Dorothy Short
Known for ActingBorn 1915-06-29 — died 1963-06-04Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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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
Start Cheering
1938 · as Student
Spooks Run Wild
1941 · as Linda Mason
Captain Midnight
1942 · as Joyce Edwards
A Wife's Life
1950 · as Mrs. George T. Hardnose
Heart of Arizona
1938 · as Jacqueline Starr
Wild Horse Canyon
1938 · as Jean Hall
Just Suppose
1948 · as Wife (uncredited)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 · as Laddie Gray
Student Tour
1934 · as Student
Assassin of Youth
1938 · as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
Phantom Rancher
1940 · as Ann Markham
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947 · as The Wife (uncredited)
The Singing Cowgirl
1938 · as Nora Pryde
Bargain Madness
1951 · as Dorothy (uncredited)
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948 · as The Wife (uncredited)
More Than a Secretary
1936 · as Ann (uncredited)
The Call of the Savage
1935 · as Mona Andrews
Code of the Cactus
1939 · as Joan