Dot Farley

Dot Farley

Known for
Acting
Born
February 5, 1881
Died
May 2, 1971 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia Dot Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress. She appeared in 280 films between 1910 and 1950. Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days; she was later notable as the Mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in South Pasadena, California.

Known For

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Filmography

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Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1949
The File on Thelma Jordon poster

The File on Thelma Jordon

Movie · as Woman Prisoner (uncredited)

1948
Variety Time poster

Variety Time

Movie · as Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)

1947
They Won't Believe Me poster

They Won't Believe Me

Movie · as Emma (uncredited)

1947
Do or Diet poster

Do or Diet

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1946
Motor Maniacs

Motor Maniacs

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1945
It's Your Move

It's Your Move

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1945
The Big Beef poster

The Big Beef

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1945
What, No Cigarettes

What, No Cigarettes

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1944
San Fernando Valley poster

San Fernando Valley

Movie · as Hattie O'Toole

1944
Prunes and Politics poster

Prunes and Politics

Movie · as Mrs. Eloise Farley

1944
Feather Your Nest

Feather Your Nest

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1944
Radio Rampage

Radio Rampage

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1944
Hail the Conquering Hero poster

Hail the Conquering Hero

Movie · as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

1943
Hold Your Temper

Hold Your Temper

Movie · as Edgar's Mother-in-Law

1943
Hot Foot

Hot Foot

Movie · as Mother-in-Law

1943
Inferior Decorator

Inferior Decorator

Movie · as Mrs. Kennedy's Mother

1942
Obliging Young Lady poster

Obliging Young Lady

Movie · as Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)

1942
Cooks and Crooks

Cooks and Crooks

Movie · as Sally's Mother

1942
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1942
Cat People poster

Cat People

Movie · as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)

1941
Look Who's Laughing poster

Look Who's Laughing

Movie · as Mary Blaize (uncredited)

1939
The Women poster

The Women

Movie · as Large Woman (uncredited)

1939
I Stole a Million poster

I Stole a Million

Movie · as (uncredited)

1939
$1,000 a Touchdown poster

$1,000 a Touchdown

Movie · as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

1938
The Stranger from Arizona poster

The Stranger from Arizona

Movie · as Martha

1938
Slander House poster

Slander House

Movie · as Mrs. Willis

1938
Lawless Valley poster

Lawless Valley

Movie · as Anna

1938
The Road to Reno poster

The Road to Reno

Movie · as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)

1937
A Rented Riot poster

A Rented Riot

Movie · as Errol's Mother-in-Law

1937
Too Many Wives poster

Too Many Wives

Movie · as Mrs. Potts

1937
We Have Our Moments poster

We Have Our Moments

Movie · as (uncredited)

1937
Love Is News poster

Love Is News

Movie · as Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)

1936
Will Power poster

Will Power

Movie · as Mother

1936
Wanted: Jane Turner poster

Wanted: Jane Turner

Movie · as Landlady (uncredited)

1936
Gasoloons

Gasoloons

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1936
Dummy Ache poster

Dummy Ache

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1935
False Pretenses poster

False Pretenses

Movie · as Mrs. Smythe

1935
Edgar Hamlet

Edgar Hamlet

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1935
In Love at 40

In Love at 40

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1935
Diamond Jim poster

Diamond Jim

Movie

1935
Brick-a-Brac

Brick-a-Brac

Movie · as Mother

1935
Counselitis poster

Counselitis

Movie · as (uncredited)

1935
Sock Me to Sleep

Sock Me to Sleep

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1934
Fixing a Stew poster

Fixing a Stew

Movie · as Leon's mother-in-law

1934
Love Past Thirty

Love Past Thirty

Movie · as Dressmaker

1934
Wrong Direction

Wrong Direction

Movie · as Edgar's Mother-in-Law

1934
Poisoned Ivory poster

Poisoned Ivory

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1934
Down to Their Last Yacht poster

Down to Their Last Yacht

Movie · as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)

1934
Bridal Bail poster

Bridal Bail

Movie · as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother

1934
Love on a Ladder

Love on a Ladder

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1934
A Blasted Event

A Blasted Event

Movie · as Mother

1933
Good Housewrecking

Good Housewrecking

Movie

1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup

Torchy's Kitty Coup

Movie · as Aunt Zenobia

1933
Quiet Please!

Quiet Please!

