Sign in Sign up

Acting

Dorothy Adams

Career: Active from 1940 to 1957, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Laura
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dorothy Adams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Violence
3.0, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

1940s 2
Social Commentary 2
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

1 title · average score 40

Peeper

40

as Mrs. Prendergast

1960s

3 titles · average score 53

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

58

as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

The Great Adventure

TV show · as Mrs. Woodhaven

From the Terrace

48

as Mrs. Benziger

1950s

47 titles · average score 67

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Mrs. Canfield

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Martha Neighbors

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Betsy Burris / Wilma Stone

Leave It to Beaver

78

TV show · as Miss Wakeland

Hot Rod Rumble

as Ma Crawford

The Buckskin Lady

as Mrs. Adams

The Ten Commandments

81

as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

The Broken Star

64

as Mrs. Trail

The Killing

86

as Ruthie O'Reilly

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Mrs. Pitcher / Mrs. Glick

Climax!

51

TV show

Dragnet

46

TV show

1940s

45 titles · average score 65

Not Wanted

68

as Mrs. Kelton

Samson and Delilah

62

as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)

Unconquered

76

as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)

A Boy and His Dog

60

as Mrs. Allen

The Best Years of Our Lives

89

as Mrs. Cameron

Phantoms, Inc.

as Dr. Trykel's Associate

as Woman of the House

Fallen Angel

75

as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

Laura

90

as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)

Dark Shadows

72

as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)

The Devil Commands

61

as Mrs. Marcy

The Fight for Life

as The Young Woman

1930s

9 titles · average score 70

Ninotchka

87

as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)

The Women

74

as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

89

as Secretary (uncredited)

On Borrowed Time

76

as Florist (uncredited)

Calling Dr. Kildare

53

as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

A Child is Born

66

as Nurse (uncredited)

Condemned Women

64

as Nurse

Crime Ring

as Second Fortune Teller

Broadway Musketeers

52

as Anna