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Dorothy Appleby (January 6, 1906 β 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.
Filmography
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Love's A-Poppin' (1953)
Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)
What's the Matador? (1942)
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? (1942)
Three Blonde Mice (1942)
Loco Boy Makes Good (1942)
She's Oil Mine (1941)
In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
General Nuisance (1941)
Manpower (1941)
Yankee Doodle Andy (1941)
Black Eyes and Blues (1941)
Yumpin' Yiminy! (1941)
So Long Mr. Chumps (1941)
High Sierra (1941)
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
Cookoo Cavaliers (1940)
A Bundle of Bliss (1940)
The Devil's Pipeline (1940)
The Spook Speaks (1940)
From Nurse to Worse (1940)
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
Rockin' Thru the Rockies (1940)
Convicted Woman (1940)
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Andy Clyde Gets Spring Chicken (1939)
The Women (1939)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Pie a la Maid (1938)
Making the Headlines (1938)
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Small Town Boy (1937)
Make a Wish (1937)
Paradise Express (1937)
North of Nome (1936)
Riffraff (1936)
Let 'em Have It (1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Fate's Fathead (1934)
You Said a Hatful! (1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
I Give My Love (1934)
School for Girls (1934)
Jail Birds of Paradise (1934)
As the Earth Turns (1934)
King of the Wild Horses (1933)
Trick for Trick (1933)
Under Eighteen (1932)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1906-01-06
Deathday1990-08-09 (84 years old)
Birth PlacePortland, Maine, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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