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

Start Cheering
Start Cheering

1938

as Student

Tell Your Children
Bargain Madness
Bargain Madness

1951

as Dorothy (uncredited)

Student Tour
Student Tour

1934

as Student

Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight

1942

as Joyce Edwards

Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona

1938

as Jacqueline Starr

The Singing Cowgirl
The Singing Cowgirl

1938

as Nora Pryde

More Than a Secretary
More Than a Secretary

1936

as Ann (uncredited)

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A Wife's Life

1950

as Mrs. George T. Hardnose

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam

1938

as Laddie Gray

Pony Post
Pony Post

1940

as Alice Goodwin

Spooks Run Wild
Spooks Run Wild

1941

as Linda Mason

Savage Fury
Savage Fury

1956

as Mona Andrews

Bullets for Bandits
Bullets for Bandits

1942

as Dakota Brown

Phantom Rancher
Phantom Rancher

1940

as Ann Markham

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

1941

as Nancy Nordick

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I Love My Wife BUT!

1947

as The Wife (uncredited)

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Brothers of the West
Brothers of the West

1937

as Annie Wade

Code of the Cactus