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.
Nardi
Film 1935
Miss Wilson
Film 1940
Mrs. Plunkett
Film 1940
Mary Crissman
Film 1940
Dorothy - Army nurse
Film 1941
His wife
Film 1940
Newlywed wife
Film 1940
Dagmar Spiggott, the wife
Film 1943
Dr. Lerious' Receptionist (uncredited)
Film 1940
Tessie
Film 1940
Tiska Jones
Film 1941
O'Brien's Secretary
Film 1942
Twitchell's Girl
Film 1942
Daisy
Film 1940
Pomeroy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Film 1941
Rosita (uncredited)
Film 1940
Kay Carson
Film 1937
Sandra French
Film 1937
Maybelle
Film 1939
Lola McArdle
Film 1935
Mitzie LaVerne
Film 1934
Lou - Bob's Model (uncredited)
Film 1937
Dorothy Chase
Film 1934
Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
Film 1939
Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Film 1939
Margie (uncredited)
Film 1941
Telephone Girl
Film 1937
Maisie Henry
Film 1933
Ruby
Film 1936
Aggie
Film 1942
Woman in Book Store (uncredited)
Film 1940
Claire Sandford
Film 1938
Hatcheck Girl (Uncredited)
Film 1940
Napeeta
Film 1933
Alice Henley
Film 1934
Helen Potts Harmon
Film 1941
Florence Burns
Film 1934
Miss Deering, Prison Warder
Film 1934
Stewardess
Film 1940
Dorothy
Film 1934
Mrs. Plunkett (archive footage)
Film 1974