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Dot Farley
Dot Farley
	Farley c. 1923
Born	Dorothea Farley; February 6, 1881; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 2, 1971 (aged 90); South Pasadena, California, U.S.
Other names	Dorothy Farley
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1910–1950

Dorothea "Dot" Farley^[1] (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971)^{[citation needed]} was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures from 1910 to 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley.^[2]

Biography

Born in Chicago, Dorothea Farley was the daughter of Eugene Farley and actress Alma Streeter.^[3] Her nickname originated when she sang and danced on stage billed as "Chicago's Little Dot" when she was three years old.^[1]

Farley gained acting experience by working for six years in stock theater^[3] and made her film debut in 1910.^[4] Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days, she also appeared in Western films in the early 1910s.^[2] She was later notable as the mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios.

Farley was also a writer, with 260 of her stories having been produced by 1924.^[5]

Death

Farley died in South Pasadena, California on May 2, 1971, age 90.^[2]

Selected filmography

Murphy's I.O.U. (1913, Short) – Wife
The Bangville Police (1913, Short) – Della's Mother
Passions, He Had Three (1913, Short)
Peeping Pete (1913, Short)
Fatty Joins the Force (1913, Short) – Fatty's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Some Nerve (1913, Short) – The Wife
The Price of Crime (1914) – Dorothea Vale
The Toll of the War-Path (1914) – Bess
Even Unto Death (1914) – Dorothea Gordon
Inherited Passions (1916) – Masie Williams
A Small Town Idol (1921) – Mrs. Smith
Home Talent (1921) – Boarder
The Crossroads of New York (1922) – Landlady
When Knights Were Cold (1923, Short) – (uncredited)
Tea: With a Kick! (1923) – Mrs. Juniper
The Acquittal (1923) – Maid
Boy of Mine (1923) – Mrs. Pettis
The Mask of Lopez (1924) – Townswoman
Picking Peaches (1924) as The Customer
Listen Lester (1924) – Miss Pink
A Self-Made Failure (1924) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Enemy Sex (1924) – Ida Summers
The Signal Tower (1924) – Cousin Gertie
The Fatal Mistake (1924)
Vanity's Price (1924) – Katherine, Vanna's maid
So Big (1924) – Widow Paarlenburg
Border Intrigue (1925) – Tough's Sister
My Son (1925) – Hattie Smith
The Three Way Trail (1925)
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925, Short) – Townswoman (uncredited)
Rugged Water (1925) – Mrs. Fuller
The Unchastened Woman (1925)
The Red Kimona (1925) – The Inquisitive One
A Woman of the World (1925) – Mrs. Fox
The Lure of the Track (1925)
Memory Lane (1926) – Maid
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926) – The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
The Little Irish Girl (1926) – Gertie
Brooding Eyes (1926) – Marie De Costa
The Still Alarm (1926) – Mrs. Maloney
Money Talks (1926) – Mrs. Chatterton
So This Is Paris (1926) – Madame Moreau (uncredited)
Honesty – The Best Policy (1926) – Author's Wife (added sequence)
The Family Upstairs (1926) – Mademoiselle Clarice
Young April (1926) – Maggie
The Timid Terror (1926) – Mrs. Milliken
Nobody's Widow (1927) – Roxanna's Maid
The Overland Stage (1927) – Aunt Viney
McFadden's Flats (1927) – Bridget Maloney
Girl in the Rain (1927)
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
All Aboard (1927) – Aunt Patsy
The King of Kings (1927) – Maidservant of Caiaphas
Yours to Command (1927) – Ma O'Brien
The Lost Limited (1927)
His First Flame (1927) – Mrs. Benedict
The Climbers (1927) – Juana
The Tired Business Man (1927) – Mrs. McGinnis
Topsy and Eva (1927) – Minor Role (uncredited)
Breakfast at Sunrise (1927) – Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere (1927) – Madame Zweibach
The Garden of Eden (1928) – Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Lady Be Good (1928) – Texas West
Black Feather (1928)
The Code of the Scarlet (1928) – Widow Malone
The Head Man (1928) – Mrs. Denny
Celebrity (1928) – Mother
Should a Girl Marry? (1928) – Mae Reynolds
Marquis Preferred (1929) – Mrs. Gruger
Divorce Made Easy (1929) – Aunt Emma
Why Leave Home? (1929) – Susan
Harmony at Home (1930) – The Modiste
The Unholy Three (1930) – Woman Buying Parrot (uncredited)
Road to Paradise (1930) – Lola
The Little Accident (1930) – Mrs.Van Dine
The Third Alarm (1930) – Woman Barber
The Front Page (1931) – Madame (uncredited)
A Woman of Experience (1931) – Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
Dancing Dynamite (1931) – Effie
The Law of the Tong (1931) – Madam Duval
While Paris Sleeps (1932) – Concierge
Trapped in Tia Juana (1932) – Aunt Emma
Lawyer Man (1932) – Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
Curtain at Eight (1933) – Ella – Party Guest
Love Past Thirty (1934) – Dressmaker
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) – Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935) -Barmaid (uncredited)
False Pretenses (1935) – Mrs. Smythe
Ring Around the Moon (1936) – Bella
Dummy Ache (1936, Short) – Florence's Mother
Wanted! Jane Turner (1936) – Landlady (uncredited)
Arizona Mahoney (1936) – Woman at Circus (uncredited)
Love Is News (1937) – Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
We Have Our Moments (1937) – (uncredited)
Too Many Wives (1937) – Mrs. Potts
Rustlers' Valley (1937) – Mrs. Anson (uncredited)
The Purple Vigilantes (1938) – Suffrogate (uncredited)
The Road to Reno (1938) – Mrs. Brumleigh
The Stranger from Arizona (1938) – Martha
Slander House (1938) – Mrs. Willis
Lawless Valley (1938) – Anna
I Stole a Million (1939) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Women (1939) – Large Woman (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939) – Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
We Go Fast (1941) – Hempstead's Cook (uncredited)
Look Who's Laughing (1941) – Mrs. Mary Blaize (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady (1942) – Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan (1942) – Party Guest (Fields sequence) (uncredited)
Cat People (1942) – Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
Hers to Hold (1943) – Wife of Soldier (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) – Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
San Fernando Valley (1944) – Hattie O'Toole
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) – Smoke's Secretary (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me (1947) – Emma (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne (1948) – Mrs. Monohan (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) – Woman Prisoner (uncredited)