Dorothy Appleby

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: Acting
Birthday: 1906-01-06
Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, USA
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Movies List of Dorothy Appleby

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Manpower

1941 Movie
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Charlie Chan in Paris

1935 Movie
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Nothing But Pleasure

1940 Movie
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Pardon My Berth Marks

1940 Movie
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General Nuisance

1941 Movie
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His Ex Marks the Spot

1940 Movie
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The Spook Speaks

1940 Movie
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Under Eighteen

1932 Movie
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From Nurse to Worse

1940 Movie
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What's the Matador?

1942 Movie
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Loco Boy Makes Good

1942 Movie
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Convicted Woman

1940 Movie
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So Long Mr. Chumps

1941 Movie
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Cookoo Cavaliers

1940 Movie
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Paradise Express

1937 Movie
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Small Town Boy

1937 Movie
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The Flying Irishman

1939 Movie
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Let 'em Have It

1935 Movie
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As the Earth Turns

1934 Movie
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Two Heads on a Pillow

1934 Movie
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Live, Love and Learn

1937 Movie
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Fate's Fathead

1934 Movie
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Stagecoach

1939 Movie
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The Women

1939 Movie
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High Sierra

1941 Movie
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Make a Wish

1937 Movie
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Trick for Trick

1933 Movie
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North of Nome

1936 Movie
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Making the Headlines

1938 Movie
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Gold Rush Maisie

1940 Movie
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I Give My Love

1934 Movie
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Black Eyes and Blues

1941 Movie
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School for Girls

1934 Movie
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Riffraff

1936 Movie
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The Devil's Pipeline

1940 Movie
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You Said a Hatful!

1934 Movie