Dorothy Appleby
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1906
- Died
- August 9, 1990
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Three Stooges Follies 1974
as Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen 1943
as Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
What's the Matador? 1942
as O'Brien's Secretary
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? 1942
as Aggie
Loco Boy Makes Good 1942
as Twitchell's Girl
In the Sweet Pie and Pie 1941
as Tiska Jones
General Nuisance 1941
as Dorothy - Army nurse
Manpower 1941
as Wilma
- Black Eyes and Blues
Black Eyes and Blues 1941
as Helen Potts Harmon
So Long Mr. Chumps 1941
as Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
High Sierra 1941
as Margie (uncredited)
His Ex Marks the Spot 1940
as His wife
Cookoo Cavaliers 1940
as Rosita (uncredited)
The Devil's Pipeline 1940
as Stewardess
The Spook Speaks 1940
as Newlywed wife
From Nurse to Worse 1940
as Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie 1940
as Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
The Taming of the Snood 1940
as Miss Wilson
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940
as Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Pardon My Berth Marks 1940
as Mary Crissman
Rockin' Thru the Rockies 1940
as Tessie
Convicted Woman 1940
as Daisy
Nothing But Pleasure 1940
as Mrs. Plunkett
The Women 1939
as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes 1939
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Flying Irishman 1939
as Maybelle
Stagecoach 1939
as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
Making the Headlines 1938
as Claire Sandford
Live, Love and Learn 1937
as Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
Small Town Boy 1937
as Sandra French
Make a Wish 1937
as Telephone Girl
Paradise Express 1937
as Kay Carson
North of Nome 1936
as Ruby
Riffraff 1936
as Gertie
Let 'em Have It 1935
as Lola McArdle
Charlie Chan in Paris 1935
as Nardi
Fate's Fathead 1934
as Dorothy Chase
You Said a Hatful! 1934
as Dorothy
Two Heads on a Pillow 1934
as Mitzie LaVerne
I Give My Love 1934
as Alice Henley
School for Girls 1934
as Florence Burns
Jail Birds of Paradise 1934
as Miss Deering, Prison Warder
As the Earth Turns 1934
as Doris
King of the Wild Horses 1933
as Napeeta
- Trick for Trick
Trick for Trick 1933
as Maisie Henry
Under Eighteen 1932
as Elsie
- Square Crooks
Square Crooks 1928
as Kay Ellison
Credits from TMDB.