
Acting
Also Known As: Mrs. Dave O'Brien
Birth Date
June 29, 1915
Death Date
June 4, 1963
(passed away at 47)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Short (1915 - 1963) was an American film actress mainly in low-budget westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Philadelphia, she married actor Dave O'Brien in 1936, the same year they appeared together in the low-budget exploitation cheapie Reefer Madness, which in modern times has become a well-known cult film. She also appeared in another anti-marijuana film Assassin of Youth in 1937. She often appeared alongside her husband in various 'B' pictures and the Pete Smith series of comedy shorts, in which O'Brien played the lead on many occasions during the 1940s. After their divorce in 1954, Short retired from film acting, and died nine years later at age 47. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Short, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Student
1938

Joyce Edwards
1942

Laddie Gray
1938

Marjorie 'Marge' Barry
1938

Linda Mason
1941

Jacqueline Starr
1938
Mrs. George T. Hardnose
1950

Wife (uncredited)
1948
The Wife (uncredited)
1947

Jean Hall
1938

Nora Pryde
1938

Mary
1938
The Wife (uncredited)
1948

Mona Andrews
1935

Student
1934

Nancy Nordick
1941

Ann (uncredited)
1936
The Wife (uncredited)
1946

Ann Markham
1940

Alice Goodwin
1940