Dorothy Adams

Acting

Born: 1900-01-06 in Hannah, North Dakota, USA

Died: 1988-03-16

Biography

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

Acting

The Killing

Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

The Best Years of Our Lives

Mrs. Cameron

Laura

Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)

The Devil Commands

Mrs. Marcy

There's No Business Like Show Business

Nurse (uncredited)

Lady Gangster

Deaf Annie

The Women

Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

The Big Country

Hannassey Woman

The Greatest Show on Earth

Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Home Town Story

Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

Bolger's wife

Johnny Concho

Sarah Dark

The Flame of New Orleans

Giraud's Cousin Sybil

Bathing Beauty

Ms. Hanney (uncredited)

These Wilder Years

Aunt Martha

The Falcon in San Francisco

Chambermaid (uncredited)

The Inner Circle

Emma Wilson

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark

Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

The Jackpot

Saleslady (uncredited)

O.S.S.

Claudette (uncredited)

The Winning Team

Ma Alexander

Not Wanted

Mrs. Kelton

So Proudly We Hail

Lt. Irma Emerson

The Cariboo Trail

Unconquered

Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)

Three for Jamie Dawn

Helen March

The Sainted Sisters

Widow Davitt

On Borrowed Time

Florist (uncredited)

That's My Man

Millie

From the Terrace

Mrs. Benziger

Guest Pests

Woman of the House

The First Legion

Mrs. Dunn

Miss Susie Slagle's

Mrs. Johnson

The Prodigal

Carpenter's Wife

The Foxes of Harrow

Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)

Tobacco Road

Susie Mae (uncredited)

Penny Serenade

Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)

Condemned Women

Nurse

The Living Bible

Sick Woman

Carrie

Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother

Calling Dr. Kildare

Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

A Child is Born

Nurse (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

Secretary (uncredited)

Dark Shadows

Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)

The Buckskin Lady

Mrs. Adams

Ninotchka

Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

Hot Rod Rumble

Ma Crawford

Untamed

3rd Nurse (uncredited)

Sentimental Journey

Martha (uncredited)

Bedtime Story

Betsy

3:10 to Yuma

Mrs. Potter (uncredited)

Babies for Sale

Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office

Gunman's Walk

Martha Stotheby

Cross-Country Romance

Emmy

Captain Eddie

Nurse

Since You Went Away

Nurse (uncredited)

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

Indigent Woman

Lucky Partners

Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)

The Fight for Life

The Young Woman

Phantoms, Inc.

Dr. Trykel's Associate

Broadway Musketeers

Anna

Fort Osage

Mrs. Winfield

The Shepherd of the Hills

Elvy

He Walked by Night

Milk Customer

Unwed Mother

Martha Pauley

A Boy and His Dog

Mrs. Allen

The Ten Commandments

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

Samson and Delilah

Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)

The Broken Star

Mrs. Trail

Joe Smith, American

Nurse (uncredited)

Crime Ring

Second Fortune Teller

Virginia Hill

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Highway West

Wife (uncredited)

An Affair to Remember

Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Nocturne

Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)

Peeper

Mrs. Prendergast

One Foot in Heaven

Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

Keep Your Powder Dry

WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)

The Outriders

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Jet Job

Mrs. Kovak

The Killing

Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly

The Best Years of Our Lives

Mrs. Cameron

Laura

Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)

The Devil Commands

Mrs. Marcy

There's No Business Like Show Business

Nurse (uncredited)

Lady Gangster

Deaf Annie

The Women

Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

The Big Country

Hannassey Woman

The Greatest Show on Earth

Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Home Town Story

Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

Bolger's wife

Johnny Concho

Sarah Dark

The Flame of New Orleans

Giraud's Cousin Sybil

Bathing Beauty

Ms. Hanney (uncredited)

These Wilder Years

Aunt Martha

The Falcon in San Francisco

Chambermaid (uncredited)

The Inner Circle

Emma Wilson

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark

Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

The Jackpot

Saleslady (uncredited)

O.S.S.

Claudette (uncredited)

The Winning Team

Ma Alexander

Not Wanted

Mrs. Kelton

So Proudly We Hail

Lt. Irma Emerson

The Cariboo Trail

Unconquered

Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)

Three for Jamie Dawn

Helen March

The Sainted Sisters

Widow Davitt

On Borrowed Time

Florist (uncredited)

That's My Man

Millie

From the Terrace

Mrs. Benziger

Guest Pests

Woman of the House

The First Legion

Mrs. Dunn

Miss Susie Slagle's

Mrs. Johnson

The Prodigal

Carpenter's Wife

The Foxes of Harrow

Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)

Tobacco Road

Susie Mae (uncredited)

Penny Serenade

Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)

Condemned Women

Nurse

The Living Bible

Sick Woman

Carrie

Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother

Calling Dr. Kildare

Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

A Child is Born

Nurse (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

Secretary (uncredited)

Dark Shadows

Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)

The Buckskin Lady

Mrs. Adams

Ninotchka

Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

Hot Rod Rumble

Ma Crawford

Untamed

3rd Nurse (uncredited)

Sentimental Journey

Martha (uncredited)

Bedtime Story

Betsy

3:10 to Yuma

Mrs. Potter (uncredited)

Babies for Sale

Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office

Gunman's Walk

Martha Stotheby

Cross-Country Romance

Emmy

Captain Eddie

Nurse

Since You Went Away

Nurse (uncredited)

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

Indigent Woman

Lucky Partners

Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)

The Fight for Life

The Young Woman

Phantoms, Inc.

Dr. Trykel's Associate

Broadway Musketeers

Anna

Fort Osage

Mrs. Winfield

The Shepherd of the Hills

Elvy

He Walked by Night

Milk Customer

Unwed Mother

Martha Pauley

A Boy and His Dog

Mrs. Allen

The Ten Commandments

Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

Samson and Delilah

Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)

The Broken Star

Mrs. Trail

Joe Smith, American

Nurse (uncredited)

Crime Ring

Second Fortune Teller

Virginia Hill

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

We Who Are Young

Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)

Highway West

Wife (uncredited)

An Affair to Remember

Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Nocturne

Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)

Peeper

Mrs. Prendergast

One Foot in Heaven

Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)

Keep Your Powder Dry

WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)

The Outriders

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Jet Job

Mrs. Kovak