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Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Known for
Acting
Born
June 29, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
June 4, 1963
Movies
30

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Dorothy Short (1915 - 1963) was an American film actress mainly in low-budget westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Philadelphia, she married actor Dave O'Brien in 1936, the same year they appeared together in the low-budget exploitation cheapie Reefer Madness, which in modern times has become a well-known cult film. She also appeared in another anti-marijuana film Assassin of Youth in 1937.

Best-Known Movies

Filmography

1956Savage FuryMona Andrews
1953Things We Can Do WithoutMrs. Thud (uncredited)
1951Bargain MadnessDorothy (uncredited)
1950A Wife's LifeMrs. George T. Hardnose
1948Just SupposeWife (uncredited)
1948I Love My Mother-In-Law But...The Wife (uncredited)
1947I Love My Wife BUT!The Wife (uncredited)
1946I Love My Husband, But!The Wife (uncredited)
1942Captain MidnightJoyce Edwards
1942Bullets for BanditsDakota Brown
1941The Lone Rider Fights BackJean Dennison
1941Spooks Run WildLinda Mason
1941Buzzy and the Phantom PintoRuth Wade
1941The Trail of the Silver SpursNancy Nordick
1940Pony PostAlice Goodwin
1940Frontier CrusaderJenny Mason
1940Phantom RancherAnn Markham
1939Daughter of the TongMarion Morgan
1939Code of the CactusJoan
1938Wild Horse CanyonJean Hall
1938Where the Buffalo RoamLaddie Gray
1938Tell Your ChildrenMary
1938The Singing CowgirlNora Pryde
1938Heart of ArizonaJacqueline Starr
1938Start CheeringStudent
1938Assassin of YouthMarjorie 'Marge' Barry
1937Brothers of the WestAnnie Wade
1936More Than a SecretaryAnn (uncredited)
1935The Call of the SavageMona Andrews
1934Student TourStudent

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