Dorothy Short
Known for Acting · 30 credits
- Born
- 1915-06-29
- Died
- 1963-06-04
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Mrs. Dave O'Brien
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.
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Known For
Movies (30)
Start Cheering
1938
as Student
Captain Midnight
1942
as Joyce Edwards
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Jacqueline Starr
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
as Laddie Gray
Assassin of Youth
1938
as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
Just Suppose
1948
as Wife (uncredited)
Spooks Run Wild
1941
as Linda Mason
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
as The Wife (uncredited)
A Wife's Life
1950
as Mrs. George T. Hardnose
Tell Your Children
1938
as Mary
Wild Horse Canyon
1938
as Jean Hall
More Than a Secretary
1936
as Ann (uncredited)
The Call of the Savage
1935
as Mona Andrews
Phantom Rancher
1940
as Ann Markham
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
as The Wife (uncredited)
The Singing Cowgirl
1938
as Nora Pryde
Student Tour
1934
as Student
Code of the Cactus
1939
as Joan
Daughter of the Tong
1939
as Marion Morgan
Savage Fury
1956
as Mona Andrews
Pony Post
1940
as Alice Goodwin
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
as The Wife (uncredited)
Brothers of the West
1937
as Annie Wade
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941
as Nancy Nordick
Bullets for Bandits
1942
as Dakota Brown
Bargain Madness
1951
as Dorothy (uncredited)
Frontier Crusader
1940
as Jenny Mason
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941
as Ruth Wade
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
as Jean Dennison
Things We Can Do Without
1953
as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)
About Dorothy Short
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 com… With 30 credits spanning from 1934 to 1956, Dorothy Short has appeared in 30 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dorothy Short Movies
- Start Cheering (1938) — as Student
- Captain Midnight (1942) — as Joyce Edwards
- Heart of Arizona (1938) — as Jacqueline Starr
- Where the Buffalo Roam (1938) — as Laddie Gray
- Assassin of Youth (1938) — as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
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