1899-06-20 ( 125 years old ) in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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. She began playing in small parts in films for Christie, but soon received leads and moved from one-reelers to two-reelers, which would make her a star.
Dorothy became very popular in the film industry during the period of 1918 until the late 1920s. She was a talented actress, specializing especially in comedic roles, for which she is remembered, such as in Know Thy Wife (1918), directed by Al Christie. Dorothy was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. During a good deal of her career, she achieved stardom in the comedic two-reel Christie Comedies, released through Educational. When the chance arose for Dorothy to begin making longer, feature films, she decided to stay with what she was doing at that moment: two-reelers, where she had already attracted a good deal of attention.
A little time after her career kicked off, Christie loaned her out to play the female lead opposite Charles Ray in 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920), in which she had great success. Following this film, she declined several feature film offers and immediately returned to two-reelers. She made several successful films which established her as one of the screen's most talented comedians of the era. She made her last film, Take the Heir, in 1930, and began her retirement from the movies.
She married theater owner Albert Wylie Mather in 1926. Devore died in 1976 in Woodland Hills, California, aged 77, from undisclosed causes.
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Movies
Miracle on Main Street
1939-12-19
Take the Heir
1930-01-15
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927-02-27
Senor Daredevil
1926-08-01
The Gilded Highway
1926-03-13
The Man Upstairs
1926-01-22
The Midnight Flyer
1925-12-06
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925-09-14
How Baxter Butted In
1925-07-25
A Broadway Butterfly
1925-03-29
The Prairie Wife
1925-02-23
Who Cares
1925-02-01
The Narrow Street
1925-01-04
The Tomboy
1924-12-26
Hold Your Breath
1924-05-24
Getting Gertie's Goat
1924-03-09
Stay Single
1924-01-28
Kidding Katie
1923-12-02
Navy Blues
1923-09-16
Pick and Shovel
1923-06-16
Winter Has Came
1923-04-06
Saving Sister Susie
1921-11-13
Nothing Like It
1921-08-07
Magnificent Brute
1921-03-12
45 Minutes from Broadway
1920-08-30
'Twas Midnight
1919-06-01
The Girl Dodger
1919-02-09
Know Thy Wife
1918-12-30
String Beans
1918-12-22
The Law of the North
1918-09-29
The House Cleaning Horrors
1918-08-26
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