Actor
Dorothy Tree
May 21, 1906 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dorothy Tree (May 21, 1906 – February 13, 1992) was an American actress, voice teacher and writer. She appeared in a wide range of character roles in at least 49 motion pictures between 1927 and 1951.
Her best-known roles were probably as Martha, mother of Knute Rockne, in Knute Rockne, All American and as May Emmerich, invalid wife of Louis Calhern, in The Asphalt Jungle.
Notable work
Often works with
Henry O'Neill
3 titles together
Marked Woman, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Knute Rockne All American
Arthur Aylesworth
3 titles together
Marked Woman, The Dragon Murder Case, The Case of the Howling Dog
Frederick Vogeding
3 titles together
Confessions of a Nazi Spy, The Woman in Red, City in Darkness
Milton Kibbee
3 titles together
Casanova Brown, Here Comes the Navy, The Dragon Murder Case
Bela Lugosi
2 titles together
Dracula, Drácula
Dwight Frye
2 titles together
Dracula, Drácula
Full filmography · 50
The Family Secret
as Marie Elsner
1951
A Life of Her Own
as Caraway Secretary (uncredited)
19505.3
The Men
as Ellen's Mother
19507
The Asphalt Jungle
as May Emmerich
19507.5
No Sad Songs for Me
as Frieda Miles
1950
Casanova Brown
as Nurse Clark
19446.4
Crime Doctor
as Pearl Adams
1943
Edge of Darkness
as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
19436.3
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Else von Brandt
1942
Lady in a Jam
as Dr. Enright’s Patient (uncredited)
1942
Nazi Agent
as Miss Harper
1942
Highway West
as Bella, Salvo's Moll
1941