Dorothea Rodwell was born on 7 January 1918 in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Little Ladyship (1939). She died on 20 May 1968 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
Finished =1st with Anne Sunnucks in the 1958 British Ladies' Chess Championship, both winning six games and losing one. In the five game play-off Dorothea won the first two games but then lost the next three.