Dorothy Devore

Personal Info

Birthday

June 20, 1899

Day of Death

1976-09-10

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Alma Inez Williams

Dorothy De Vore

Dorothy Devore

Biography

Dorothy Devore (June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976) was a leading and popular American silent-film actor and comedian in her time. Born as Alma Inez Williams in Fort Worth, Texas in 1899, her family soon moved to Los Angeles when she was still a young girl.

It was there where she completed her education and then joined a musical comedy company, with which she appeared for one year. She then went to Lyons and Moran comedies at Universal Pictures. It was at Universal where she was "discovered" by director/producer Al Christie, one of the most famous comedic moviemakers of the era.

Known For

Getting Gertie's Goat

Miracle on Main Street

The Prairie Wife

How Baxter Butted In

Senor Daredevil

Who Cares

The Narrow Street

Winter Has Came

Filmography

1939
Miracle on Main Street
as Woman in Church
1930
Take the Heir
as Susan
1927
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Teddy
1926
Senor Daredevil
as Sally Blake
The Gilded Highway
as Primrose Welby
The Man Upstairs
as Marion Larnard
1925
The Midnight Flyer
as Mary Baxter
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Marie Breede
How Baxter Butted In
as Beulah Dyer
A Broadway Butterfly
as Irene Astaire
The Prairie Wife
as Chaddie Green
Who Cares
as Joan
The Narrow Street
as Doris
1924
The Tomboy
as Tommy Smith
Hold Your Breath
as Mabel
Getting Gertie's Goat
as Gertie
1923
Kidding Katie
as Katie
Navy Blues
as Mrs. James Warren
Winter Has Came
as Mary
1922
Fair Enough
as Dolly aka Dolly the Dip
1920
45 Minutes from Broadway
as Mary Jane Jenkins
1918
Know Thy Wife
as Betty Browning
String Beans
as Minor Role
The House Cleaning Horrors
as Dorothy