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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 6, 1906
Died
August 9, 1990
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Dorothy Appleby
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
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Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
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Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
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O'Brien's Secretary
What's the Matador?
1942
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Aggie
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
1942
5.5
Twitchell's Girl
Loco Boy Makes Good
1942
6.7
Tiska Jones
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941
6.3
Dorothy - Army nurse
General Nuisance
1941
6.7
Wilma
Manpower
1941
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Helen Potts Harmon
Black Eyes and Blues
1941
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Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941
Credits
The Three Stooges Follies
as Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
1974
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Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
1943
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What's the Matador?
as O'Brien's Secretary
1942
5.9
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
as Aggie
1942
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Loco Boy Makes Good
as Twitchell's Girl
1942
5.5
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Tiska Jones
1941
6.7
General Nuisance
as Dorothy - Army nurse
1941
6.3
Manpower
as Wilma
1941
6.7
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Black Eyes and Blues
as Helen Potts Harmon
1941
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So Long Mr. Chumps
as Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1941
6.1
High Sierra
as Margie (uncredited)
1941
7.1
His Ex Marks the Spot
as His wife
1940
4.6
Cookoo Cavaliers
as Rosita (uncredited)
1940
6.2
The Devil's Pipeline
as Stewardess
1940
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The Spook Speaks
as Newlywed wife
1940
5.0
From Nurse to Worse
as Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Gold Rush Maisie
as Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
1940
6.5
The Taming of the Snood
as Miss Wilson
1940
5.5
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Pardon My Berth Marks
as Mary Crissman
1940
6.5
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
as Tessie
1940
6.1
Convicted Woman
as Daisy
1940
3.7
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Nothing But Pleasure
as Mrs. Plunkett
1940
5.8
The Women
as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
1939
7.1
The Flying Irishman
as Maybelle
1939
4.6
Stagecoach
as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
1939
7.6
Making the Headlines
as Claire Sandford
1938
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Live, Love and Learn
as Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
1937
5.8
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Small Town Boy
as Sandra French
1937
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Make a Wish
as Telephone Girl
1937
5.5
Paradise Express
as Kay Carson
1937
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North of Nome
as Ruby
1936
6.0
Riffraff
as Gertie
1936
5.0
Let 'em Have It
as Lola McArdle
1935
7.0
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Nardi
1935
6.5
Fate's Fathead
as Dorothy Chase
1934
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You Said a Hatful!
as Dorothy
1934
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Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mitzie LaVerne
1934
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I Give My Love
as Alice Henley
1934
6.0
School for Girls
as Florence Burns
1934
6.0
Jail Birds of Paradise
as Miss Deering, Prison Warder
1934
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As the Earth Turns
as Doris
1934
5.3
King of the Wild Horses
as Napeeta
1933
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Trick for Trick
as Maisie Henry
1933
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Under Eighteen
as Elsie
1932
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