Dorothea "Dot" Farley[1] (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971)[citation needed] was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures from 1910 to 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley.[2]
Dot Farley | |
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 Farley c. 1923 | |
| Born | Dorothea Farley February 6, 1881 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 1971 (aged 90) |
| Other names | Dorothy Farley |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1910–1950 |
Biography
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Born in Chicago, Dorothea Farley was the daughter of Eugene Farley and actress Alma Streeter.[3] Her nickname originated when she sang and danced on stage billed as "Chicago's Little Dot" when she was three years old.[1]
Farley gained acting experience by working for six years in stock theater[3] and made her film debut in 1910.[4] Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days, she also appeared in Western films in the early 1910s.[2] She was later notable as the mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios.
Farley was also a writer, with 260 of her stories having been produced by 1924.[5]
Death
editFarley died in South Pasadena, California on May 2, 1971, age 90.[2]
Selected filmography
edit- Murphy's I.O.U. (1913, Short) – Wife
- The Bangville Police (1913, Short) – Della's Mother
- Passions, He Had Three (1913, Short)
- Peeping Pete (1913, Short)
- Fatty Joins the Force (1913, Short) – Fatty's Sweetheart (uncredited)
- Some Nerve (1913, Short) – The Wife
- The Price of Crime (1914) – Dorothea Vale
- The Toll of the War-Path (1914) – Bess
- Even Unto Death (1914) – Dorothea Gordon
- Inherited Passions (1916) – Masie Williams
- A Small Town Idol (1921) – Mrs. Smith
- Home Talent (1921) – Boarder
- The Crossroads of New York (1922) – Landlady
- When Knights Were Cold (1923, Short) – (uncredited)
- Tea: With a Kick! (1923) – Mrs. Juniper
- The Acquittal (1923) – Maid
- Boy of Mine (1923) – Mrs. Pettis
- The Mask of Lopez (1924) – Townswoman
- Picking Peaches (1924) as The Customer
- Listen Lester (1924) – Miss Pink
- A Self-Made Failure (1924) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Enemy Sex (1924) – Ida Summers
- The Signal Tower (1924) – Cousin Gertie
- The Fatal Mistake (1924)
- Vanity's Price (1924) – Katherine, Vanna's maid
- So Big (1924) – Widow Paarlenburg
- Border Intrigue (1925) – Tough's Sister
- My Son (1925) – Hattie Smith
- The Three Way Trail (1925)
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925, Short) – Townswoman (uncredited)
- Rugged Water (1925) – Mrs. Fuller
- The Unchastened Woman (1925)
- The Red Kimona (1925) – The Inquisitive One
- A Woman of the World (1925) – Mrs. Fox
- The Lure of the Track (1925)
- Memory Lane (1926) – Maid
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926) – The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- The Little Irish Girl (1926) – Gertie
- Brooding Eyes (1926) – Marie De Costa
- The Still Alarm (1926) – Mrs. Maloney
- Money Talks (1926) – Mrs. Chatterton
- So This Is Paris (1926) – Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- Honesty – The Best Policy (1926) – Author's Wife (added sequence)
- The Family Upstairs (1926) – Mademoiselle Clarice
- Young April (1926) – Maggie
- The Timid Terror (1926) – Mrs. Milliken
- Nobody's Widow (1927) – Roxanna's Maid
- The Overland Stage (1927) – Aunt Viney
- McFadden's Flats (1927) – Bridget Maloney
- Girl in the Rain (1927)
- The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
- All Aboard (1927) – Aunt Patsy
- The King of Kings (1927) – Maidservant of Caiaphas
- Yours to Command (1927) – Ma O'Brien
- The Lost Limited (1927)
- His First Flame (1927) – Mrs. Benedict
- The Climbers (1927) – Juana
- The Tired Business Man (1927) – Mrs. McGinnis
- Topsy and Eva (1927) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- Breakfast at Sunrise (1927) – Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Girl from Everywhere (1927) – Madame Zweibach
- The Garden of Eden (1928) – Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Lady Be Good (1928) – Texas West
- Black Feather (1928)
- The Code of the Scarlet (1928) – Widow Malone
- The Head Man (1928) – Mrs. Denny
- Celebrity (1928) – Mother
- Should a Girl Marry? (1928) – Mae Reynolds
- Marquis Preferred (1929) – Mrs. Gruger
- Divorce Made Easy (1929) – Aunt Emma
- Why Leave Home? (1929) – Susan
- Harmony at Home (1930) – The Modiste
- The Unholy Three (1930) – Woman Buying Parrot (uncredited)
- Road to Paradise (1930) – Lola
- The Little Accident (1930) – Mrs.Van Dine
- The Third Alarm (1930) – Woman Barber
- The Front Page (1931) – Madame (uncredited)
- A Woman of Experience (1931) – Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
- Dancing Dynamite (1931) – Effie
- The Law of the Tong (1931) – Madam Duval
- While Paris Sleeps (1932) – Concierge
- Trapped in Tia Juana (1932) – Aunt Emma
- Lawyer Man (1932) – Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- Curtain at Eight (1933) – Ella – Party Guest
- Love Past Thirty (1934) – Dressmaker
- Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) – Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- Diamond Jim (1935) -Barmaid (uncredited)
- False Pretenses (1935) – Mrs. Smythe
- Ring Around the Moon (1936) – Bella
- Dummy Ache (1936, Short) – Florence's Mother
- Wanted! Jane Turner (1936) – Landlady (uncredited)
- Arizona Mahoney (1936) – Woman at Circus (uncredited)
- Love Is News (1937) – Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
- We Have Our Moments (1937) – (uncredited)
- Too Many Wives (1937) – Mrs. Potts
- Rustlers' Valley (1937) – Mrs. Anson (uncredited)
- The Purple Vigilantes (1938) – Suffrogate (uncredited)
- The Road to Reno (1938) – Mrs. Brumleigh
- The Stranger from Arizona (1938) – Martha
- Slander House (1938) – Mrs. Willis
- Lawless Valley (1938) – Anna
- I Stole a Million (1939) – Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Women (1939) – Large Woman (uncredited)
- $1,000 a Touchdown (1939) – Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
- We Go Fast (1941) – Hempstead's Cook (uncredited)
- Look Who's Laughing (1941) – Mrs. Mary Blaize (uncredited)
- Obliging Young Lady (1942) – Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) – Party Guest (Fields sequence) (uncredited)
- Cat People (1942) – Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
- Hers to Hold (1943) – Wife of Soldier (uncredited)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) – Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
- San Fernando Valley (1944) – Hattie O'Toole
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) – Smoke's Secretary (uncredited)
- They Won't Believe Me (1947) – Emma (uncredited)
- Fighting Father Dunne (1948) – Mrs. Monohan (uncredited)
- The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) – Woman Prisoner (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ a b Willis, Richard (November 1914). "Dot Farley: Comedienne, Tragedienne and Photoplaywright". Photoplay Magazine: 139–141. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c Boggs, Johnny D. (2014). Jesse James and the Movies. McFarland. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7864-8496-6. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Cassara, Bill. Edgar Kennedy: Master of the Slow Burn. BearManor Media. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ Walker, Brent E. (2013). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-7864-7711-1. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ "Dot Farley Is Successful Writer". The Perry Journal. Oklahoma, Perry. April 24, 1924. p. 7. Retrieved July 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dot Farley.
- Works by or about Dot Farley at the Internet Archive
- Dot Farley at IMDb
- Dot Farley Archived August 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine at Women Film Pioneers Project