Dorothy Short
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 v...
Known For
Filmography
Savage Fury
1956
as Mona Andrews
Things We Can Do Without
1953
as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)
Bargain Madness
1951
as Dorothy (uncredited)
A Wife's Life
1950
as Mrs. George T. Hardnose
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
as The Wife (uncredited)
Just Suppose
1948
as Wife (uncredited)
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
as The Wife (uncredited)
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
as The Wife (uncredited)
Captain Midnight
1942
as Joyce Edwards
Bullets for Bandits
1942
as Dakota Brown
Spooks Run Wild
1941
as Linda Mason
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941
as Ruth Wade
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941
as Nancy Nordick
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
as Jean Dennison
Phantom Rancher
1940
as Ann Markham
Pony Post
1940
as Alice Goodwin
Frontier Crusader
1940
as Jenny Mason
Daughter of the Tong
1939
as Marion Morgan
Code of the Cactus
1939
as Joan
Tell Your Children
1938
as Mary
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
as Laddie Gray
The Singing Cowgirl
1938
as Nora Pryde
Start Cheering
1938
as Student
Heart of Arizona
1938
as Jacqueline Starr
Assassin of Youth
1938
as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
Wild Horse Canyon
1938
as Jean Hall
Brothers of the West
1937
as Annie Wade
More Than a Secretary
1936
as Ann (uncredited)
The Call of the Savage
1935
as Mona Andrews
Student Tour
1934
as Student