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1933
Curtain at Eight poster

Curtain at Eight

Movie · as Ella, hefty actress

1933
What Fur poster

What Fur

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1933
Loops! My Dear poster

Loops! My Dear

Movie · as The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit

1932
Giggle Water

Giggle Water

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1932
While Paris Sleeps poster

While Paris Sleeps

Movie · as Concierge

1932
Trapped in Tia Juana poster

Trapped in Tia Juana

Movie · as Aunt Emma

1932
Lawyer Man poster

Lawyer Man

Movie · as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)

1932
Fish Feathers

Fish Feathers

Movie · as Florence's Mother

1931
Disappearing Enemies

Disappearing Enemies

Movie · as Aunt Molly

1931
The Law of the Tong poster

The Law of the Tong

Movie · as Madam Duval

1931
The Front Page poster

The Front Page

Movie · as Madame (uncredited)

1930
Getting a Raise

Getting a Raise

Movie

1930
Love Your Neighbor

Love Your Neighbor

Movie

1930
Radio Kisses

Radio Kisses

Movie

1930
Swell People

Swell People

Movie

1930
Harmony at Home poster

Harmony at Home

Movie · as The Modiste

1930
Traffic Tangle

Traffic Tangle

Movie · as Mrs. Ginsberg

1930
He Trumped Her Ace

He Trumped Her Ace

Movie · as Dot

1930
Road to Paradise poster

Road to Paradise

Movie · as Lola

1930
Big Money

Big Money

Movie

1930
Little Accident poster

Little Accident

Movie · as Mrs.Van Dine

1930
The Third Alarm poster

The Third Alarm

Movie · as Woman Barber

1929
Why Leave Home? poster

Why Leave Home?

Movie · as Susan

1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff poster

Calling Hubby's Bluff

Movie · as Widow Schultz

1929
Weak But Willing poster

Weak But Willing

Movie · as Claire Finkel

1929
Marquis Preferred poster

Marquis Preferred

Movie · as Mrs. Gruger

1929
Divorce Made Easy poster

Divorce Made Easy

Movie · as Aunt Emma

1929
Whirls and Girls

Whirls and Girls

Movie · as The Henpecked Husband's Wife

1928
The Head Man poster

The Head Man

Movie · as Mrs. Denny

1928
The Bicycle Flirt poster

The Bicycle Flirt

Movie · as The Wife

1928
The Girl from Nowhere poster

The Girl from Nowhere

Movie

1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip

Hubby's Weekend Trip

Movie · as Mrs. Bill Blake

1928
The Code of the Scarlet poster

The Code of the Scarlet

Movie · as Widow Malone

1928
The Garden of Eden poster

The Garden of Eden

Movie · as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1928
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

Movie · as Mother

1928
His Unlucky Night poster

His Unlucky Night

Movie · as Mrs. Trotter

1928
Lady Be Good poster

Lady Be Good

Movie · as Texas West

1928
Motorboat Mamas poster

Motorboat Mamas

Movie · as Automobile Passenger

1928
Should a Girl Marry? poster

Should a Girl Marry?

Movie · as Mae Reynolds

1927
The Girl from Everywhere poster

The Girl from Everywhere

Movie · as Madame Zweibach

1927
The Overland Stage poster

The Overland Stage

Movie · as Aunt Viney

1927
His First Flame poster

His First Flame

Movie · as Mrs. Benedict

1927
The Shamrock and the Rose poster

The Shamrock and the Rose

Movie · as Mrs. Kelly

1927
The King of Kings poster

The King of Kings

Movie · as Maidservant of Caiaphas

1927
Breakfast at Sunrise poster

Breakfast at Sunrise

Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1927
The Climbers poster

The Climbers

Movie · as Juana

1927
Nobody's Widow poster

Nobody's Widow

Movie · as Roxanna's Maid

1927
All Aboard poster

All Aboard

Movie · as Aunt Patsy

1927
The Lost Limited

The Lost Limited

Movie

1926
Young April poster

Young April

Movie · as Maggie

1926
Brooding Eyes

Brooding Eyes

Movie · as Marie De Costa

1926
A Punch in the Nose poster

A Punch in the Nose

Movie

1926
The Little Irish Girl poster

The Little Irish Girl

Movie · as Gertie

1926
Golf Widows

Golf Widows

Movie

1926
Matrimony Blues

Matrimony Blues

Movie

1926
Money Talks poster

Money Talks

Movie · as Mrs. Chatterton

1926
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter poster

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

Movie · as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff

1926
Memory Lane poster

Memory Lane

Movie · as Maid

1926
The Family Upstairs poster

The Family Upstairs

Movie · as Mademoiselle Clarice

1926
So This Is Paris poster

So This Is Paris

Movie · as Madame Moreau (uncredited)

