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Dorothy Devore
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Dorothy Devore (June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976) was a leading and popular American silent-film actor and comedian in her time. Born as Alma Inez Williams in Fort Worth, Texas in 1899, her family soon moved to Los Angeles when she was still a young girl. It was there where she completed her education and then joined a musical comedy company, with which she appeared for one year. She then went to Lyons and Moran comedies at Universal Pictures. It was at Universal where she was "discovered" by director/producer Al Christie, one of the most famous comedic moviemakers of the era. She began playing in small parts in films for Christie, but soon received leads and moved from one-reelers to two-…
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Dorothy Devore (June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976) was a leading and popular American silent-film actor and comedian in her time. Born as Alma Inez Williams in Fort Worth, Texas in 1899, her family soon moved to Los Angeles when she was still a young girl. It was there where she completed her education and then joined a musical comedy company, with which she appeared for one year. She then went to Lyons and Moran comedies at Universal Pictures. It was at Universal where she was "discovered" by director/producer Al Christie, one of the most famous comedic moviemakers of the era. She began playing in small parts in films for Christie, but soon received leads and moved from one-reelers to two-reelers, which would make her a star. Dorothy became very popular in the film industry during the period of 1918 until the late 1920s. She was a talented actress, specializing especially in comedic roles, for which she is remembered, such as in Know Thy Wife (1918), directed by Al Christie. Dorothy was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. During a good deal of her career, she achieved stardom in the comedic two-reel Christie Comedies, released through Educational. When the chance arose for Dorothy to begin making longer, feature films, she decided to stay with what she was doing at that moment: two-reelers, where she had already attracted a good deal of attention. A little time after her career kicked off, Christie loaned her out to play the female lead opposite Charles Ray in 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920), in which she had great success. Following this film, she declined several feature film offers and immediately returned to two-reelers. She made several successful films which established her as one of the screen's most talented comedians of the era. She made her last film, Take the Heir, in 1930, and began her retirement from the movies. She married theater owner Albert Wylie Mather in 1926. Devore died in 1976 in Woodland Hills, California, aged 77, from undisclosed causes. --From Wikipedia
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Dorothy Devore's Filmography
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Miracle on Main Street
as Woman in Church
No Poster
Take the Heir
as Susan
Mountains of Manhattan
as Marion Wright
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Teddy
Money to Burn
as Dolores Valdez
Senor Daredevil
as Sally Blake
The Social Highwayman
as Elsie Van Tyler
The Gilded Highway
as Primrose Welby
The Man Upstairs
as Marion Larnard
The Midnight Flyer
as Mary Baxter
Three Weeks in Paris
as Mary Brown
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Marie Breede
Fighting the Flames
as Alice Doran
How Baxter Butted In
as Beulah Dyer
A Broadway Butterfly
as Irene Astaire
The Prairie Wife
as Chaddie Green
Who Cares
as Joan
The Narrow Street
as Doris
The Tomboy
as Tommy Smith
Hold Your Breath
as Mabel
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Gertie
Stay Single
Kidding Katie
as Katie
Navy Blues
as Mrs. James Warren
Pick and Shovel
No Poster
Winter Has Came
as Mary
Fair Enough
as Dolly aka Dolly the Dip
Saving Sister Susie
No Poster
Nothing Like It
No Poster
Magnificent Brute
45 Minutes from Broadway
as Mary Jane Jenkins
No Poster
'Twas Midnight
The Girl Dodger
Know Thy Wife
as Betty Browning
String Beans
as Minor Role
The Law of the North
No Poster
The House Cleaning Horrors
as Dorothy