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Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Acting

June 29, 1915 – June 4, 1963 (died at 47)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Female
30 Movies

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Short (1915 - 1963) was an American film actress mainly in low-budget westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Philadelphia, she married actor Dave O'Brien in 1936, the same year they appeared together in the low-budget exploitation cheapie Reefer Madness, which in modern times has become a well-known cult film. She also appeared in another anti-marijuana film Assassin of Youth in 1937. She often appeared alongside her husband in various 'B' pictures and the Pete Smith series of comedy shorts, in which O'Brien played the lead on many occasions during the 1940s. After their divorce in 1954, Short retired from film acting, and died nine years later at age 47. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Short, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tell Your Children
Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

1938 4.4

as Mary

Age 22 (now 47)
Spooks Run Wild
Spooks Run Wild

Spooks Run Wild

1941 5.1

as Linda Mason

Age 26 (now 47)
Assassin of Youth
Assassin of Youth

Assassin of Youth

1938 2.9

as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry

Age 22 (now 47)
Daughter of the Tong
Daughter of the Tong

Daughter of the Tong

1939 5.2

as Marion Morgan

Age 24 (now 47)
Code of the Cactus
Code of the Cactus

Code of the Cactus

1939 6.2

as Joan

Age 23 (now 47)
Phantom Rancher
Phantom Rancher

Phantom Rancher

1940 4.6

as Ann Markham

Age 24 (now 47)
Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

1938 5.5

as Laddie Gray

Age 23 (now 47)
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
IL

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

1948 7.5

as The Wife (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 47)
More Than a Secretary
More Than a Secretary

More Than a Secretary

1936 6.6

as Ann (uncredited)

Age 21 (now 47)
Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight

Captain Midnight

1942 6.3

as Joyce Edwards

Age 26 (now 47)
Things We Can Do Without
Things We Can Do Without

Things We Can Do Without

1953 7.3

as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 47)
Brothers of the West
Brothers of the West

Brothers of the West

1937 6.3

as Annie Wade

Age 22 (now 47)
Frontier Crusader
Frontier Crusader

Frontier Crusader

1940 4.3

as Jenny Mason

Age 24 (now 47)
Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona

Heart of Arizona

1938 5.5

as Jacqueline Starr

Age 22 (now 47)
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
The Trail of the Silver Spurs

The Trail of the Silver Spurs

1941 6.0

as Nancy Nordick

Age 25 (now 47)
I Love My Wife BUT!
IL

I Love My Wife BUT!

1947 7.5

as The Wife (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 47)