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Born · January 6, 1906
Died · August 9, 1990 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, USA
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.
Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
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1974
Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
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1943
O'Brien's Secretary
5.9
1942
Aggie
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1942
Twitchell's Girl
5.5
1942
Tiska Jones
6.7
1941
Dorothy - Army nurse
6.3
1941
Wilma
6.7
1941
Helen Potts Harmon
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1941
Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
6.1
1941
Margie (uncredited)
7.0
1941
His wife
4.6
1940
Rosita (uncredited)
6.2
1940
Stewardess
6.0
1940
Newlywed wife
5.0
1940
Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
5.0
1940
Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
6.5
1940
Miss Wilson
5.5
1940
Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
6.5
1940
Mary Crissman
6.5
1940
Tessie
6.1
1940
Daisy
3.7
1940
Mrs. Plunkett
5.8
1940
Treatment Girl (uncredited)
7.1
1939
Maybelle
4.6
1939
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
7.6
1939
Claire Sandford
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1938
Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
5.8
1937
Sandra French
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1937
Telephone Girl
5.9
1937
Kay Carson
7.0
1937
Ruby
6.0
1936
Gertie
5.0
1936
Lola McArdle
7.0
1935
Nardi
6.5
1935
Dorothy Chase
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1934
Dorothy
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1934
Mitzie LaVerne
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1934
Alice Henley
6.0
1934
Florence Burns
6.0
1934
Miss Deering, Prison Warder
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1934
Doris
5.3
1934
Napeeta
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1933
Maisie Henry
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1933
Elsie
6.6
1932