Dot Farley

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American actress (1881–1971)

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Field	Value
name	Dot Farley
image	Silent film actress Dot Farley (SAYRE 417).jpg
caption	Farley 1923
birth_name	Dorothea Farley
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
death_date
death_place	South Pasadena, California, U.S.
years_active	1910–1950
occupation	Actress
other_names	Dorothy Farley
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Dorothea "Dot" Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures from 1910 to 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley.

Biography

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Born in Chicago, 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 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, age 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
Picking Peaches (1924) as The Customer
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

(November 1914). "Dot Farley: Comedienne, Tragedienne and Photoplaywright". Photoplay Magazine.
"Edgar Kennedy: Master of the Slow Burn". BearManor Media.
(2013). "Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel". McFarland.
(April 24, 1924). "Dot Farley Is Successful Writer". The Perry Journal.
(2014). "Jesse James and the Movies". McFarland.

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