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Dorothy Appleby (January 6, 1906 – August 9, 1990) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 50 films between 1931 and 1943. Appleby gained early acting experience as an understudy and a chorus member in plays in New York City. A newspaper article reported that Appleby "came to New York fresh from winning a Maine beauty contest."
Appleby was seen in many supporting roles, almost always in short subjects or low-budget feature films. She never progressed to leading roles in important pictures because of her height, which made her difficult to cast The trim brunette stood just over five feet tall, and her early leading men (like comedian Charley Chase) towered over her.
She soon found steady if not prestigious work in Columbia Pictures' two-reel comedies. She appeared frequently with The Three Stooges, who were only a few inches taller than she was, and in 1940 she became Buster Keaton's leading lady, for the same reason: her height complemented his. She worked with Columbia comics Andy Clyde, El Brendel, and Hugh Herbert, and she had an uncredited part in John Ford's Stagecoach.
Some of her Stooge comedies were Loco Boy Makes Good, So Long Mr. Chumps, and In the Sweet Pie and Pie. One memorable appearance was as Mexican brunette Rosita in 1940's Cookoo Cavaliers. In the film, Appleby gets clobbered by the Stooges when a facial "mud pack" made of cement dries on her face. Her petite figure belied her age, and she continued to play "younger" roles into the 1940s. One of her last screen roles was a one-line bit (playing a college co-ed at age 35) in the 1941 Jane Withers feature Small Town Deb.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Three Stooges Follies
Character:Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/1974
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Character:Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
Release Date:10/09/1943
What's the Matador?
Character:O'Brien's Secretary
Release Date:23/04/1942
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
Character:Aggie
Release Date:26/03/1942
Loco Boy Makes Good
Character:Twitchell's Girl
Release Date:08/01/1942
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Character:Tiska Jones
Release Date:16/10/1941
General Nuisance
Character:Dorothy - Army nurse
Release Date:18/09/1941
Manpower
Character:Wilma
Release Date:09/08/1941
Black Eyes and Blues
Character:Helen Potts Harmon
Release Date:18/04/1941
So Long Mr. Chumps
Character:Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Release Date:07/02/1941
High Sierra
Character:Margie (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1941
His Ex Marks the Spot
Character:His wife
Release Date:13/12/1940
Cookoo Cavaliers
Character:Rosita (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1940
The Devil's Pipeline
Character:Stewardess
Release Date:31/10/1940
The Spook Speaks
Character:Newlywed wife
Release Date:20/09/1940
From Nurse to Worse
Character:Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Release Date:23/08/1940
Gold Rush Maisie
Character:Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
Release Date:26/07/1940
The Taming of the Snood
Character:Miss Wilson
Release Date:28/06/1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Character:Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/1940
Pardon My Berth Marks
Character:Mary Crissman
Release Date:22/03/1940
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
Character:Tessie
Release Date:08/03/1940
Convicted Woman
Character:Daisy
Release Date:31/01/1940
Nothing But Pleasure
Character:Mrs. Plunkett
Release Date:19/01/1940
The Women
Character:Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1939
When Tomorrow Comes
Character:Waitress (uncredited)
Release Date:11/08/1939
The Flying Irishman
Character:Maybelle
Release Date:07/04/1939
Stagecoach
Character:Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1939
Making the Headlines
Character:Claire Sandford
Release Date:31/03/1938
Live, Love and Learn
Character:Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
Release Date:29/10/1937
Small Town Boy
Character:Sandra French
Release Date:24/09/1937
Make a Wish
Character:Telephone Girl
Release Date:01/09/1937
Paradise Express
Character:Kay Carson
Release Date:24/02/1937
North of Nome
Character:Ruby
Release Date:14/11/1936
Riffraff
Character:Gertie
Release Date:03/01/1936
Let 'em Have It
Character:Lola McArdle
Release Date:15/05/1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
Character:Nardi
Release Date:21/01/1935
Fate's Fathead
Character:Dorothy Chase
Release Date:17/11/1934
You Said a Hatful!
Character:Dorothy
Release Date:13/10/1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
Character:Mitzie LaVerne
Release Date:02/10/1934
I Give My Love
Character:Alice Henley
Release Date:17/07/1934
School for Girls
Character:Florence Burns
Release Date:22/03/1934
Jail Birds of Paradise
Character:Miss Deering, Prison Warder
Release Date:10/03/1934
As the Earth Turns
Character:Doris
Release Date:14/02/1934
King of the Wild Horses
Character:Napeeta
Release Date:10/11/1933
Trick for Trick
Character:Maisie Henry
Release Date:20/04/1933
Under Eighteen
Character:Elsie
Release Date:02/01/1932
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