- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1899
- Place of Birth
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Died
- September 10, 1976
Dorothy Devore
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 r…
Filmography
movieMiracle on Main Street
1939 · Woman in Church
Take the Heir
movieTake the Heir
1930 · Susan
movieMountains of Manhattan
1927 · Marion Wright
movieThe Wrong Mr. Wright
1927 · Teddy
movieMoney to Burn
1926 · Dolores Valdez
movieSenor Daredevil
1926 · Sally Blake
movieThe Social Highwayman
1926 · Elsie Van Tyler
movieThe Gilded Highway
1926 · Primrose Welby
movieThe Man Upstairs
1926 · Marion Larnard
movieThe Midnight Flyer
1925 · Mary Baxter
movieThree Weeks in Paris
1925 · Mary Brown
movieHis Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925 · Marie Breede
movieFighting the Flames
1925 · Alice Doran
movieHow Baxter Butted In
1925 · Beulah Dyer
movieA Broadway Butterfly
1925 · Irene Astaire
movieThe Prairie Wife
1925 · Chaddie Green
movieWho Cares
1925 · Joan
movieThe Narrow Street
1925 · Doris
movieThe Tomboy
1924 · Tommy Smith
movieHold Your Breath
1924 · Mabel
movieGetting Gertie's Goat
1924 · Gertie
movieStay Single
1924
movieKidding Katie
1923 · Katie
movieNavy Blues
1923 · Mrs. James Warren
moviePick and Shovel
1923
Winter Has Came
movieWinter Has Came
1923 · Mary
movieFair Enough
1922 · Dolly aka Dolly the Dip
movieSaving Sister Susie
1921
Nothing Like It
movieNothing Like It
1921
Magnificent Brute
movieMagnificent Brute
1921
movie45 Minutes from Broadway
1920 · Mary Jane Jenkins
'Twas Midnight
movie'Twas Midnight
1919
movieThe Girl Dodger
1919
movieKnow Thy Wife
1918 · Betty Browning
movieString Beans
1918 · Minor Role
movieThe Law of the North
1918
The House Cleaning Horrors
movieThe House Cleaning Horrors
1918 · Dorothy