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Dorothy Short
Actor
Born June 29, 1915Died June 4, 1963 (47 years)
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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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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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Filmography
| 2001 | |
| 1946 | I Love My Husband, But! · as The Wife (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Captain Midnight · as Joyce Edwards |
| 1941 | Spooks Run Wild · as Linda Mason |
| 1941 | Aloma of the South Seas · as Handmaiden |
| 1941 | Trail of the Silver Spurs · as Nancy Nordick |
| 1940 | Pony Post · as Alice Goodwin |
| 1940 | Phantom Rancher · as Ann Markham |
| 1939 | Daughter of the Tong · as Marion Morgan |
| 1939 | Code of the Cactus · as Joan |
| 1938 | Wild Horse Canyon · as Jean Hall |
| 1938 | Tell Your Children · as Mary |
| 1938 | Where the Buffalo Roam · as Laddie Gray |
| 1938 | The Singing Cowgirl · as Nora Pryde |
| 1938 | Heart of Arizona · as Jacqueline Starr |
| 1938 | Start Cheering · as Student |
| 1938 | Assassin of Youth · as Marjorie 'marge' Barry |
| 1937 | The Mysterious Pilot · as Babette |
| 1937 | Brothers of the West · as Annie Wade |
| 1937 | Damaged Goods · as Table Dancer |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary · as Ann (uncredited) |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss · as Girl |
| 1935 | The Call of the Savage · as Mona Andrews |
| 1934 | Student Tour · as Student |
| 1934 | Dames · as Chorus Girl |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party · as Show Girl |