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 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

Known For: Acting

Born: Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 1899-06-20

Died: 1976-09-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1918	The House Cleaning Horrors	Dorothy	0
2	1918	The Law of the North		0
3	1918	String Beans	Minor Role	0
4	1918	Know Thy Wife	Betty Browning	48
5	1919	The Girl Dodger		0
6	1919	'Twas Midnight		0
7	1920	45 Minutes from Broadway	Mary Jane Jenkins	0
8	1921	Magnificent Brute		0
9	1921	Nothing Like It		0
10	1921	Saving Sister Susie		0
11	1923	Winter Has Came	Mary	0
12	1923	Pick and Shovel		60
13	1923	Navy Blues	Mrs. James Warren	0
14	1923	Kidding Katie	Katie	50
15	1924	Stay Single		60
16	1924	Getting Gertie's Goat	Gertie	50
17	1924	Hold Your Breath	Mabel	55
18	1924	The Tomboy	Tommy Smith	0
19	1925	The Narrow Street	Doris	0
20	1925	Who Cares	Joan	0
21	1925	The Prairie Wife	Chaddie Green	0
22	1925	A Broadway Butterfly	Irene Astaire	0
23	1925	How Baxter Butted In	Beulah Dyer	0
24	1925	His Majesty, Bunker Bean	Marie Breede	0
25	1925	The Midnight Flyer	Mary Baxter	0
26	1926	The Man Upstairs	Marion Larnard	0
27	1926	The Gilded Highway	Primrose Welby	0
28	1926	Senor Daredevil	Sally Blake	0
29	1927	The Wrong Mr. Wright	Teddy	0
30	1930	Take the Heir	Susan	0
31	1939	Miracle on Main Street	Woman in Church	56

Dorothy Devore

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