Dot Farley

Dorothea "Dot" Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures between 1910 and 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dorothea Farley was the daughter of Eugene Farley and actress Alma Streeter. Her nickname originated when she sang and danced on stage billed as "Chicago's Little Dot" when she was three years old.

Farley gained acting experience by working for six years in stock theater and made her film debut in 1910. Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days, she also appeared in Western films in the early 1910s. She was later notable as the mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios.

Farley was also a writer, with 260 of her stories having been produced by 1924.

Death

Farley died in South Pasadena, California on May 2, 1971, aged 90.

Selected filmography

* ''Murphy's I.O.U.'' (1913, Short) – Wife
* '' The Bangville Police'' (1913, Short) – Della's Mother
* ''Passions, He Had Three'' (1913, Short)
* ''Peeping Pete'' (1913, Short)
* '' Fatty Joins the Force'' (1913, Short) – Fatty's Sweetheart (uncredited)
* ''Some Nerve'' (1913, Short) – The Wife
* ''The Price of Crime'' (1914) – Dorothea Vale
* ''The Toll of the War-Path'' (1914) – Bess
* ''Even Unto Death'' (1914) – Dorothea Gordon
* ''Inherited Passions'' (1916) – Masie Williams
* '' A Small Town Idol'' (1921) – Mrs. Smith
* ''Home Talent'' (1921) – Boarder
* '' The Crossroads of New York'' (1922) – Landlady
* '' When Knights Were Cold'' (1923, Short) – (uncredited)
* ''Tea: With a Kick!'' (1923) – Mrs. Juniper
* '' The Acquittal'' (1923) – Maid
* '' Boy of Mine'' (1923) – Mrs. Pettis
* '' The Mask of Lopez'' (1924) – Townswoman
* '' Listen Lester'' (1924) – Miss Pink
* '' A Self-Made Failure'' (1924) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* '' The Enemy Sex'' (1924) – Ida Summers
* '' The Signal Tower'' (1924) – Cousin Gertie
* '' The Fatal Mistake'' (1924)
* '' Vanity's Price'' (1924) – Katherine, Vanna's maid
* '' So Big'' (1924) – Widow Paarlenburg
* ''Border Intrigue'' (1925) – Tough's Sister
* '' My Son'' (1925) – Hattie Smith
* ''The Three Way Trail'' (1925)
* ''Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde'' (1925, Short) – Townswoman (uncredited)
* '' Rugged Water'' (1925) – Mrs. Fuller
* ''The Unchastened Woman'' (1925)
* '' The Red Kimona'' (1925) – The Inquisitive One
* ''A Woman of the World'' (1925) – Mrs. Fox
* ''The Lure of the Track'' (1925)
* '' Memory Lane'' (1926) – Maid
* ''The Grand Duchess and the Waiter'' (1926) – The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
* ''The Little Irish Girl'' (1926) – Gertie
* ''Brooding Eyes'' (1926) – Marie De Costa
* ''The Still Alarm'' (1926) – Mrs. Maloney
* '' Money Talks'' (1926) – Mrs. Chatterton
* '' So This Is Paris'' (1926) – Madame Moreau (uncredited)
* ''Honesty – The Best Policy'' (1926) – Author's Wife (added sequence)
* '' The Family Upstairs'' (1926) – Mademoiselle Clarice
* '' Young April'' (1926) – Maggie
* ''The Timid Terror'' (1926) – Mrs. Milliken
* '' Nobody's Widow'' (1927) – Roxanna's Maid
* ''The Overland Stage'' (1927) – Aunt Viney
* ''McFadden's Flats'' (1927) – Bridget Maloney
* ''Girl in the Rain'' (1927)
* '' The Shamrock and the Rose'' (1927)
* '' All Aboard'' (1927) – Aunt Patsy
* ''The King of Kings'' (1927) – Maidservant of Caiaphas
* '' Yours to Command'' (1927) – Ma O'Brien
* ''The Lost Limited'' (1927)
* '' His First Flame'' (1927) – Mrs. Benedict
* '' The Climbers'' (1927) – Juana
* '' The Tired Business Man'' (1927) – Mrs. McGinnis
* '' Topsy and Eva'' (1927) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* '' Breakfast at Sunrise'' (1927) – Telephone Operator (uncredited)
