Dorothy Devore

Dorothy Devore

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. --From Wikipedia

  • Title: Dorothy Devore
  • Popularity: 1.072
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-06-20
  • Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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  • Also Known As: Alma Inez Williams, Dorothy De Vore
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Dorothy Devore Movies

  • 1930
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    Take the Heir

    Take the Heir

    1 1930 HD

    A butler impersonates his tippler boss and falls for a beautiful young maid. However, a notorious gold-digger, who thinks the butler is the wealthy...

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  • 1921
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    Magnificent Brute

    Magnificent Brute

    1 1921 HD

    French Canadian trapper Victor Raoul returns to the trading post at St. Ignace to find a rival for the affections of Yvonne, his business partner's...

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  • 1925
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    The Midnight Flyer

    The Midnight Flyer

    1 1925 HD

    The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer".

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  • 1920
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    45 Minutes from Broadway

    45 Minutes from Broadway

    1 1920 HD

    Kid Burns vicariously enjoys life with his wealthy playboy pal. But complications ensue when Kid falls in love with a girl who just happens to be his...

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  • 1918
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    Know Thy Wife

    Know Thy Wife

    4.8 1918 HD

    Rather than telling his parents, who have another girl picked out for him, Bob brings home his new wife disguised as his friend "Steve."

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  • 1924
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    Stay Single

    Stay Single

    6 1924 HD

    After Felix Valle helps rescue next door neighbor Dorothy Devore's dog from the over-zealous dog catcher, she agrees to help him get a raise in...

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  • 1926
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    Senor Daredevil

    Senor Daredevil

    1 1926 HD

    Don Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father, "Tiger" O'Flagherty (George Nichols), the supervisor of...

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  • 1939
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    Miracle on Main Street

    Miracle on Main Street

    5.5 1939 HD

    On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds...

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  • 1923
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    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    1 1923 HD

    The Warrens have a full dress Navy wedding, but to sneak out on the reception guests, Dorothy disguises herself as a sailor. But she's caught up with...

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  • 1923
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    Winter Has Came

    Winter Has Came

    1 1923 HD

    A burlesque of the old standard dramatic plot in which daughter, returning from the big city with unexpected wealth, arrives just in the nick of time...

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  • 1919
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    'Twas Midnight

    'Twas Midnight

    1 1919 HD

    Dorothy Devore rejects her suiter, a boring bank clerk, so he schemes and frames a bank robbery to excite her. He even brings her along.

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  • 1921
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    Nothing Like It

    Nothing Like It

    1 1921 HD

    The comic mishaps of an ambitious literary society that attempts to produce a Roman tragedy written by one of its members.

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  • 1924
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    The Tomboy

    The Tomboy

    1 1924 HD

    Miss Devore plays Tommy, a young woman who runs a boarding house for her father, an inventor of eccentric devices, and the boarders are the usual...

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  • 1924
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    Hold Your Breath

    Hold Your Breath

    5.5 1924 HD

    When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot...

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  • 1918
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    The House Cleaning Horrors

    The House Cleaning Horrors

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Prairie Wife

    The Prairie Wife

    1 1925 HD

    While in Europe, Chaddie Green, a society girl, discovers that she has been left penniless. She returns to the United States and meets Duncan...

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  • 1925
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    A Broadway Butterfly

    A Broadway Butterfly

    1 1925 HD

    Irene, a young girl from a small town, arrives in New York City determined to make it on the Broadway stage. She meets up with Cookie, a worldly...

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  • 1925
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    The Narrow Street

    The Narrow Street

    1 1925 HD

    Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is...

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  • 1926
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    The Gilded Highway

    The Gilded Highway

    1 1926 HD

    After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last years, the Welbys become social-climbing snobs to the...

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  • 1925
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    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    1 1925 HD

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1925 silent film comedy directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore. It is based on a 1916 play, His Majesty,...

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  • 1921
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    Saving Sister Susie

    Saving Sister Susie

    1 1921 HD

    Susie is forced to dress as a little girl by her mother and sister to make her less attractive to a man her sister hopes to woo. Susie, however, is...

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  • 1927
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    The Wrong Mr. Wright

    The Wrong Mr. Wright

    1 1927 HD

    Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he...

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  • 1923
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    Pick and Shovel

    Pick and Shovel

    6 1923 HD

    Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

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  • 1926
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    The Man Upstairs

    The Man Upstairs

    1 1926 HD

    The Man Upstairs is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner...

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  • 1923
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    Kidding Katie

    Kidding Katie

    5 1923 HD

    A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if...

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  • 1924
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    Getting Gertie's Goat

    Getting Gertie's Goat

    5 1924 HD

    Gertie and Jimmie want to get married and go on a honeymoon. They have the license and the tickets, but have to get past her strict father.

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