
Acting
Dorothy Short
Also Known As: Mrs. Dave O'Brien
Birth Date
June 29, 1915
Death Date
June 4, 1963
(passed away at 47)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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 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.
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Start Cheering
Student
1938

More Than a Secretary
Ann (uncredited)
1936

The Call of the Savage
Mona Andrews
1935

The Trail of the Silver Spurs
Nancy Nordick
1941

Spooks Run Wild
Linda Mason
1941

Where the Buffalo Roam
Laddie Gray
1938

Captain Midnight
Joyce Edwards
1942

Tell Your Children
Mary
1938

Daughter of the Tong
Marion Morgan
1939

Phantom Rancher
Ann Markham
1940

Code of the Cactus
Joan
1939

Student Tour
Student
1934

Brothers of the West
Annie Wade
1937

Just Suppose
Wife (uncredited)
1948

Heart of Arizona
Jacqueline Starr
1938
I Love My Wife BUT!
The Wife (uncredited)
1947

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Ruth Wade
1941

Savage Fury
Mona Andrews
1956

The Lone Rider Fights Back
Jean Dennison
1941
I Love My Husband, But!
The Wife (uncredited)
1946