Dorothy Adams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1900-01-06 (88 years old)

Deathday

1988-03-16

Place of Birth

Hannah, North Dakota, USA

Dorothy Adams

Biography

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

Acting

1956

The Killing

as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

1946

1944

Laura

as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)

1941

The Devil Commands

as Mrs. Marcy

1942

Lady Gangster

as Deaf Annie

1939

The Women

as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

1945

Fallen Angel

as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

1958

The Big Country

as Hannassey Woman

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Sam's Wife (uncredited)

1951

Home Town Story

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

as Bolger's wife

1956

Johnny Concho

as Sarah Dark

1941

The Flame of New Orleans

as Giraud's Cousin Sybil

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)

1956

These Wilder Years

as Aunt Martha

1945

The Falcon in San Francisco

as Chambermaid (uncredited)

1946

The Inner Circle

as Emma Wilson

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

1950

The Jackpot

as Saleslady (uncredited)

1946

O.S.S.

as Claudette (uncredited)

1952

The Winning Team

as Ma Alexander

1949

Not Wanted

as Mrs. Kelton

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Irma Emerson

1947

Unconquered

as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)

1956

Three for Jamie Dawn

as Helen March

1948

The Sainted Sisters

as Widow Davitt

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Florist (uncredited)

1947

That's My Man

as Millie

1960

From the Terrace

as Mrs. Benziger

1945

Guest Pests

as Woman of the House

1951

The First Legion

as Mrs. Dunn

1946

Miss Susie Slagle's

as Mrs. Johnson

1955

The Prodigal

as Carpenter's Wife

1947

The Foxes of Harrow

as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)

1941

Tobacco Road

as Susie Mae (uncredited)

1941

Penny Serenade

as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)

1938

1952

The Living Bible

as Sick Woman

1952

Carrie

as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

1939

A Child Is Born

as Nurse (uncredited)

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Secretary (uncredited)

1944

Dark Shadows

as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)

1957

The Buckskin Lady

as Mrs. Adams

1939

Ninotchka

as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

1957

Hot Rod Rumble

as Ma Crawford

1940

Untamed

as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)

1946

Sentimental Journey

as Martha (uncredited)

1941

1957

3:10 to Yuma

as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)

1940

Babies for Sale

as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office

1958

Gunman's Walk

as Martha Stotheby

1945

1944

Since You Went Away

as Nurse (uncredited)

1940

1940

Lucky Partners

as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)

1940

The Fight for Life

as The Young Woman

1945

Phantoms, Inc.

as Dr. Trykel's Associate

1952

Fort Osage

as Mrs. Winfield

1949

He Walked by Night

as Milk Customer

1958

Unwed Mother

as Martha Pauley

1946

A Boy and His Dog

as Mrs. Allen

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)

1956

The Broken Star

as Mrs. Trail

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Nurse (uncredited)

1938

Crime Ring

as Second Fortune Teller

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

We Who Are Young

as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1941

Highway West

as Wife (uncredited)

1957

An Affair to Remember

as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)

1946

Nocturne

as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)

1975

Peeper

as Mrs. Prendergast

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

1945

Keep Your Powder Dry

as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)

1950

The Outriders

as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1952

Jet Job

as Mrs. Kovak

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