Portrait of Dorothy Short

Acting

Dorothy Short

Career

Active from 1935 to 1956, busiest in 1938 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona
GoodWatch score59/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dorothy Short Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Catharsis
    3.2, average 5.1
  • Romance
    2.1, average 3.8
  • Wonder
    1.7, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Reefer Madness 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Physical Comedy 2
  • Old Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

4 titles
Savage Fury
Savage Fury (1956)

as Mona Andrews

Things We Can Do Without
Things We Can Do Without (1953)

as Mrs. Thud (uncredited)

Bargain Madness
Bargain Madness (1951)

as Dorothy (uncredited)

A Wife's Life
A Wife's Life (1950)

as Mrs. George T. Hardnose

1940s

13 titles ยท average score 47
Just Suppose
Just Suppose (1948)

as Wife (uncredited)

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
I Love My Mother-In-Law But... (1948)

as The Wife (uncredited)

I Love My Wife BUT!
I Love My Wife BUT! (1947)

as The Wife (uncredited)

I Love My Husband, But!
I Love My Husband, But! (1946)

as The Wife (uncredited)

Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight (1942)

as Joyce Edwards

Bullets for Bandits
Bullets for Bandits (1942)

as Dakota Brown

Spooks Run Wild
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
GoodWatch score 47

as Linda Mason

The Lone Rider Fights Back
The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)

as Jean Dennison

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (1941)

as Ruth Wade

The Trail of the Silver Spurs
The Trail of the Silver Spurs (1941)

as Nancy Nordick

Phantom Rancher
Phantom Rancher (1940)

as Ann Markham

Frontier Crusader
Frontier Crusader (1940)

as Jenny Mason

1930s

13 titles ยท average score 54
Daughter of the Tong
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
GoodWatch score 49

as Marion Morgan

Code of the Cactus
Code of the Cactus (1939)

as Joan

Tell Your Children
Tell Your Children (1938)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mary

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)

as Laddie Gray

Assassin of Youth
Assassin of Youth (1938)
GoodWatch score 37

as Marjorie 'Marge' Barry

Wild Horse Canyon
Wild Horse Canyon (1938)

as Jean Hall

Heart of Arizona
Heart of Arizona (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jacqueline Starr

The Singing Cowgirl
The Singing Cowgirl (1938)

as Nora Pryde

Start Cheering
Start Cheering (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Student

Brothers of the West
Brothers of the West (1937)

as Annie Wade

More Than a Secretary
More Than a Secretary (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ann (uncredited)

The Call of the Savage
The Call of the Savage (1935)

as Mona Andrews