Dorothy Appleby(1906-1990)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
This pretty, apple-cheeked brunette was in many supporting roles in
many 1930s and 1940s films. She is best remembered as a supporting
player in Columbia two-reel comedies, opposite such legends as the
Three Stooges, Buster Keaton, Andy Clyde, and Harry Langdon. Dorothy made her stage
debut at the tender age of just 2 ½, in East Lynne at the Portland
Theatre. She became "Ms. Maine" in a beauty contest, selected by
Rudolph Valentino. Her stage roles included Helen Of Troy, Young
Sinners, and Springtime For Henry. Dorothy entered films in 1932, and
appeared in numerous roles in movie such as Under Eighteen (1931), As the Earth Turns (1934) (as
leading lady Jean Muir's troublesome stepsister), I Give My Love (1934), High Sierra (1940), and
Manpower (1941). Thanks to the wonder of television, and the constant
popularity of the Three Stooges, she is seen almost daily around the
world wherever the Stooge shorts are aired. Some of Dorothy's hobbies
were swimming, roller-skating, painting, and poetry. She retired from
the big screen in 1942, and married musician Paul Drake soon
thereafter. They were married until her passing on August 9,
1990.