Dorothy Short
Acting

Dorothy Short

Born 1915-06-29 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 1963-06-04

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Short, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Tell Your Children★ 4.1
Tell Your Children
1938
Spooks Run Wild★ 4.9
Spooks Run Wild
1941
Student Tour★ 5
Student Tour
1934
Brothers of the West★ 6
Brothers of the West
1937
Daughter of the Tong★ 5
Daughter of the Tong
1939
Things We Can Do Without★ 8
Things We Can Do Without
1953
Frontier Crusader★ 3
Frontier Crusader
1940
Code of the Cactus★ 5.7
Code of the Cactus
1939
The Lone Rider Fights Back
The Lone Rider Fights Back
1941
Pony Post
Pony Post
1940
More Than a Secretary★ 6.2
More Than a Secretary
1936
Bullets for Bandits
Bullets for Bandits
1942
Bargain Madness★ 7
Bargain Madness
1951
Start Cheering★ 7
Start Cheering
1938
Heart of Arizona★ 5
Heart of Arizona
1938
The Trail of the Silver Spurs★ 4.5
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
1941
Assassin of Youth★ 2.7
Assassin of Youth
1938
Phantom Rancher★ 3.5
Phantom Rancher
1940
The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage
1935
Savage Fury
Savage Fury
1956