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Dorothy Adams was an American character actress of stage, film and television.
Born
Monday, 08 January 1900
Died
Wednesday, 16 March 1988
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actress 'Laura' | 1991 |
| Peeper | Mrs. Prendergast | 1975 |
| Apple's Way | Ruth Huston | 1974 |
| The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mrs. Pierce | 1969 |
| Ironside | Mrs. Twickenham | 1967 |
| The F.B.I. | Olive Spooner | 1965 |
| The Great Adventure | Mrs. Woodhaven | 1963 |
| Whispering Smith | Mrs. Ward | 1961 |
| From the Terrace | Mrs. Benziger | 1960 |
| The Rebel | Mrs. Colburn | 1959 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actress 'Laura' | 1991 |
| Peeper | Mrs. Prendergast | 1975 |
| Apple's Way | Ruth Huston | 1974 |
| The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Mrs. Pierce | 1969 |
| Ironside | Mrs. Twickenham | 1967 |
| The F.B.I. | Olive Spooner | 1965 |
| The Great Adventure | Mrs. Woodhaven | 1963 |
| Whispering Smith | Mrs. Ward | 1961 |
| From the Terrace | Mrs. Benziger | 1960 |
| The Rebel | Mrs. Colburn | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Canfield | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Mrs. Garnett | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Martha Neighbors | 1959 |
| Markham | Mrs. Potter | 1959 |
| The Lawless Years | Sarah Rosen | 1959 |
| Unwed Mother | Mrs. Paully / Martha Pauley | 1958 |
| The Big Country | Hannassey Woman | 1958 |
| Gunman's Walk | Martha Stotheby / Mrs. Stotheby | 1958 |
| Trackdown | Dora Wilson / Mrs. Zeigler / Widow Harper | 1957 |
| Suspicion | Grace Jackson | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Wilma Stone / Betsy Burris | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Lorrie Smith / Laura Clinton | 1957 |
| 3:10 to Yuma | Mrs. Potter | 1957 |
| An Affair to Remember | Mother at Rehearsal | 1957 |
| The Buckskin Lady | Mrs. Adams | 1957 |
| Hot Rod Rumble | Ma Crawford | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Miss Wakeland | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Mrs. Childers / Mrs. Jordan / Mrs. Klein | 1957 |
| Panic! | Mrs. Ambrose | 1957 |
| West Point | Mother | 1956 |
| The Ten Commandments | Hebrew at Rameses' Gate / Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf | 1956 |
| Dr. Christian | Suzy | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Grace Ranker / Mrs. Jaekel / Mrs. James | 1956 |
| These Wilder Years | Aunt Martha | 1956 |
| Three for Jamie Dawn | Helen March | 1956 |
| Johnny Concho | Sarah Dark | 1956 |
| The Killing | Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly / Ruthie O'Reilly | 1956 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Mrs. Hopkins' Maid | 1956 |
| Broken Star, The | Mrs. Trail | 1956 |
| The Broken Star | Mrs. Trail | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Al's Wife | 1955 |
| Jungle Jim | Emily Haddock | 1955 |
| Frontier | Mrs. Noonan | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Mrs. Glick / Mrs. Pitcher | 1955 |
| The Prodigal | Carpenter's Wife | 1955 |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Mrs. Crawford | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Aunt Nellie | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Mrs. O'Brien | 1955 |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Nurse | 1954 |
| Climax! | Mrs. Piersall / Irma Watson | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Mrs. Ederly / (archive footage) | 1954 |
| Medic | Mrs. Jackson | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Mrs. Usher | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Mrs. Ziegler / Mrs. Pollard | 1954 |
| Rose Marie | Townswoman | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Mrs. Morgan | 1954 |
| Topper | Madame Caza | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Hester / Miss Fordham / The Housekeeper | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Gwen | 1953 |
| Your Play Time | Hester | 1953 |
| You Are There | Mrs. Munson | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mrs. Clay / Second Phone Operator | 1953 |
| I Led 3 Lives | Mrs. Ballard | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Lady on the Entertainment Committee / Bazaar Guest / Agatha | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Miss Fletcher / Mrs. Kimble | 1952 |
