Dorothy Vernon

Personal Info

Birthday

November 9, 1875

Day of Death

1970-10-28

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

Norddorf, Amrum island, Germany

Also Known As

Dorothy Baird

Dorothy Burns

Mrs. Harry Burns

Dorothea Christine Arens

Dorothy Vernon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Vernon (November 11, 1875 – October 28, 1970) was a German-born American film actress. Born Dorothy Baird, she appeared in 131 films between 1919 and 1956. She died in Granada Hills, California from heart disease, aged 94. Her son was actor and entertainer Bobby Vernon.

Known For

Crown Court

The War of the Worlds

All Quiet on the Western Front

Stagecoach

Bride of Frankenstein

Cover Girl

To Be or Not to Be

Holiday Inn

Filmography

1975
Post Mortem
as Telephone Caller (voice)
1957
Jeanne Eagels
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1953
The War of the Worlds
as Elderly Woman at Square Dance (uncredited)
So This Is Love
as Armistice Day Reveler at Theatre (uncredited)
1952
Something to Live For
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1951
Rhubarb
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1950
Union Station
as Union Station Extra (uncredited)
The Furies
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1949
Square Dance Jubilee
as Townswoman
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
as Townswoman
The Heiress
as Delivery Woman (uncredited)
Lust for Gold
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1948
The Fuller Brush Man
as Irate Radio-Listener's Wife (uncredited)
1947
The Egg and I
as Reveler at Country Dance (Uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
as Mrs. Fenton
Pursued
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1946
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Servant (uncredited)
The Flying Serpent
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1945
Booby Dupes
as Woman Customer (uncredited)
If a Body Meets a Body
as Family Member (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
as Guest at 1st Pleyel Concert (uncredited)
1944
Secret Command
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Address Unknown
as Cook (uncredited)
Cover Girl
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1943
Destroyer
as Justice of the Peace's Wife
No Time for Love
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as Woman in newspaper office (uncredited)
1942
Lost Canyon
as Townswoman
Silver Queen
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Family Friend (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
as Townswoman
To Be or Not to Be
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Valley of the Sun
as Townswoman
Holiday Inn
as Easter Day Churchgoer (uncredited)
1941
The Corsican Brothers
as Townswoman at Celebration (Uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
as Spectator at Dedication
The Officer and the Lady
as Matron (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
as Kewpie's Mother (uncredited)
Invisible Ghost
as Kessler's Cook (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
as One of Pike's Cooks (uncredited)
1940
Riders from Nowhere
as Mrs. Gregory
The Bank Dick
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Bitter Sweet
as Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Woman at Railroad Station
Too Many Girls
as Faculty Extra
Young People
as Woman
The Great McGinty
as Voting Registrar (uncredited)
Pardon My Berth Marks
as Train Passenger
The Heckler
as Tennis Spectator
My Little Chickadee
as Diner (uncredited)
Nothing But Pleasure
as Snoring Bus Rider
1939
Four Wives
as (uncredited)
Geronimo
as Immigrant
Glove Slingers
as Fight Spectator in front of Mrs. Kelly (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Dressmaker and Wedding Guest
Captain Fury
as Townswoman at Dance
Stagecoach
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1938
The Frontiersmen
as Townswoman
Juvenile Court
as Woman (uncredited)
Carefree
as Woman at Country Club (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Wide Open Faces
as Hotel Guest
I Met My Love Again
as College Staff Member (uncredited)
1937
Heidi
as Church Member (uncredited)
Against the Tide
as Mrs Brewer
Old Mother Riley
as Aggie Sparks
Land Beyond the Law
as Townswoman at Dance (uncredited)
Champagne Waltz
as Woman Patron
1936
California Mail
as Townswoman at Dance (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Prison Shadows
as Waitress at Tea Room (uncredited)
San Francisco
as New Years Eve Reveler (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case
as Woman Running for Bus (Uncredited)
All at Sea
as Mrs. Humphrey
1935
Gun Play
as Townswoman at Dance (uncredited)
Forced Landing
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
In Person
as Country Store Customer
Public Hero Number 1
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
The Test
as Trading Post Woman (uncredited)
'G' Men
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
as Spear Office Worker (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Maid (uncredited)
1934
Woman Haters
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
1933
Hold Your Man
as Reformatory Matron (uncredited)
The Nuisance
as Jurywoman (uncredited)
Cheating Blondes
as Tenement Neighbor
Alimony Madness
as Spectator Outside Courtroom
Sucker Money
as Seance Attendee
1932
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Purse Snatching Victim at Aquarium (uncredited)
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as No Saloons League Woman
Downstairs
as Servant (uncredited)
Probation
as Mrs. Meyers
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Tenant (uncredited)
1931
Forgotten Women
as Landlady
Trapped
as Robbery Victim's Wife
Penrod and Sam
as Irate Mother at Birthday Party (uncredited)
1930
The Costello Case
as Landlady
Pardon My Gun
as Mrs. Weatherby
Soup to Nuts
as Junior's Mother (uncredited)
Moby Dick
as Mother of Many Children
Madam Satan
as Maggie - The Cook
Shooting Straight
as Churchgoer
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Framed
as Mrs. Potter - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
The Fighting Parson
as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1929
The Vagabond Lover
as Mrs. Whitehall's Maid
Cat, Dog & Co.
as Pedestrian
Headin' Westward
as Lizzie
The Broadway Melody
as Hotel Housekeeper (uncredited)
1928
Show People
as Comedy Player at Farewell Banquet (uncredited)
Manhattan Cowboy
as Maggie
The Campus Carmen
as Extra
Tenderloin
as Aunt Molly
Any Old Count
as Hotel Guest
1927
The First Auto
as Gossip
The Glorious Fourth
as Friend of Joe's mother
1925
Tricks
as Housekeeper
The Queen of Aces
as The Boy's Mother
The Monster
as Townswoman at Accident Scene (uncredited)
Dog Days
as Mickey's Mother
1924
Lovers' Lane
as Mrs. Stone
Conductor 1492
as Mrs. Brown (as Dorothy Burns)
1922
Dr. Jack
as Restaurant Hostess (uncredited)
1921
Christie Johnstone
as Widow McKay
1919
Fireman, Save My Gal!
as mother