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