
Person
Dora Mills Adams
Acting · 1874–1943 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. She was married to Lindsey Adams. 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.
Known for

When Men Betray
Mrs. Gardner

A Pasteboard Crown
Claire Morrell

Married in Name Only
Mrs. Francis

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mrs Lanyon

Piccadilly Jim
Mrs. Peter Pett

His Children's Children
Mrs. Rufus Kayne

How've You Bean?
Mother of the Groom

My Lady Incog.
Mrs. De Veaux

Mighty Lak' a Rose
Mrs. Trevor

Flying Fists
1924
Filmography
- 1933How've You Bean?Mother of the Groom
- 1924Flying Fists
- 1923His Children's ChildrenMrs. Rufus Kayne
- 1923Mighty Lak' a RoseMrs. Trevor
- 1922A Pasteboard CrownClaire Morrell
- 1921You Find it EverywhereMrs. Normand
- 1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMrs Lanyon
- 1919Piccadilly JimMrs. Peter Pett
- 1918Ashes of Love
- 1918When Men BetrayMrs. Gardner
- 1917Queen XMrs. Evans
- 1917Married in Name OnlyMrs. Francis
- 1917The RecoilMrs. Somerset
- 1916The Summer GirlMrs. Anderson
- 1916My Lady Incog.Mrs. De Veaux
- 1915The Moth and the FlameMrs. Walton
- 1915Runaway June
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