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Gender: Female

Place of birth: Portland, Maine, USA

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Movie Involvements: 20

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Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Appleby (January 6, 1906 – August 9, 1990) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 50 films between 1931 and 1943. Appleby gained early acting experience as an understudy and a chorus member in plays in New York City. A newspaper article reported that Appleby "came to New York fresh from winning a Maine beauty contest." Appleby was seen in many supporting roles, almost always in short subjects or low-budget feature films. She never progressed to leading roles in important pictures because of her height, which made her difficult to cast The trim brunette stood just over five feet tall, and her early leading men (like comedian Charley Chase) towered over her. She soon found steady if not prestigious work in Columbia Pictures' two-reel comedies. She appeared frequently with The Three Stooges, who were only a few inches taller than she was, and in 1940 she became Buster Keaton's leading lady, for the same reason: her height complemented his. She worked with Columbia comics Andy Clyde, El Brendel, and Hugh Herbert, and she had an uncredited part in John Ford's Stagecoach. Some of her Stooge comedies were Loco Boy Makes Good, So Long Mr. Chumps, and In the Sweet Pie and Pie. One memorable appearance was as Mexican brunette Rosita in 1940's Cookoo Cavaliers. In the film, Appleby gets clobbered by the Stooges when a facial "mud pack" made of cement dries on her face. Her petite figure belied her age, and she continued to play "younger" roles into the 1940s. One of her last screen roles was a one-line bit (playing a college co-ed at age 35) in the 1941 Jane Withers feature Small Town Deb.

Most Famous Work

Stagecoach
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8

Stagecoach

(1939) Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
Manpower
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7

Manpower

(1941) Wilma
High Sierra
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7

High Sierra

(1941) Margie (uncredited)
Paradise Express
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7

Paradise Express

(1937) Kay Carson
Convicted Woman
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4

Convicted Woman

(1940) Daisy
Charlie Chan in Paris
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7

Charlie Chan in Paris

(1935) Nardi
As the Earth Turns
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5

As the Earth Turns

(1934) Doris
School for Girls
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6

School for Girls

(1934) Florence Burns

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
1942 O'Brien's Secretary
Aggie
Twitchell's Girl
1941 Tiska Jones
Dorothy - Army nurse
Wilma
Helen Potts Harmon
Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Margie (uncredited)
1940 His wife
Rosita (uncredited)
Stewardess
Newlywed wife
Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
Miss Wilson
Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Mary Crissman
Tessie
Daisy
Mrs. Plunkett
1939 Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Maybelle
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
1938 Claire Sandford
1937 Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
Sandra French
Telephone Girl
Kay Carson
1936 Ruby
Gertie
1935 Lola McArdle
Nardi
1934 Dorothy Chase
Dorothy
Mitzie LaVerne
Alice Henley
Florence Burns
Miss Deering, Prison Warder
Doris
1933 Napeeta
Maisie Henry
1932 Elsie
Year Character Movie/Tv

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