Dorothy Adams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-01-06
Day of Death
1988-03-16 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Hannah, North Dakota, USA
Dorothy Adams
Biography
Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Known For
Acting
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1975)
Peeper
as Mrs. Prendergast
(1974)
(1969)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
(1960)
From the Terrace
as Mrs. Benziger
(1958)
The Big Country
as Hannassey Woman
(1958)
Gunman's Walk
as Martha Stotheby
(1958)
Unwed Mother
as Martha Pauley
(1957)
An Affair to Remember
as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)
(1957)
3:10 to Yuma
as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
(1957)
The Buckskin Lady
as Mrs. Adams
(1957)
Hot Rod Rumble
as Ma Crawford
(1956)
The Ten Commandments
as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
(1956)
The Killing
as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
(1956)
Johnny Concho
as Sarah Dark
(1956)
These Wilder Years
as Aunt Martha
(1956)
The Broken Star
as Mrs. Trail
(1956)
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Helen March
(1955)
The Prodigal
as Carpenter's Wife
(1954)
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
(1952)
Carrie
as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother
(1952)
Fort Osage
as Mrs. Winfield
(1952)
The Winning Team
as Ma Alexander
(1952)
The Living Bible
as Sick Woman
(1952)
Jet Job
as Mrs. Kovak
(1951)
Home Town Story
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1951)
The First Legion
as Mrs. Dunn
(1950)
The Outriders
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
(1950)
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Saleslady (uncredited)
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)
(1949)
He Walked by Night
as Milk Customer
(1949)
Not Wanted
as Mrs. Kelton
(1948)
The Sainted Sisters
as Widow Davitt
(1947)
Unconquered
as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)
(1947)
The Foxes of Harrow
as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
(1947)
That's My Man
as Millie
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Cameron
(1946)
Nocturne
as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
(1946)
O.S.S.
as Claudette (uncredited)
(1946)
Sentimental Journey
as Martha (uncredited)
(1946)
A Boy and His Dog
as Mrs. Allen
(1946)
The Inner Circle
as Emma Wilson
(1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Mrs. Johnson
(1945)
Fallen Angel
as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Bolger's wife
(1945)
Keep Your Powder Dry
as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Nurse
(1945)
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
(1945)
Phantoms, Inc.
as Dr. Trykel's Associate
(1945)
Guest Pests
as Woman of the House
(1944)
Laura
as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
(1944)
Bathing Beauty
as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)
(1944)
Since You Went Away
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1944)
Dark Shadows
as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Irma Emerson
(1942)
Lady Gangster
as Deaf Annie
(1942)
Joe Smith, American
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1941)
Penny Serenade
as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
(1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Elvy
(1941)
Tobacco Road
as Susie Mae (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
(1941)
The Flame of New Orleans
as Giraud's Cousin Sybil
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Mrs. Marcy
(1941)
Bedtime Story
as Betsy
(1941)
Highway West
as Wife (uncredited)
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
Cross-Country Romance
as Emmy
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)
(1940)
Untamed
as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
Babies for Sale
as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office
(1940)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Indigent Woman
(1940)
The Fight for Life
as The Young Woman
(1939)
The Women
as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
(1939)
Ninotchka
as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Florist (uncredited)
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Nurse
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Second Fortune Teller
(1938)
Broadway Musketeers
as Anna