Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 6, 1900
Place of Birth:
Hannah, North Dakota, USA
Social Media
Dorothy Adams
Biography
Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Peeper | Mrs. Prendergast |
| 1974 | Virginia Hill | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mrs. Pierce (uncredited) |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | Mrs. Benziger |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Hannassey Woman |
| 1958 | Gunman's Walk | Martha Stotheby |
| 1958 | Unwed Mother | Martha Pauley |
| 1957 | The Buckskin Lady | Mrs. Adams |
| 1957 | Hot Rod Rumble | Ma Crawford |
| 1957 | 3:10 to Yuma | Mrs. Potter (uncredited) |
| 1957 | An Affair to Remember | Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Killing | Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Sarah Dark |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | Aunt Martha |
| 1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn | Helen March |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate |
| 1956 | The Broken Star | Mrs. Trail |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | Carpenter's Wife |
| 1954 | There's No Business Like Show Business | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Sam's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Winning Team | Ma Alexander |
| 1952 | The Living Bible | Sick Woman |
| 1952 | Carrie | Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother |
| 1952 | Fort Osage | Mrs. Winfield |
| 1952 | Jet Job | Mrs. Kovak |
| 1951 | Home Town Story | Hospital Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The First Legion | Mrs. Dunn |
| 1950 | The Jackpot | Saleslady (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Cariboo Trail | |
| 1950 | The Outriders | Farmer's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Not Wanted | Mrs. Kelton |
| 1949 | He Walked by Night | Milk Customer |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Sainted Sisters | Widow Davitt |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited) |
| 1947 | That's My Man | Millie |
| 1947 | The Foxes of Harrow | Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Mrs. Cameron |
| 1946 | The Inner Circle | Emma Wilson |
| 1946 | O.S.S. | Claudette (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Mrs. Johnson |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Martha (uncredited) |
| 1946 | A Boy and His Dog | Mrs. Allen |
| 1946 | Nocturne | Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Bolger's wife |
| 1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Chambermaid (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Guest Pests | Woman of the House |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Nurse |
| 1945 | Phantoms, Inc. | Dr. Trykel's Associate |
| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry | WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Laura | Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty | Ms. Hanney (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Dark Shadows | Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Lt. Irma Emerson |
| 1942 | Lady Gangster | Deaf Annie |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Devil Commands | Mrs. Marcy |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Giraud's Cousin Sybil |
| 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Mrs. Farrell (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Susie Mae (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Betsy |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Elvy |
| 1941 | Highway West | Wife (uncredited) |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Untamed | 3rd Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Babies for Sale | Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance | Emmy |
| 1940 | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Indigent Woman |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Maid at Ethel's (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Fight for Life | The Young Woman |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Women | Miss Atkinson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Florist (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Jenny's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1939 | A Child Is Born | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Condemned Women | Nurse |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers | Anna |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Second Fortune Teller |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Mrs. Woodhaven |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Canfield |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years | |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Mrs. Colburn |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Mrs. Garnett |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Martha Neighbors |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Betsy Burris |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Miss Wakeland |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Wilma Stone |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Mrs. Pitcher |
| 1955 | Frontier | |
| 1955 | Jungle Jim | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Mrs. Glick |
| 1954 | Climax! | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Phone Operator |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Gwen |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mrs. Clay |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grace Hunter |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson |