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Dorothy Short
Acting
29 Jun 1915
† 04 Jun 1963
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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 v...
Also Known As
Mrs. Dave O'Brien
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Dorothy Short's Movies
43%
Tell Your Children
15 Jun 1938
49%
Spooks Run Wild
24 Oct 1941
27%
Assassin of Youth
23 Feb 1938
64%
More Than a Secretary
10 Dec 1936
70%
Start Cheering
03 Mar 1938
42%
Daughter of the Tong
28 Aug 1939
35%
Phantom Rancher
31 Mar 1940
55%
Code of the Cactus
25 Feb 1939
50%
Where the Buffalo Roam
12 Oct 1938
50%
Heart of Arizona
22 Apr 1938
73%
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
07 Feb 1948
60%
Brothers of the West
29 Jun 1937
50%
Captain Midnight
15 Feb 1942
30%
Frontier Crusader
14 Jun 1940
60%
Things We Can Do Without
05 Dec 1953
45%
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
04 Jan 1941
50%
Student Tour
05 Oct 1934
75%
I Love My Wife BUT!
05 Apr 1947
50%
The Singing Cowgirl
02 Jun 1938
50%
The Call of the Savage
14 Apr 1935