Dorothy Tree
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-05-21 (86 years old)
Deathday
1992-02-13
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known As
Dorothy Estelle Triebitz
Dorothy Tree
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dorothy Tree (May 21, 1906 – February 13, 1992) was an American actress, voice teacher and writer. She appeared in a wide range of character roles in at least 49 motion pictures between 1927 and 1951. Her best-known roles were probably as Martha, mother of Knute Rockne, in Knute Rockne, All American and as May Emmerich, invalid wife of Louis Calhern, in The Asphalt Jungle. After being blacklisted as a communist because of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, she began a second career as a voice teacher in New York. Emphasizing good diction and clarity, and the subtleties of into...
Acting
1950
as Ellen's Mother
1931
as Cecily Reid
1939
as Charlotte Ronnell
1940
as Elizabeth Edwards
1950
as May Emmerich
1942
as Miss Harper
1938
as Frances
1940
as Kathe
1941
as Bella, Salvo's Moll
1934
as Ruby Steele
1934
as Gladys
1939
as Valerie Edwards
1935
as Mae Danish
1942
as Else von Brandt
1934
as Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky
1936
as Blackie Winters
1934
as Ilka
1935
as Kiki
1936
as Marion Courtney, aka Mary Court
1936
as Daphne Roth
1934
as Mrs. Jolan Brandt
1951
as Marie Elsner
1938
as Mme. Dufresne
1934
as Adelaide, the King's Daughter
1933
as Kitty Green
1944
as Nurse Clark
1934
as Lucy Benton
1939
as Reni Vonich
1932
as Rita (uncredited)
1938
as Clara (Uncredited)
1939
as Hilda Kleinhauer
1939
as Alma Platt
1935
as Mittie Federie
1931
as Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
1935
as Mrs. Olga Goodyear
1940
as Clara Stone
1937
as Mme. Moreau
1940
as Martha Rockne
1938
as Mrs. Massarene
1943
as Pearl Adams
1939
as Lady Photographer
1941
as Mrs. Van Avery
1950
as Caraway Secretary (uncredited)
1941
as Mrs. Bennett
1943
as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
1931
as Bride of Dracula (in catacombs) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1927
as Waltham Employee (uncredited)
1937
as Woman in Raid (uncredited)
1950
as Frieda Miles
1942
as Dr. Enright’s Patient (uncredited)
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