* '' The Girl from Everywhere'' (1927) – Madame Zweibach
* '' The Garden of Eden'' (1928) – Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
* '' Lady Be Good'' (1928) – Texas West
* ''Black Feather'' (1928)
* '' The Code of the Scarlet'' (1928) – Widow Malone
* '' The Head Man'' (1928) – Mrs. Denny
* ''Celebrity'' (1928) – Mother
* '' Should a Girl Marry?'' (1928) – Mae Reynolds
* '' Marquis Preferred'' (1929) – Mrs. Gruger
* '' Divorce Made Easy'' (1929) – Aunt Emma
* ''Why Leave Home?'' (1929) – Susan
* '' Harmony at Home'' (1930) – The Modiste
* '' The Unholy Three'' (1930) – Woman Buying Parrot (uncredited)
* '' Road to Paradise'' (1930) – Lola
* '' The Little Accident'' (1930) – Mrs.Van Dine
* '' The Third Alarm'' (1930) – Woman Barber
* ''The Front Page'' (1931) – Madame (uncredited)
* ''A Woman of Experience'' (1931) – Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
* ''Dancing Dynamite'' (1931) – Effie
* '' The Law of the Tong'' (1931) – Madam Duval
* ''While Paris Sleeps'' (1932) – Concierge
* ''Trapped in Tia Juana'' (1932) – Aunt Emma
* ''Lawyer Man'' (1932) – Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
* '' Curtain at Eight'' (1933) – Ella – Party Guest
* ''Love Past Thirty'' (1934) – Dressmaker
* ''Down to Their Last Yacht'' (1934) – Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
* '' Diamond Jim'' (1935) -Barmaid (uncredited)
* ''False Pretenses'' (1935) – Mrs. Smythe
* '' Ring Around the Moon'' (1936) – Bella
* '' Dummy Ache'' (1936, Short) – Florence's Mother
* '' Wanted! Jane Turner'' (1936) – Landlady (uncredited)
* '' Arizona Mahoney'' (1936) – Woman at Circus (uncredited)
* ''Love Is News'' (1937) – Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
* '' We Have Our Moments'' (1937) – (uncredited)
* '' Too Many Wives'' (1937) – Mrs. Potts
* '' Rustlers' Valley'' (1937) – Mrs. Anson (uncredited)
* '' The Purple Vigilantes'' (1938) – Suffrogate (uncredited)
* ''The Road to Reno'' (1938) – Mrs. Brumleigh
* ''The Stranger from Arizona'' (1938) – Martha
* '' Slander House'' (1938) – Mrs. Willis
* '' Lawless Valley'' (1938) – Anna
* '' I Stole a Million'' (1939) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* '' The Women'' (1939) – Large Woman (uncredited)
* ''$1,000 a Touchdown'' (1939) – Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
* ''We Go Fast'' (1941) – Hempstead's Cook (uncredited)
* '' Look Who's Laughing'' (1941) – Mrs. Mary Blaize (uncredited)
* '' Obliging Young Lady'' (1942) – Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
* ''Tales of Manhattan'' (1942) – Party Guest (Fields sequence) (uncredited)
* '' Cat People'' (1942) – Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
* '' Hers to Hold'' (1943) – Wife of Soldier (uncredited)
* ''Hail the Conquering Hero'' (1944) – Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
* '' San Fernando Valley'' (1944) – Hattie O'Toole
* ''The Sin of Harold Diddlebock'' (1947) – Smoke's Secretary (uncredited)
* '' They Won't Believe Me'' (1947) – Emma (uncredited)
* ''Fighting Father Dunne'' (1948) – Mrs. Monohan (uncredited)
* '' The File on Thelma Jordon'' (1949) – Woman Prisoner (uncredited)

References

External links

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Dot Farley
at Women Film Pioneers Project

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1881 births
1971 deaths
Actresses from Chicago
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
20th-century American actresses
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Women film pioneers
Western (genre) film actresses
American stage actresses