Dorothy Short

Dorothy Short

1915-06-29 – 1963-06-04 (age 47) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography

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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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Known For

Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona

1938

as Jacqueline Starr

Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight

1942

as Joyce Edwards

Tell Your Children
Pony Post
Pony Post

1940

as Alice Goodwin

Student Tour
Student Tour

1934

as Student

Spooks Run Wild
Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Linda Mason

Start Cheering
Start Cheering

1938

as Student

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam

1938

as Laddie Gray

Code of the Cactus
Daughter of the Tong
Daughter of the Tong

1939

as Marion Morgan

Assassin of Youth
Assassin of Youth

1938

as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry

Bullets for Bandits
Bullets for Bandits

1942

as Dakota Brown

The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage

1935

as Mona Andrews

The Trail of the Silver Spurs
The Trail of the Silver Spurs

1941

as Nancy Nordick

More Than a Secretary
More Than a Secretary

1936

as Ann (uncredited)

Phantom Rancher
Phantom Rancher

1940

as Ann Markham

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I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

1948

as The Wife (uncredited)

The Singing Cowgirl
The Singing Cowgirl

1938

as Nora Pryde

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A Wife's Life

1950

as Mrs. George T. Hardnose

Just Suppose
Just Suppose

1948

as Wife (uncredited)