Dorothy Adams
Acting
Biography
Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Born: January 6, 1900
Place of Birth: Hannah, North Dakota, USA
Known For
Miss Susie Slagle's
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
Dark Shadows
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Best Years of Our Lives
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
The Ten Commandments
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
The Killing
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Laura
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Filmography
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mrs. Prendergast
as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
as Mrs. Woodhaven
as Mrs. Benziger
as Mrs. Colburn
as Mrs. Canfield
as Mrs. Garnett
as Martha Neighbors
as Martha Pauley
as Hannassey Woman
as Martha Stotheby
as Miss Wakeland
as Betsy Burris
as Wilma Stone
as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)
as Mrs. Adams
as Ma Crawford
as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
as Aunt Martha
as Helen March
as Sarah Dark
as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
as Mrs. Trail
as Mrs. Pitcher
as Mrs. Glick
as Carpenter's Wife
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Gwen
as Phone Operator
as Mrs. Clay
as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother
as Ma Alexander
as Mrs. Kovak
as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
as Mrs. Winfield
as Sick Woman
as Grace Hunter
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
as Mrs. Dunn
as Saleslady (uncredited)
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)
as Mrs. Kelton
as Milk Customer
as Widow Davitt
as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)
as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
as Millie
as Mrs. Allen
as Mrs. Cameron
as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
as Emma Wilson
as Claudette (uncredited)
as Martha (uncredited)
as Mrs. Johnson
as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
as Nurse
as Dr. Trykel's Associate
as Bolger's wife
as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)
as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)
as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)
as Lt. Irma Emerson
as Deaf Annie
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Betsy
as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
as Mrs. Marcy
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
as Wife (uncredited)
as Elvy
as Giraud's Cousin Sybil
as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
as Susie Mae (uncredited)
as Indigent Woman
as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)
as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)
as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
as Emmy
as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office
as The Young Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
as Florist (uncredited)
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)
as Anna
as Second Fortune Teller
as Nurse