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Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

Born: 1915-06-29 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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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Filmography
Savage Fury poster
Savage Fury
1956 • Mona Andrews
Things We Can Do Without poster
Things We Can Do Without
1953 • Mrs. Thud (uncredited)
Bargain Madness poster
Bargain Madness
1951 • Dorothy (uncredited)
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A Wife's Life
1950 • Mrs. George T. Hardnose
Just Suppose poster
Just Suppose
1948 • Wife (uncredited)
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I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948 • The Wife (uncredited)
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I Love My Wife BUT!
1947 • The Wife (uncredited)
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I Love My Husband, But!
1946 • The Wife (uncredited)
Captain Midnight poster
Captain Midnight
1942 • Joyce Edwards
Bullets for Bandits poster
Bullets for Bandits
1942 • Dakota Brown
The Lone Rider Fights Back poster
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941 • Jean Dennison
Spooks Run Wild poster
Spooks Run Wild
1941 • Linda Mason
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto poster
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941 • Ruth Wade
The Trail of the Silver Spurs poster
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941 • Nancy Nordick
Pony Post poster
Pony Post
1940 • Alice Goodwin
Frontier Crusader poster
Frontier Crusader
1940 • Jenny Mason
Phantom Rancher poster
Phantom Rancher
1940 • Ann Markham
Daughter of the Tong poster
Daughter of the Tong
1939 • Marion Morgan
Code of the Cactus poster
Code of the Cactus
1939 • Joan
Where the Buffalo Roam poster
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 • Laddie Gray
Tell Your Children poster
Tell Your Children
1938 • Mary
The Singing Cowgirl poster
The Singing Cowgirl
1938 • Nora Pryde
Heart of Arizona poster
Heart of Arizona
1938 • Jacqueline Starr
Start Cheering poster
Start Cheering
1938 • Student
Assassin of Youth poster
Assassin of Youth
1938 • Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
Brothers of the West poster
Brothers of the West
1937 • Annie Wade
More Than a Secretary poster
More Than a Secretary
1936 • Ann (uncredited)
The Call of the Savage poster
The Call of the Savage
1935 • Mona Andrews
Student Tour poster
Student Tour
1934 • Student