Dorothy Short
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1915-06-29 (48 years old)
Deathday
1963-06-04
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Mrs. Dave O'Brien
Dorothy Short
Biography
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 divor...
Acting
1941
as Linda Mason
1938
as Mary
1940
as Ann Markham
1941
as Ruth Wade
1937
as Annie Wade
1939
as Marion Morgan
1938
as Laddie Gray
1938
as Nora Pryde
1940
as Alice Goodwin
1936
as Ann (uncredited)
1939
as Joan
1942
as Joyce Edwards
1938
as Student
1935
as Mona Andrews
1940
as Jenny Mason
1953
as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)
1938
as Jacqueline Starr
1941
as Nancy Nordick
1934
as Student
1946
as The Wife (uncredited)
1942
as Dakota Brown
1941
as Jean Dennison
1947
as The Wife (uncredited)
1950
as Mrs. George T. Hardnose
1948
as The Wife (uncredited)
1938
as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
1948
as Wife (uncredited)
1951
as Dorothy (uncredited)
1956
as Mona Andrews
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