Dorothy Appleby
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1906-01-06
- Died
- 1990-08-09
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
Movies (47)
Stagecoach
1939
as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
High Sierra
1941
as Margie (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
Manpower
1941
as Wilma
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Nardi
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Doris
Convicted Woman
1940
as Daisy
From Nurse to Worse
1940
as Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Under Eighteen
1932
as Elsie
Cookoo Cavaliers
1940
as Rosita (uncredited)
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941
as Tiska Jones
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
Paradise Express
1937
as Kay Carson
Riffraff
1936
as Gertie
Make a Wish
1937
as Telephone Girl
The Taming of the Snood
1940
as Miss Wilson
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
as Stewardess
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
as Mrs. Plunkett
Making the Headlines
1938
as Claire Sandford
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940
as Mary Crissman
North of Nome
1936
as Ruby
General Nuisance
1941
as Dorothy - Army nurse
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Lola McArdle
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
as Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Maybelle
Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
as Mitzie LaVerne
School for Girls
1934
as Florence Burns
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
as Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
You Said a Hatful!
1934
as Dorothy
Black Eyes and Blues
1941
as Helen Potts Harmon
Loco Boy Makes Good
1942
as Twitchell's Girl
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
1940
as Tessie
Small Town Boy
1937
as Sandra French
What's the Matador?
1942
as O'Brien's Secretary
King of the Wild Horses
1933
as Napeeta
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941
as Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Trick for Trick
1933
as Maisie Henry
The Spook Speaks
1940
as Newlywed wife
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940
as His wife
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
1942
as Aggie
Jail Birds of Paradise
1934
as Miss Deering, Prison Warder
Fate's Fathead
1934
as Dorothy Chase
Square Crooks
1928
as Kay Ellison
I Give My Love
1934
as Alice Henley
About 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 becaus… With 47 credits spanning from 1928 to 1974, Dorothy Appleby has appeared in 47 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Stagecoach (1939) — as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) — as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
- High Sierra (1941) — as Margie (uncredited)
- When Tomorrow Comes (1939) — as Waitress (uncredited)
- Manpower (1941) — as Wilma
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