Actor
Dorothy Appleby
January 6, 1906 · Portland, Maine, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Curly Howard
7 titles together
Rockin' Thru the Rockies, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, So Long Mr. Chumps
Moe Howard
7 titles together
Rockin' Thru the Rockies, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, So Long Mr. Chumps
Larry Fine
7 titles together
Rockin' Thru the Rockies, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, So Long Mr. Chumps
John Tyrrell
5 titles together
Rockin' Thru the Rockies, So Long Mr. Chumps, What's the Matador?
Wade Boteler
3 titles together
When Tomorrow Comes, Riffraff, Under Eighteen
Vernon Dent
3 titles together
In the Sweet Pie and Pie, So Long Mr. Chumps, From Nurse to Worse
Full filmography · 47
The Three Stooges Follies
as Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
1974
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
1943
What's the Matador?
as O'Brien's Secretary
1942
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
as Aggie
1942
Loco Boy Makes Good
as Twitchell's Girl
1942
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Tiska Jones
1941
General Nuisance
as Dorothy - Army nurse
1941
Manpower
as Wilma
1941Black Eyes and Blues
as Helen Potts Harmon
1941
So Long Mr. Chumps
as Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1941
High Sierra
as Margie (uncredited)
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His Ex Marks the Spot
as His wife
1940