Cause of death cancer Name Dorothy Short | Role Film actress | |
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Resting place Inglewood Park CemeteryPlot: Magnolia, Lot 35 Died June 4, 1963, Los Angeles, California, United States Children Pam Fronabarger, Patty Fronabarger Movies Reefer Madness, Captain Midnight, Assassin of Youth, The Call of the Savage, Code of the Cactus Similar People Dave O'Brien, Louis J Gasnier, Dwain Esper, Elmer Clifton, Sam Newfield | ||
Dorothy Short (29 June 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 antimarijuana 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.
Filmography
Actress
1953
Things We Can Do Without (Short) as
Mrs. Thud (uncredited)
1952
Sweet Memories (Short) as
The Wife
1951
In Case You're Curious (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1951
That's What You Think (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1951
Bargain Madness (Short) as
Dorothy (uncredited)
1951
Fixin' Fool (Short) as
Wife
1950
Wanted: One Egg (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1950
A Wife's Life (Short) as
Mrs. George T. Hardnose - Wife (as Mrs. Dave O'Brien)
1949
How Come? (Short)
1948
Let's Cogitate (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1948
Why Is It? (Short) as
Wife (uncredited)
1948
Just Suppose (Short) as
Wife (uncredited)
1948
I Love My Mother-in-Law But... (Short) as
Wife (uncredited)
1947
I Love My Wife But! (Short) as
Wife (uncredited)
1946
I Love My Husband, But! (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1943
Fixin' Tricks (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1942
Victory Vittles (Short) as
The Wife (uncredited)
1942
Captain Midnight as
Joyce Edwards
1942
Bullets for Bandits as
Dakota Brown
1941
The Lone Rider Fights Back as
Jean Dennison
1941
Spooks Run Wild as
Linda Mason
1941
Aloma of the South Seas as
Handmaiden (uncredited)
1941
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto as
Ruth Wade
1941
Trail of the Silver Spurs as
Nancy Nordick
1940
Pony Post as
Alice Goodwin
1940
Frontier Crusader as
Jenny Mason
1940
Phantom Rancher as
Ann Markham
1939
Daughter of the Tong as
Marion Morgan
1939
Missing Daughters as
Bee (uncredited)
1939
Code of the Cactus as
Joan
1938
Wild Horse Canyon as
Jean Hall
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam as
Laddie Gray
1938
The Singing Cowgirl as
Nora Pryde
1938
Heart of Arizona as
Jacqueline Starr
1938
Start Cheering as
Student (uncredited)
1938
Assassin of Youth as
Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
1937
The Mysterious Pilot as
Babette (uncredited)
1937
Brothers of the West as
Annie Wade
1937
Damaged Goods as
Table Dancer (uncredited)
1936
Reefer Madness as
Mary
1936
More Than a Secretary as
Ann (uncredited)
1936
Melody in May (Short) as
High School Girl (uncredited)
1935
She Married Her Boss as
Girl (uncredited)
1935
The Call of the Savage as
Mona Andrews
1934
Student Tour as
Student (uncredited)
1934
Dames as
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood Party as
Show Girl (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2019
Gente iluminada (Short)
2004
Reefer Madness - Colorized as
Mary
2001
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (Documentary) as
Mary
1956
Savage Fury as
Mona Andrews
References
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