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person_profile-Dorothy Appleby

Dorothy Appleby Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Dorothy Appleby

Date of Birth:

Jan 06, 1906

Country of birth:

U.S.

Died:

Aug 09, 1990

Biography of

Dorothy Appleby

    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 of

Dorothy Appleby

Found 24 Movies in total

The Three Stooges Follies

Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

Manpower

Wilma ( Actor )

... 1941

High Sierra

Margie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Devil's Pipeline

Stewardess ( Actor )

... 1940

Gold Rush Maisie

Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Woman in Book Store ( Actor )

... 1940

Convicted Woman

Daisy ( Actor )

... 1940

The Women

Treatment Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

The Flying Irishman

Maybelle ( Actor )

... 1939

Stagecoach

Girl in Saloon (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Making the Headlines

Claire Sandford ( Actor )

... 1938

Live, Love and Learn

Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Make a Wish

Telephone Girl ( Actor )

... 1937

Paradise Express

Kay Carson ( Actor )

... 1937

North of Nome

Ruby ( Actor )

... 1936

Riffraff

Gertie ( Actor )

... 1936

Let 'em Have It

Lola McArdle ( Actor )

... 1935

Charlie Chan in Paris

Nardi ( Actor )

... 1935

Two Heads on a Pillow

Mitzie LaVerne ( Actor )

... 1934

I Give My Love

Alice Henley ( Actor )

... 1934

School for Girls

Florence Burns ( Actor )

... 1934

As the Earth Turns

Doris ( Actor )

... 1934

King of the Wild Horses

Napeeta ( Actor )

... 1933

Under Eighteen

Elsie ( Actor )

... 1932