From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaDorothy Appleby (January 6, 1906 – August 9, 1990) was an American film actress. She appeared in over 50 films between 1931 and 1943. Appleby gained early acting experience as an understudy and a chorus member in plays in New York City. A newspaper article reported that Appleby came to New York fresh from winning a Maine beauty contest.Appleby was seen in many supporting roles, almost always in short subjects or low-budget feature films. She never progressed to leading roles in important pictures because of her height, which made her difficult to cast The trim brunette stood just over five feet tall, and her early leading men (like comedian Charley Chase) towered over her.She soon found steady if not prestigious work in Columbia Pictures two-reel comedies. She appeared frequently with The Three Stooges, who were only a few inches taller than she was, and in 1940 she became Buster Keatons leading lady, for the same reason her height complemented his. She worked with Columbia comics Andy Clyde, El Brendel, and Hugh Herbert, and she had an uncredited part in John Fords Stagecoach.Some of her Stooge comedies were Loco Boy Makes Good, So Long Mr. Chumps, and In the Sweet Pie and Pie. One memorable appearance was as Mexican brunette Rosita in 1940s Cookoo Cavaliers. In the film, Appleby gets clobbered by the Stooges when a facial mud pack made of cement dries on her face. Her petite figure belied her age, and she continued to play younger roles into the 1940s. One of her last screen roles was a one-line bit (playing a college co-ed at age 35) in the 1941 Jane Withers feature Small Town Deb.

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Manpower

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Under Eighteen

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As the Earth Turns

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Riffraff

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Charlie Chan in Paris

Nardi

Movie 1935

The Taming of the Snood

Miss Wilson

Movie 1940

Nothing But Pleasure

Mrs. Plunkett

Movie 1940

Pardon My Berth Marks

Mary Crissman

Movie 1940

General Nuisance

Dorothy - Army nurse

Movie 1941

His Ex Marks the Spot

His wife

Movie 1940

The Spook Speaks

Newlywed wife

Movie 1940

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Dagmar Spiggott, the wife

Movie 1943

From Nurse to Worse

Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

Tessie

Movie 1940

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

Tiska Jones

Movie 1941

What's the Matador?

O'Brien's Secretary

Movie 1942

Loco Boy Makes Good

Twitchell's Girl

Movie 1942

Convicted Woman

Daisy

Movie 1940

So Long Mr. Chumps

Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Cookoo Cavaliers

Rosita (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Paradise Express

Kay Carson

Movie 1937

Small Town Boy

Sandra French

Movie 1937

The Flying Irishman

Maybelle

Movie 1939

Let 'em Have It

Lola McArdle

Movie 1935

Two Heads on a Pillow

Mitzie LaVerne

Movie 1934

Live, Love and Learn

Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)

Movie 1937

Fate's Fathead

Dorothy Chase

Movie 1934

Stagecoach

Girl in Saloon (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Women

Treatment Girl (uncredited)

Movie 1939

High Sierra

Margie (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Make a Wish

Telephone Girl

Movie 1937

Trick for Trick

Maisie Henry

Movie 1933

North of Nome

Ruby

Movie 1936

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

Aggie

Movie 1942

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Woman in Book Store (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Making the Headlines

Claire Sandford

Movie 1938

Gold Rush Maisie

Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)

Movie 1940

King of the Wild Horses

Napeeta

Movie 1933

I Give My Love

Alice Henley

Movie 1934

Black Eyes and Blues

Helen Potts Harmon

Movie 1941

School for Girls

Florence Burns

Movie 1934

Jail Birds of Paradise

Miss Deering, Prison Warder

Movie 1934

The Devil's Pipeline

Stewardess

Movie 1940

You Said a Hatful!

Dorothy

Movie 1934

The Three Stooges Follies

Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)

Movie 1974