Dorothy Short
Acting·June 29, 1915·† June 4, 1963 — 47 years old·Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
Known For
Tell Your Children
1938·4.4
Spooks Run Wild
1941·5.1
Assassin of Youth
1938·2.9
More Than a Secretary
1936·6.6
Start Cheering
1938·6.9
Daughter of the Tong
1939·5.2
Phantom Rancher
1940·4.6
Code of the Cactus
1939·6.2
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938·5.5
Heart of Arizona
1938·5.5
Things We Can Do Without
1953·7.3
Bargain Madness
1951·6.7
Filmography · 30
1956Savage FuryMona Andrews1953Things We Can Do WithoutMrs. Thud (uncredited)1951Bargain MadnessDorothy (uncredited)1950A Wife's LifeMrs. George T. Hardnose1948Just SupposeWife (uncredited)1948I Love My Mother-In-Law But...The Wife (uncredited)1947I Love My Wife BUT!The Wife (uncredited)1946I Love My Husband, But!The Wife (uncredited)1942Captain MidnightJoyce Edwards1942Bullets for BanditsDakota Brown1941The Lone Rider Fights BackJean Dennison1941Spooks Run WildLinda Mason1941Buzzy and the Phantom PintoRuth Wade1941The Trail of the Silver SpursNancy Nordick1940Pony PostAlice Goodwin1940Frontier CrusaderJenny Mason1940Phantom RancherAnn Markham1939Daughter of the TongMarion Morgan1939Code of the CactusJoan1938Wild Horse CanyonJean Hall1938Where the Buffalo RoamLaddie Gray1938Tell Your ChildrenMary1938The Singing CowgirlNora Pryde1938Heart of ArizonaJacqueline Starr1938Start CheeringStudent1938Assassin of YouthMarjorie 'Marge' Barry1937Brothers of the WestAnnie Wade1936More Than a SecretaryAnn (uncredited)1935The Call of the SavageMona Andrews1934Student TourStudent