Cleo (Cleo Dorman) (1908-1990) was an artist's model in Los Angeles, California.
Born Essie Cleo Dorman, May 16, 1908, Cleo's first modeling job was at a Chicago art school. She subsequently modeled at the Cranbrook Academy, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Student's League in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Otis Art Institue in Los Angeles and various other university art schools.
Cleo moved permanently to Los Angeles in 1949. She worked and became friends with painters such as Hans Burkhardt, Raphael Soyer, Joe Magnani and Charles White.