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Dorothy Short

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Born / DiedJun 29, 1915 (Died at 48)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Career Span1934 – 1963
Known Credits26 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Dorothy Short

Also known as:Mrs. Dave O'Brien
Total Works

26

26 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

4.1 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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.

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 26 titles featuring Dorothy Short

Tell Your Children
4.4
Tell Your Children
1938•movie

as Mary

Spooks Run Wild
5.1
Spooks Run Wild
1941•movie

as Linda Mason

Assassin of Youth
2.9
Assassin of Youth
1938•movie

as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry

More Than a Secretary
6.5

as Ann (uncredited)

Start Cheering
6.9
Start Cheering
1938•movie

as Student

Daughter of the Tong
5.2

as Marion Morgan

Phantom Rancher
4.6
Phantom Rancher
1940•movie

as Ann Markham

Code of the Cactus
6.2
Code of the Cactus
1939•movie

as Joan

Where the Buffalo Roam
5.5

as Laddie Gray

Heart of Arizona
5.5
Heart of Arizona
1938•movie

as Jacqueline Starr

Bargain Madness
6.2
Bargain Madness
1951•movie

as Dorothy (uncredited)

Brothers of the West
6.3

as Annie Wade

Captain Midnight
6.3
Captain Midnight
1942•movie

as Joyce Edwards

Frontier Crusader
4.3
Frontier Crusader
1940•movie

as Jenny Mason

Things We Can Do Without
7.3

as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)

The Trail of the Silver Spurs
6.0

as Nancy Nordick

Student Tour
6.7
Student Tour
1934•movie

as Student

The Singing Cowgirl
7.5

as Nora Pryde

The Call of the Savage
6.0

as Mona Andrews

Just Suppose
7.0
Just Suppose
1948•movie

as Wife (uncredited)

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
10.0

as Ruth Wade

Pony Post
8.0
Pony Post
1940•movie

as Alice Goodwin

Bullets for Bandits
7.0

as Dakota Brown

Savage Fury
7.0
Savage Fury
1956•movie

as Mona Andrews

Wild Horse Canyon
9.0
Wild Horse Canyon
1938•movie

as Jean Hall

The Lone Rider Fights Back

as Jean Dennison