Dorothy Short

Biography

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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.

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Known For

Savage Fury 1956 ★ 7.0
Things We Can Do Without 1953 ★ 7.3
Bargain Madness 1951 ★ 6.7
Just Suppose 1948 ★ 7.0
Captain Midnight 1942 ★ 6.3
Bullets for Bandits 1942 ★ 7.0
Spooks Run Wild 1941 ★ 5.1
The Trail of the Silver Spurs 1941 ★ 6.0
The Lone Rider Fights Back 1941
Phantom Rancher 1940 ★ 4.6
Pony Post 1940 ★ 8.0
Code of the Cactus 1939 ★ 6.2
Daughter of the Tong 1939 ★ 5.2
Start Cheering 1938 ★ 6.9
Heart of Arizona 1938 ★ 5.5
Where the Buffalo Roam 1938 ★ 5.5
Assassin of Youth 1938 ★ 2.9
Tell Your Children 1938 ★ 4.4
The Singing Cowgirl 1938 ★ 7.5
Wild Horse Canyon 1938 ★ 9.0
Brothers of the West 1937 ★ 6.3
More Than a Secretary 1936 ★ 6.5
The Call of the Savage 1935 ★ 6.0
Student Tour 1934 ★ 6.7