Person
Dorothy Adams
Acting · 1900–1988 · Hannah, North Dakota, USA
Biography
Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Known for
Perry Mason
Betsy Burris
Bonanza
Martha Neighbors
Dragnet
1951
The Twilight Zone
Mrs. Canfield
Climax!
1954
Leave It to Beaver
Miss Wakeland
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Pitcher
The Rebel
Mrs. Colburn
Trackdown
1957
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Filmography
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1975PeeperMrs. Prendergast
- 1974Virginia Hill
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysMrs. Pierce (uncredited)
- 1963The Great AdventureMrs. Woodhaven
- 1960From the TerraceMrs. Benziger
- 1959The RebelMrs. Colburn
- 1959The Twilight ZoneMrs. Canfield
- 1959Law of the PlainsmanMrs. Garnett
- 1959BonanzaMartha Neighbors
- 1959The Lawless Years
- 1958Unwed MotherMartha Pauley
- 1958The Big CountryHannassey Woman
- 1958Gunman's WalkMartha Stotheby
- 1957Trackdown
- 1957Leave It to BeaverMiss Wakeland
- 1957Perry MasonBetsy Burris
- 19573:10 to YumaMrs. Potter (uncredited)
- 1957An Affair to RememberMother at Rehearsal (uncredited)
- 1957The Buckskin LadyMrs. Adams
- 1957Hot Rod RumbleMa Crawford
- 1957Panic!
- 1956The Ten CommandmentsSlave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
- 1956These Wilder YearsAunt Martha
- 1956Three for Jamie DawnHelen March
- 1956Johnny ConchoSarah Dark
- 1956The KillingRuthie O'Reilly
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitMrs. Hopkins' Maid (uncredited)
- 1956The Broken StarMrs. Trail
- 1955Jungle Jim
- 1955Frontier
- 1955GunsmokeMrs. Pitcher
- 1955The ProdigalCarpenter's Wife
- 1954There's No Business Like Show BusinessNurse (uncredited)
- 1954Climax!
- 1954Public DefenderMrs. Pollard
- 1953Letter to LorettaGwen
- 1953General Electric TheaterPhone Operator
- 1952CarrieMrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother
- 1952The Winning TeamMa Alexander
- 1952Jet JobMrs. Kovak
- 1952The Greatest Show on EarthSam's Wife (uncredited)
- 1952Fort OsageMrs. Winfield
- 1952The Living BibleSick Woman
- 1951Dragnet
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsGrace Hunter
- 1951The Adventures of Kit Carson
- 1951Racket Squad
- 1951Home Town StoryHospital Nurse (uncredited)
- 1951The First LegionMrs. Dunn
- 1950The JackpotSaleslady (uncredited)
- 1950The Cariboo Trail
- 1950The OutridersFarmer's Wife (uncredited)
- 1949Samson and DelilahScreaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)
- 1949Not WantedMrs. Kelton
- 1949He Walked by NightMilk Customer
- 1948The Sainted SistersWidow Davitt
- 1947UnconqueredWoman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)
- 1947The Foxes of HarrowMrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
- 1947That's My ManMillie
- 1946A Boy and His DogMrs. Allen
- 1946The Best Years of Our LivesMrs. Cameron
- 1946NocturneAngry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
- 1946The Inner CircleEmma Wilson
- 1946O.S.S.Claudette (uncredited)
- 1946Sentimental JourneyMartha (uncredited)
- 1946Miss Susie Slagle'sMrs. Johnson
- 1945Fallen AngelStella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1945Guest PestsWoman of the House
- 1945The Falcon in San FranciscoChambermaid (uncredited)
- 1945Captain EddieNurse
- 1945Phantoms, Inc.Dr. Trykel's Associate
- 1945Circumstantial EvidenceBolger's wife
- 1945Keep Your Powder DryWAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)
- 1944Dark ShadowsMrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)
- 1944LauraLaura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
- 1944Since You Went AwayNurse (uncredited)
- 1944Bathing BeautyMs. Hanney (uncredited)
- 1943So Proudly We HailLt. Irma Emerson
- 1942Lady GangsterDeaf Annie
- 1942Joe Smith, AmericanNurse (uncredited)
- 1941Bedtime StoryBetsy
- 1941One Foot in HeavenWoman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
- 1941The Devil CommandsMrs. Marcy
- 1941Whistling in the DarkMrs. Farrell (uncredited)
- 1941Highway WestWife (uncredited)
- 1941The Shepherd of the HillsElvy
- 1941The Flame of New OrleansGiraud's Cousin Sybil
- 1941Penny SerenadeMother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
- 1941Tobacco RoadSusie Mae (uncredited)
- 1940Dr. Christian Meets the WomenIndigent Woman
- 1940Lucky PartnersMaid at Ethel's (uncredited)
- 1940Untamed3rd Nurse (uncredited)
- 1940We Who Are YoungBellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
- 1940Cross-Country RomanceEmmy
- 1940Babies for SaleMother in Dr. Gaines' Office
- 1940The Fight for LifeThe Young Woman
- 1939A Child is BornNurse (uncredited)
- 1939NinotchkaSwana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
- 1939The WomenMiss Atkinson (uncredited)
- 1939On Borrowed TimeFlorist (uncredited)
- 1939Bachelor MotherSecretary (uncredited)
- 1939Calling Dr. KildareJenny's Mother (uncredited)
- 1938Broadway MusketeersAnna
- 1938Crime RingSecond Fortune Teller
- 1938Condemned WomenNurse
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