress impressed:Kate. Accordingly, the star helped Murph land a part in Finishing School, RKO's adaptation of the play These Days, as well as other roles. For home Sweet Home, a Broadway tryout being staged in Greenwich, Conn. Murph changed her name to Eve March--a tribute to ger favorite stand-in part, Jo March in Little Women, and to the woman who played her. For Murph's East Coast stage debut, Kate asked her parents to drive down from Hartford to cheer her on."-Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn