<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.thewiggles.com.au </Td> </Tr> <P> Dorothy is a "rososaurus", a "yellow - spotted herbivorous green dinosaur with surprisingly scary teeth". She lives in a pink and purple house with her own Rosy Orchestra and a rose garden in her backyard . She loves to eat roses and dance the ballet . She enjoys serving guests rose - derived treats such as "rosy - posy tea". </P> <P> Murray Cook created Dorothy from his experiences in working at a preschool, sensing a need to make up some good dinosaur songs . Dorothy was part of the band's early stage shows, and was originally played by Cook, then Wiggles choreographer Leeanne Ashley, and Wiggles dancers such as Caterina Mete and Lyn Stuckey . Ashley was Dorothy's first full - time portrayer; according to Field, she "wrote the blueprint" for the character . Ashley developed movements that conveyed Dorothy's unique personality . South Australian Carolyn Ferrie, an opera singer and dancer, has provided Dorothy's voice from 1997 to 2009 . when she worked with Anthony Field on an Irish music Wiggles CD . Ferrie described Dorothy as "a dinosaur superstar...very open, friendly, and warm . She is like a mother figure even though she is only meant to be five, and kids really respond to her...She is calm and mothering but friendly as well . She's young and still playful but has got a motherly feeling to her". Ferrie insisted that Dorothy "is number one after the boys including Captain Feathersword, in terms of who kids say they love". Dorothy has a distinctive, trill - like, descending laugh created by Ferrie . </P> <P> In 1996, shortly before moving into American markets, The Wiggles discovered that someone in Maine had registered Dorothy as a trademark, so they reached an agreement and paid a settlement . In 2007, Dorothy began to star in her own television show in Australia . The show had a distinct look and sound . Whereas The Wiggles' TV shows were "hyper - real and cartoonish" and had a pop sound, Dorothy's show was "really rich and beautiful looking" and based its sound on orchestral music . Dorothy was the focus of her own touring production, which performed in smaller cities The Wiggles could not perform . The production, based upon the TV show, was written by Field, and Moran was the host of this show before he joined the band . Lyn Stuckey, who later married Moran, played Dorothy . </P>

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