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Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Acting Born Jun 29, 1915 -- Died Jun 04, 1963 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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...

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Tell Your Children
4.3
movie
Tell Your Children
as Mary
1938
Spooks Run Wild
4.9
movie
Spooks Run Wild
as Linda Mason
1941
Assassin of Youth
2.7
movie
Assassin of Youth
as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
1938
More Than a Secretary
6.4
movie
More Than a Secretary
as Ann (uncredited)
1936
Start Cheering
6.6
movie
Start Cheering
as Student
1938
Daughter of the Tong
4.2
movie
Daughter of the Tong
as Marion Morgan
1939
Phantom Rancher
3.5
movie
Phantom Rancher
as Ann Markham
1940
Code of the Cactus
5.5
movie
Code of the Cactus
as Joan
1939
Where the Buffalo Roam
5.0
movie
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Laddie Gray
1938
Heart of Arizona
5.0
movie
Heart of Arizona
as Jacqueline Starr
1938
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7.3
movie
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
as The Wife (uncredited)
1948
Brothers of the West
6.0
movie
Brothers of the West
as Annie Wade
1937