Dora Mills Adams

Dora Mills Adams
Dora Mills Adams in 1921
Born(1874-10-24)October 24, 1874
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1943(1943-07-31) (aged 68)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York
OccupationFilm actress
SpouseLindsey Adams
Children1

Dora Mills Adams (October 24, 1874 – July 31, 1943) was an American film actress. She is best known for her appearance in the short film Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde as Mrs. Lanyon.

Career

Mills entered the New York film industry near its birth in 1914 and may have been in theatre or vaudeville beforehand. As one of the older and plumper actresses she usually played matriarchal roles.

Mills died of myocarditis on July 31, 1943, at 485 Rugby Road in Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 68. She is buried in the Locust Section of Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1915 Runaway June Mrs. Moore
1915 The Moth and the Flame Mrs. Walton
1916 My Lady Incog Mrs. De Veaux
1916 The Summer Girl Mrs. Anderson
1916 A Coney Island Princess Alice's Mother
1917 The Recoil Mrs. Somerset
1917 Queen X Mrs. Evans
1917 Married in Name Only Mrs. Francis
1917 The Square Deceiver Mrs. Pugfeather
1918 The Passing of the Third Floor Back Miss De Hooley
1918 When Men Betray Mrs. Gardner
1918 Ashes of Love
1919 Piccadilly Jim Mrs. Peter Pett
1920 Determination
1920 Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde Mrs. Lanyon Short Film
1921 You Find It Everywhere Mrs. Normand
1922 A Pasteboard Crown Claire Morrell
1923 Mighty Lak' a Rose Mrs. Trevor
1923 His Children's Children Mrs. Rufus Kayne
1924 Flying Fists
1929 Playmates Short Film
1933 How've You Bean? Mother of the Groom Short Film

References

  1. ^ Resting Places - The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d Ed. McFarland. August 19, 2016. p. 8. ISBN 9781476625997.