Dorothy Burgess
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 4, 1907
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
A Modern Hero
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
The Lady in Question
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Taxi!
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
Swing High
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduces us to various stars in effigy. Pining over the effigy of Clara Bow, her husband Rex Bell suggests that Eddie get on with Betty Boop. Betty asks Eddie to accompany her in a rendition of "My Silent Love."
Fashions of 1934
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
The Big Parade of Comedy
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Headline Shooter
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Ladies They Talk About
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Hold Your Man
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Toodles
as Mrs. Peters
as Sally Dickson
as Trixie
as Flo
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Peppy Gilman
as Antoinette (uncredited)
as Lulu Stevenson
as Dorothy Kane
as Millie Seagrove
as Ann Brewster
as Babe (aka Miss Mercedes)
as Juanita Perez Lane
as Nan Fitzgerald
as Hazel Flint Radier
as Mabel Warren
as Glenda
as Dotty
as Dolly White
as Pellerin's Girlfriend
as Peggy Burns
as Ruby, Burnett's Moll
as Ruth Dana
as Al Moran
as Ethel aka Giggles
as Gypsy
as Mona Quillan
as Bessie
as Norma
as Susie
as 'Sissy' Shannon
as Concha Renaldo
as Margarita Valdez
as Edna
as Marie Costa
as Peggy Price
as Trixie
as Alma Dean
as Tonia Maria