Dorothy Devore

Movie Actress

Birthday June 22, 1899

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Sep 10, 1976 (77)

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About

Silent film era actress who became popular in Universal Pictures comedies and achieved fame for her work in two-reel comedies.

Before Fame

After a year in a musical comedy, she was signed to Universal, where she starred in Lyons and Moran comedies. She turned down further feature offers to work for director Al Christie.

Trivia

In contrast to many actors who used short two-reel comedies as a stepping stone on the way to Hollywood pictures, she willingly left Universal Studios.

Family Life

She married Albert Wylie Mather, a theater owner, in 1926.

Associated With

In 1923, She was chosen as a WAMPAS Baby Star, one of the women considered on the verge of stardom. Fay Wray was chosen three years later.