Dorothy Appleby
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1906
- Died
- August 9, 1990 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Portland, Maine, USA
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.
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Filmography
The Three Stooges Follies
Movie · as Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Movie · as Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
What's the Matador?
Movie · as O'Brien's Secretary
Loco Boy Makes Good
Movie · as Twitchell's Girl
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
Movie · as Aggie
Manpower
Movie · as Wilma
General Nuisance
Movie · as Dorothy - Army nurse
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Movie · as Tiska Jones
So Long Mr. Chumps
Movie · as Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
High Sierra
Movie · as Margie (uncredited)
Black Eyes and Blues
Movie · as Helen Potts Harmon
The Taming of the Snood
Movie · as Miss Wilson
The Spook Speaks
Movie · as Newlywed wife
Nothing But Pleasure
Movie · as Mrs. Plunkett
His Ex Marks the Spot
Movie · as His wife
Pardon My Berth Marks
Movie · as Mary Crissman
From Nurse to Worse
Movie · as Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
Movie · as Tessie
Convicted Woman
Movie · as Daisy
Cookoo Cavaliers
Movie · as Rosita (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie · as Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
Movie · as Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline
Movie · as Stewardess
The Flying Irishman
Movie · as Maybelle
Stagecoach
Movie · as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
The Women
Movie · as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
Making the Headlines
Movie · as Claire Sandford
Paradise Express
Movie · as Kay Carson
Small Town Boy
Movie · as Sandra French
Live, Love and Learn
Movie · as Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
Make a Wish
Movie · as Telephone Girl
North of Nome
Movie · as Ruby
Riffraff
Movie · as Gertie
Charlie Chan in Paris
Movie · as Nardi
Let 'em Have It
Movie · as Lola McArdle
As the Earth Turns
Movie · as Doris
Two Heads on a Pillow
Movie · as Mitzie LaVerne
Fate's Fathead
Movie · as Dorothy Chase
I Give My Love
Movie · as Alice Henley
School for Girls
Movie · as Florence Burns
Jail Birds of Paradise
Movie · as Miss Deering, Prison Warder
You Said a Hatful!
Movie · as Dorothy
Trick for Trick
Movie · as Maisie Henry
King of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Napeeta
Under Eighteen
Movie · as Elsie
Square Crooks
Movie · as Kay Ellison