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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-01-06

Day of Death

1990-08-09 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

Also Known As

Dorothy Appleby

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.

Known For

Acting

Manpower

1941

Manpower

as

Wilma

Nothing But Pleasure

1940

Nothing But Pleasure

as

Mrs. Plunkett

Pardon My Berth Marks

1940

Pardon My Berth Marks

as

Mary Crissman

The Taming of the Snood

1940

The Taming of the Snood

as

Miss Wilson

The Spook Speaks

1940

The Spook Speaks

as

Newlywed wife

His Ex Marks the Spot

1940

His Ex Marks the Spot

as

His wife

General Nuisance

1941

General Nuisance

as

Dorothy - Army nurse

Under Eighteen

1932

Under Eighteen

as

Elsie

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

1943

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as

Dagmar Spiggott, the wife

From Nurse to Worse

1940

From Nurse to Worse

as

Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

1941

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

as

Tiska Jones

Loco Boy Makes Good

1942

Loco Boy Makes Good

as

Twitchell's Girl

What's the Matador?

1942

What's the Matador?

as

O'Brien's Secretary

Convicted Woman

1940

Convicted Woman

as

Daisy

So Long Mr. Chumps

1941

So Long Mr. Chumps

as

Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Cookoo Cavaliers

1940

Cookoo Cavaliers

as

Rosita (uncredited)

Paradise Express

1937

Paradise Express

as

Kay Carson

Small Town Boy

1937

Small Town Boy

as

Sandra French

The Flying Irishman

1939

The Flying Irishman

as

Maybelle

Let 'em Have It

1935

Let 'em Have It

as

Lola McArdle

Two Heads on a Pillow

1934

Two Heads on a Pillow

as

Mitzie LaVerne

Live, Love and Learn

1937

Live, Love and Learn

as

Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)

Fate's Fathead

1934

Fate's Fathead

as

Dorothy Chase

Stagecoach

1939

Stagecoach

as

Girl in Saloon (uncredited)

The Women

1939

The Women

as

Treatment Girl (uncredited)

High Sierra

1941

High Sierra

as

Margie (uncredited)

Make a Wish

1937

Make a Wish

as

Telephone Girl

Trick for Trick

1933

Trick for Trick

as

Maisie Henry

North of Nome

1936

North of Nome

as

Ruby

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as

Woman in Book Store (uncredited)

Making the Headlines

1938

Making the Headlines

as

Claire Sandford

Gold Rush Maisie

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as

Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)

I Give My Love

1934

I Give My Love

as

Alice Henley

Black Eyes and Blues

1941

Black Eyes and Blues

as

Helen Potts Harmon

School for Girls

1934

School for Girls

as

Florence Burns

Jail Birds of Paradise

1934

Jail Birds of Paradise

as

Miss Deering, Prison Warder

Riffraff

1936

Riffraff

as

Gertie

The Devil's Pipeline

1940

The Devil's Pipeline

as

Stewardess

You Said a Hatful!

1934

You Said a Hatful!

as

Dorothy

The Three Stooges Follies

1974

The Three Stooges Follies

as

Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing