As an avid movie fan, Dorothy got her chance to go to Hollywood when
she won a Salt Lake City beauty contest sponsored by Universal
Pictures. Signed by Universal after her successful screen test, Dorothy
became one of the many contract actors working in small bit parts. She
became well known due to her roles in series and serial movies from
'College Love (1929)' to 'The Last Frontier (1932)'. Dorothy appeared
in a number of low budget Westerns such as 'In Old Cheyenne (1931)' and
'The Fighting Marshal (1932)'. Over the years that she appeared in
Westerns, she worked with actors such as Jack Hoxie, Hoot Gibson, Wild
Bill Elliott and John Wayne. By 1933, Dorothy found that her roles had
become so small that in the film 'King Kong (1933)', she would be
credited as "Girl". For the rest of the decade, she appeared in but a
handful of films which were mostly 'B' movie Westerns. After that, she
left films.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976)as Old Woman on Bus
Faces(1968)as Florence
Official Detective(1957)as Mrs. Samka
Mr. & Mrs. North(1952)as Salesgirl
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.(1944)as Defense Plant Worker
Under Montana Skies(1930)
Fashion News(1930)as Self (1929)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 7(1930)as Self
Custer's Last Stand(1936)as Red Fawn
The Black Ghost(1932)as Betty Haliday