| Carrie | Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother / Carrie's Mother | 1952 |
| The Winning Team | Ma Alexander | 1952 |
| Jet Job | Mrs. Kovak | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Amelia Griffen | 1952 |
| Fort Osage | Mrs. Winfield | 1952 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Sam's Wife | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | Miss Fordham | 1952 |
| The Living Bible | Sick Woman | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Mabel Hartford | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Grace Hunter | 1951 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Landlady / Mrs. Raymond / Mrs. Trumbull / Mrs. Williams | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Mrs. Martin | 1951 |
| Home Town Story | Hospital Nurse | 1951 |
| The First Legion | Mrs. Dunn | 1951 |
| The Jackpot | Watch Saleswoman - Store Employee | 1950 |
| Big Town | Mrs. Allen | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Hannah | 1950 |
| The Cariboo Trail | Nurse | 1950 |
| The Outriders | Farmer's Wife | 1950 |
| Montana | Kitty Maynard | 1950 |
| Paid in Full | Emily Burroughs - Nurse | 1950 |
| Samson and Delilah | Screaming Temple Spectator | 1949 |
| Not Wanted | Mrs. Aggie Kelton | 1949 |
| Down to the Sea in Ships | Miss Hopkins | 1949 |
| He Walked by Night | Paranoid Housewife / Milk Customer | 1949 |
| The Sainted Sisters | Widow Davitt | 1948 |
| Sitting Pretty | Mrs. Goul | 1948 |
| Unconquered | Woman Beside Garth Happy at Bagpipes | 1947 |
| The Foxes of Harrow | Mrs. Sara Fox | 1947 |
| The Trouble with Women | Henry's Mother | 1947 |
| That's My Man | Millie | 1947 |
| A Boy and His Dog | Mrs. Allen | 1946 |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | Mrs. Cameron | 1946 |
| Nocturne | Angry Apartment House Tenant | 1946 |
| The Inner Circle | Emma Wilson | 1946 |
| O.S.S. | Claudette | 1946 |
| Miss Susie Slagle's | Mrs. Johnson | 1946 |
| Sentimental Journey | Martha | 1946 |
| Fallen Angel | Stella's Neighbor | 1945 |
| The Falcon in San Francisco | Hotel Maid | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Nurse | 1945 |
| Phantoms, Inc. | Dr. Trykel's Associate | 1945 |
| Circumstantial Evidence | Bolger's Wife | 1945 |
| Keep Your Powder Dry | WAC Seamstress #2 | 1945 |
| Dark Shadows | Mrs. Mary Abbott | 1944 |
| Laura | Bessie Clary, Laura's Maid | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Nurse | 1944 |
| Bathing Beauty | Miss Hanney | 1944 |
| O, My Darling Clementine | Dancer | 1943 |
| So Proudly We Hail! | Lt. Irma Emerson | 1943 |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Mrs. Alberts | 1942 |
| The Gay Sisters | Nurse | 1942 |
| Lady Gangster | Deaf Annie | 1942 |
| Joe Smith, American | Nurse | 1942 |
| Bedtime Story | Betsy | 1941 |
| Glamour Boy | Mr. Devin - Fruit Stand Proprietress | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Woman Behind Hope at Baptism | 1941 |
| Whistling in the Dark | Mrs. Farrell | 1941 |
| Highway West | Wife | 1941 |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | Elvy | 1941 |
| Affectionately Yours | Reception Nurse at Hospital | 1941 |
| Penny Serenade | Mother in Stalled Car | 1941 |
| The Flame of New Orleans | Cousin / Giraud's Cousin Sybil | 1941 |
| Tobacco Road | Payne's Secretary | 1941 |
| Back Street | Mrs. Brown | 1941 |
| The Devil Commands | Mrs. Marcy | 1941 |
| Nobody's Children | Mrs. Alice Stone | 1940 |
| Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Indigent Woman | 1940 |
| Lucky Partners | Maid at Ethel's | 1940 |
| We Who Are Young | Bellevue Hospital Nurse | 1940 |
| Cross-Country Romance | Emmy | 1940 |
| Untamed | 3rd Nurse | 1940 |
| Babies for Sale | Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office | 1940 |
| The Fight for Life | The Young Woman | 1940 |
| A Child Is Born | Nurse | 1940 |
| Ninotchka | Swana's Maid | 1939 |
| Disputed Passage | Nurse | 1939 |
| The Women | Miss Atkinson | 1939 |
| Career | Telephone Operator | 1939 |
| On Borrowed Time | Florist | 1939 |
| Mickey the Kid | Student's Mother | 1939 |
| Bachelor Mother | Secretary | 1939 |
| Calling Dr. Kildare | Jenny's Mother | 1939 |
| Broadway Musketeers | Anna, Judy's Governess / Anna | 1938 |
| Crime Ring | Second Fortune Teller | 1938 |
| Condemned Women | Nurse | 1938 |
| Pulling a Bone | Mae | 1931 |
