About

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29
Birthday:
1915-06-29
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Dorothy Short

Overview

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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 various 'B' pictures and the Pete Smith series of comedy shorts, in which O'Brien played the lead on many occasions during the 1940s. After their divorce in 1954, Short retired from film acting, and died nine years later at age 47.

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1956 Savage Fury Actor Mona Andrews N/A
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1953 Things We Can Do Without Actor Mrs. Thud (uncredited) 59
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1951 Bargain Madness Actor Dorothy (uncredited) 59
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1950 A Wife's Life Actor Mrs. George T. Hardnose 59
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1948 Just Suppose Actor Wife (uncredited) N/A
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1948 I Love My Mother-In-Law But... Actor The Wife (uncredited) 59
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1947 I Love My Wife BUT! Actor The Wife (uncredited) 59
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1946 I Love My Husband, But! Actor The Wife (uncredited) N/A
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1942 Captain Midnight Actor Joyce Edwards 59
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1942 Bullets for Bandits Actor Dakota Brown N/A
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1941 The Lone Rider Fights Back Actor Jean Dennison N/A
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1941 Spooks Run Wild Actor Linda Mason 58
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1941 Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto Actor Ruth Wade N/A
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1941 The Trail of the Silver Spurs Actor Nancy Nordick 58
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1940 Pony Post Actor Alice Goodwin N/A
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1940 Frontier Crusader Actor Jenny Mason 58
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1940 Phantom Rancher Actor Ann Markham 58
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1939 Daughter of the Tong Actor Marion Morgan 58
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1939 Code of the Cactus Actor Joan 59
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1938 Where the Buffalo Roam Actor Laddie Gray 58
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1938 Tell Your Children Actor Mary 56
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1938 The Singing Cowgirl Actor Nora Pryde 59
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1938 Heart of Arizona Actor Jacqueline Starr 59
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1938 Start Cheering Actor Student 59
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1938 Assassin of Youth Actor Marjorie 'Marge' Barry 58
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1937 Brothers of the West Actor Annie Wade 59
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1936 More Than a Secretary Actor Ann (uncredited) 59
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1935 The Call of the Savage Actor Mona Andrews 58
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1934 Student Tour Actor Student 59
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