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Dorothy Appleby
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Dorothy Appleby
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-01-06,Portland, Maine, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.7

Manpower
1941-08-09

Charlie Chan in Paris

6.5

Charlie Chan in Paris
1935-01-21

The Taming of the Snood

5.5

The Taming of the Snood
1940-06-28

The Spook Speaks

5

The Spook Speaks
1940-09-20

General Nuisance

6.3

General Nuisance
1941-09-18

Nothing But Pleasure

5.8

Nothing But Pleasure
1940-01-19

His Ex Marks the Spot

4.6

His Ex Marks the Spot
1940-12-13

Pardon My Berth Marks

6.5

Pardon My Berth Marks
1940-03-22

6.6

Under Eighteen
1932-01-02

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

0

Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943-09-10

From Nurse to Worse

5

From Nurse to Worse
1940-08-23

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

6.1

Rockin' Thru the Rockies
1940-03-08

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

6.7

In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941-10-16

What's the Matador?

5.9

What's the Matador?
1942-04-23

Loco Boy Makes Good

5.5

Loco Boy Makes Good
1942-01-08

Convicted Woman

3.7

Convicted Woman
1940-01-31

So Long Mr. Chumps

6.1

So Long Mr. Chumps
1941-02-07

Cookoo Cavaliers

6.2

Cookoo Cavaliers
1940-11-15

Paradise Express

7

Paradise Express
1937-02-24

0

Small Town Boy
1937-09-24

The Flying Irishman

4.6

The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07

Let 'em Have It

7

Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15

As the Earth Turns

5.3

As the Earth Turns
1934-02-14

Two Heads on a Pillow

0

Two Heads on a Pillow
1934-10-02

Live, Love and Learn

5.8

Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29

0

Fate's Fathead
1934-11-17

7.621

Stagecoach
1939-03-03

7.047

The Women
1939-09-01

7

High Sierra
1941-01-23

5.714

Make a Wish
1937-09-01

Trick for Trick

0

Trick for Trick
1933-04-20

6

North of Nome
1936-11-14

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

0

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
1942-03-26

The Doctor Takes a Wife

6.5

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25

Making the Headlines

0

Making the Headlines
1938-03-31

Gold Rush Maisie

6.5

Gold Rush Maisie
1940-07-26

King of the Wild Horses

0

King of the Wild Horses
1933-11-10

6

I Give My Love
1934-07-17

Black Eyes and Blues

0

Black Eyes and Blues
1941-04-18

School for Girls

6

School for Girls
1934-03-22

Jail Birds of Paradise

0

Jail Birds of Paradise
1934-03-10

5

Riffraff
1936-01-03

The Devil's Pipeline

6

The Devil's Pipeline
1940-10-31

You Said a Hatful!

0

You Said a Hatful!
1934-10-13