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Dorothy Adams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

06/01/1900

Day of Death

16/03/1988
(88) years old

Place of Birth

Hannah, North Dakota, USA

Dorothy Adams

Biography

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

Known For

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Peeper

Virginia Hill

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

From the Terrace

Unwed Mother

The Big Country

Gunman's Walk

3:10 to Yuma

An Affair to Remember

Filmography

Cast

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncre...

1975

Peeper

as Mrs. Prendergast

1974

Virginia Hill

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

1960

From the Terrace

as Mrs. Benziger

1958

Unwed Mother

as Martha Pauley

1958

The Big Country

as Hannassey Woman

1958

Gunman's Walk

as Martha Stotheby

1957

3:10 to Yuma

as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)

1957

An Affair to Remember

as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)

1957

The Buckskin Lady

as Mrs. Adams

1957

Hot Rod Rumble

as Ma Crawford

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / He...

1956

These Wilder Years

as Aunt Martha

1956

Three for Jamie Dawn

as Helen March

1956

Johnny Concho

as Sarah Dark

1956

The Killing

as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

1956

The Broken Star

as Mrs. Trail

1955

The Prodigal

as Carpenter's Wife

1954

There's No Business Like Show Business

as Nurse (uncredited)

1952

Carrie

as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother

1952

The Winning Team

as Ma Alexander

1952

Jet Job

as Mrs. Kovak

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Sam's Wife (uncredited)

1952

Fort Osage

as Mrs. Winfield

1952

The Living Bible

as Sick Woman

1951

Home Town Story

as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1951

The First Legion

as Mrs. Dunn

1950

The Jackpot

as Saleslady (uncredited)

1950

The Cariboo Trail

1950

The Outriders

as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)

1949

Not Wanted

as Mrs. Kelton

1949

He Walked by Night

as Milk Customer

1948

The Sainted Sisters

as Widow Davitt

1947

Unconquered

as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)

1947

The Foxes of Harrow

as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)

1947

That's My Man

as Millie

1946

A Boy and His Dog

as Mrs. Allen

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Mrs. Cameron

1946

Nocturne

as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited...

1946

The Inner Circle

as Emma Wilson

1946

O.S.S.

as Claudette (uncredited)

1946

Sentimental Journey

as Martha (uncredited)

1946

Miss Susie Slagle's

as Mrs. Johnson

1945

Fallen Angel

as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited...

1945

Guest Pests

as Woman of the House

1945

The Falcon in San Francisco

as Chambermaid (uncredited)

1945

Captain Eddie

as Nurse

1945

Phantoms, Inc.

as Dr. Trykel's Associate

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

as Bolger's wife

1945

Keep Your Powder Dry

as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)

1944

Dark Shadows

as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)

1944

Laura

as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)

1944

Since You Went Away

as Nurse (uncredited)

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Lt. Irma Emerson

1942

Lady Gangster

as Deaf Annie

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Nurse (uncredited)

1941

Bedtime Story

as Betsy

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited...

1941

The Devil Commands

as Mrs. Marcy

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

1941

Highway West

as Wife (uncredited)

1941

The Shepherd of the Hills

as Elvy

1941

The Flame of New Orleans

as Giraud's Cousin Sybil

1941

Penny Serenade

as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)

1941

Tobacco Road

as Susie Mae (uncredited)

1940

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

as Indigent Woman

1940

Lucky Partners

as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)

1940

Untamed

as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)

1940

We Who Are Young

as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

1940

Cross-Country Romance

as Emmy

1940

Babies for Sale

as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office

1940

The Fight for Life

as The Young Woman

1939

A Child Is Born

as Nurse (uncredited)

1939

Ninotchka

as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

1939

The Women

as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

1939

On Borrowed Time

as Florist (uncredited)

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Secretary (uncredited)

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

1938

Broadway Musketeers

as Anna

1938

Crime Ring

as Second Fortune Teller

1938

Condemned Women

as Nurse