1926
The Still Alarm poster

The Still Alarm

Movie · as Mrs. Maloney

1925
Rugged Water poster

Rugged Water

Movie · as Mrs. Fuller

1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride poster

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

Movie · as Townswoman

1925
My Son poster

My Son

Movie · as Hattie Smith

1925
A Woman of the World poster

A Woman of the World

Movie · as Mrs. Bierbauer

1925
The Red Kimona poster

The Red Kimona

Movie · as The Inquisitive One

1925
Breaking the Ice poster

Breaking the Ice

Movie · as The Maid

1925
The Unchastened Woman poster

The Unchastened Woman

Movie

1925
The Three Way Trail

The Three Way Trail

Movie

1924
The Signal Tower poster

The Signal Tower

Movie · as Cousin Gertie

1924
Picking Peaches poster

Picking Peaches

Movie · as The Customer

1924
Romeo and Juliet poster

Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Rodney's Mother

1924
So Big poster

So Big

Movie · as Widow Paarlenburg

1924
The Enemy Sex poster

The Enemy Sex

Movie · as Ida Summers

1924
Vanity's Price poster

Vanity's Price

Movie · as Katherine

1924
The Mask of Lopez poster

The Mask of Lopez

Movie · as Townswoman

1924
The Fatal Mistake poster

The Fatal Mistake

Movie

1924
Listen Lester poster

Listen Lester

Movie · as Miss Pink

1923
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? poster

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

Movie · as Rodney's Mother

1923
Pitfalls of a Big City poster

Pitfalls of a Big City

Movie · as Rodney's Mother

1923
One Cylinder Love

One Cylinder Love

Movie · as The Society Girl's Mother

1923
The Acquittal poster

The Acquittal

Movie · as Maid

1923
Boy of Mine poster

Boy of Mine

Movie · as Mrs. Pettis

1923
Tea- With a Kick! poster

Tea- With a Kick!

Movie · as Mrs. Juniper

1923
When Knights Were Cold poster

When Knights Were Cold

Movie · as (uncredited)

1922
The Crossroads of New York poster

The Crossroads of New York

Movie · as Landlady

1921
Astray from the Steerage poster

Astray from the Steerage

Movie · as Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law

1921
Bright Eyes poster

Bright Eyes

Movie · as The Ambitious Mother

1920
An Elephant on His Hands

An Elephant on His Hands

Movie

1919
Looney Lions and Monkey Business poster

Looney Lions and Monkey Business

Movie

1918
The Paperhangers' Revenge

The Paperhangers' Revenge

Movie · as The Cook

1918
The Poor Rich Cleaners

The Poor Rich Cleaners

Movie · as The Cook

1917
The House of Terrible Scandals poster

The House of Terrible Scandals

Movie · as Bride's mother/ Soup slurper

1915
Sammy's Scandalous Scheme poster

Sammy's Scandalous Scheme

Movie · as Dottie

1914
Even Unto Death poster

Even Unto Death

Movie · as Dorothea Gordon

1913
The Rural Third Degree

The Rural Third Degree

Movie · as Si's Bride

1913
Murphy's I.O.U. poster

Murphy's I.O.U.

Movie · as Wife

1913
His Chum the Baron

His Chum the Baron

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1913
Algy on the Force

Algy on the Force

Movie · as Algy's Sweetheart

1913
Wine

Wine

Movie · as The Woman

1913
Fatty Joins the Force poster

Fatty Joins the Force

Movie · as Fatty's Sweetheart

1913
Some Nerve poster

Some Nerve

Movie · as The Wife

1913
A Fishy Affair poster

A Fishy Affair

Movie · as Neighbor

1913
On His Wedding Day poster

On His Wedding Day

Movie · as The Bride

1913
Bangville Police poster

Bangville Police

Movie · as Della's Mother

1913
A Strong Revenge poster

A Strong Revenge

Movie · as Party Guest

1913
The Gusher poster

The Gusher

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1913
A Deaf Burglar

A Deaf Burglar

Movie · as A Neighbor

1913
A Life in the Balance poster

A Life in the Balance

Movie · as The Landlord's Wife

1913
Love and Pain

Love and Pain

Movie · as Ethel

1913
Hubby’s Job

Hubby’s Job

Movie

1912
Peril of the Plains

Peril of the Plains

Movie · as Eliza - the Mother

1911
The Ranchman's Vengeance poster

The Ranchman's Vengeance

Movie · as Marie

1911
The Boss of Lucky Ranch poster

The Boss of Lucky Ranch

Movie

1910
A College Chicken

A College Chicken

Movie