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'''Dorothy Short''' (29 June 1915 – June 4, 1963) was an [[United States|American]] [[film]] [[actress]], mainly in low-budget [[Westerns]] and [[Serial (film)|serials]] in the 1930s and 1940s.
'''Dorothy Short''' (June 29, 1915 – June 4, 1963) was an American film actress, mainly in low-budget [[Westerns]] and [[Serial (film)|serials]] in the 1930s and 1940s.


A native of [[Philadelphia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenShowbiz-DorothyShort.htm| title=Dorthy Short|publisher=DVRBS.com|accessdate=2021-06-09}}</ref> Short was the daughter of Mrs. E. M. Short. She began working in films for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in 1933 on a trial basis. In November 1933, a court in California approved a seven-year contract, with options, between the 18-year-old actress and the studio.<ref>{{cite news |title=18-year-old girl wins M-G-M film contract |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77537870/dorothy-short/ |access-date=May 12, 2021 |work=The Indianapolis News |agency=Associated Press |date=November 22, 1933 |page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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A native of [[Philadelphia]], she married [[actor]] [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hd8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hWUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5028,2140940&dq=dorothy-short&hl=en|title='Brothers Of West' Coming To Kentucky|date=May 28, 1948|work=[[Kentucky New Era]]|accessdate=November 9, 2011}}</ref> 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.


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Short married [[actor]] [[Dave O'Brien (actor)|Dave O'Brien]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hd8rAAAAIBAJ&pg=5028,2140940&dq=dorothy-short&hl=en|title='Brothers Of West' Coming To Kentucky|date=May 28, 1948|work=[[Kentucky New Era]]|access-date=November 9, 2011}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oldmovieteams.org/about/dorothy-short-dave-obrien/| title=Dorothy Short & Dave O'Brien| date=April 29, 2013|publisher=Old Movies Team.org|accessdate=2021-06-09}}</ref> She also appeared in another anti-[[marijuana]] film, ''[[Assassin of Youth]]'', in 1937.
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She often appeared alongside her husband in various 'B' pictures and the [[Pete Smith (film producer)|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 of cancer nine years later at age 47.


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She often appeared alongside her husband in various 'B' pictures and the [[Pete Smith (film producer)|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==

==Selected filmography==
*''[[The Call of the Savage]]'' (1935) as Mona Andreas
*''[[The Call of the Savage]]'' (1935) as Mona Andreas
*''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (1936) as Mary
*''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (1936) as Mary
* ''[[Damaged Goods (1937 film)|Damaged Goods]]'' (1937) as Table Dancer
*''[[Brothers of the West]]'' (1937) as Annie Wade
*''[[Brothers of the West]]'' (1937) as Annie Wade
*''[[Assassin of Youth]]'' (1938) as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
*''[[Assassin of Youth]]'' (1938) as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
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*''[[The Singing Cowgirl]]'' (1938) as Nora Pryde
*''[[The Singing Cowgirl]]'' (1938) as Nora Pryde
*''[[Where the Buffalo Roam (1938 film)|Where the Buffalo Roam]]'' (1938) as Laddie Gray
*''[[Where the Buffalo Roam (1938 film)|Where the Buffalo Roam]]'' (1938) as Laddie Gray
*''Wild Horse Canyon'' (1938) as Jean Hall
*''[[Wild Horse Canyon]]'' (1938) as Jean Hall
*''[[Code of the Cactus]]'' (1939) as Joan
*''[[Code of the Cactus]]'' (1939) as Joan
*''[[Daughter of the Tong]]'' (1939) as Marion Morgan
*''[[Daughter of the Tong]]'' (1939) as Marion Morgan
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*''[[Trail of the Silver Spurs]]'' (1941) as Nancy Nordick
*''[[Trail of the Silver Spurs]]'' (1941) as Nancy Nordick
* ''[[Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto]]'' (1941) as Ruth Wade
* ''[[Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto]]'' (1941) as Ruth Wade
*''Spooks Run Wild'' (1941) as Linda Mason
*''[[Spooks Run Wild]]'' (1941) as Linda Mason
*''The Lone Rider Fights Back'' (1941) as Jean Dennison
*''[[The Lone Rider Fights Back]]'' (1941) as Jean Dennison
*''Bullets for Bandits'' (1942) as Dakota Brown
* ''[[Bullets for Bandits]]'' (1942) as Dakota Brown
*''[[Captain Midnight (serial)|Captain Midnight]]'' (1942) as Joyce Edwards
*''[[Captain Midnight (serial)|Captain Midnight]]'' (1942) as Joyce Edwards


Latest revision as of 20:28, 18 April 2024

Dorothy Short
Dorothy Short as Mary Lane in Reefer Madness (1936)
Born(1915-06-29)June 29, 1915
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1963(1963-06-04) (aged 47)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeInglewood Park Cemetery
Plot: Magnolia, Lot 35
Years active1934–1953
Spouse
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(m. 1936; div. 1954)​
Children2[1]

Dorothy Short (June 29, 1915 – June 4, 1963) was an American film actress, mainly in low-budget Westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Philadelphia,[2] Short was the daughter of Mrs. E. M. Short. She began working in films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 on a trial basis. In November 1933, a court in California approved a seven-year contract, with options, between the 18-year-old actress and the studio.[3]

Short married actor Dave O'Brien[4] 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.[5] 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.

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dave O'Brien".
  2. ^ "Dorthy Short". DVRBS.com. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "18-year-old girl wins M-G-M film contract". The Indianapolis News. Associated Press. November 22, 1933. p. 8. Retrieved May 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "'Brothers Of West' Coming To Kentucky". Kentucky New Era. May 28, 1948. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. ^ "Dorothy Short & Dave O'Brien". Old Movies Team.org. April 29, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

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