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