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Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Birthday: 1915-06-29 | Place of Birth: 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 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1942
Captain Midnight

as    Joyce Edwards

1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back

as    Jean Dennison

1941
Spooks Run Wild

as    Linda Mason

1941
The Trail of the Silver Spurs

as    Nancy Nordick

1940
Pony Post

as    Alice Goodwin

1940
Phantom Rancher

as    Ann Markham

1940
Frontier Crusader

as    Jenny Mason

1939
Code of the Cactus

as    Joan

1938
Heart of Arizona

as    Jacqueline Starr

1938
Assassin of Youth

as    Marjorie 'Marge' Barry

1938
Tell Your Children

as    Mary

1937
Brothers of the West

as    Annie Wade, Ed's Wife