Dorothea Kent
Acting
Biography
Dorothea Kent was born on June 6, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), King of the Cowboys (1943) and Horses' Collars (1935). She died on December 10, 1990 in Burbank, California, USA.
Born: June 6, 1916
Place of Birth: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Known For
The Luckiest Girl in the World
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
It Started with Eve
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Call of the Canyon
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
As Good as Married
When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.
They Drive by Night
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
More Than a Secretary
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
Cross-Country Romance
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Pin Up Girl
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
Stage Door Canteen
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Filmography
as Margie Temple
as Jennie Delaney
as Jennie Delaney
as Louise
as Kay
as Mamie
as Ruby Smith
as Jane Oakley
as Jackie Donovan
as Betty
as Sue (uncredited)
as Millie
as Mabel
as Genevieve
as Susie Quinn
as Mabel Dunne
as Mary Dexter
as Amy Arden
as Jean
as Maxine
as Meg
as Jeanne Carlyle
as Lola Carroll
as Isabelle Foster
as Rose Whitney
as Poochie
as Maizie West
as Elmer's Girl
as Mack's Girlfriend
as Molly
as Nell Higginbottom
as Dancer (uncredited)