Dot Farley
Dorothea "Dot" Farley was an American film actress who appeared in 280 motion pictures from 1910 to 1950. She was also known as Dorothy Farley.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Dorothea Farley was the daughter of Eugene Farley and actress Alma Streeter. Her nickname originated when she sang and danced on stage billed as "Chicago's Little Dot" when she was three years old.
Farley gained acting experience by working for six years in stock theater and made her film debut in 1910. 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. 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.
Death
Farley died in South Pasadena, California on May 2, 1971, age 90.
Selected filmography
Murphy's I.O.U. – WifeThe Bangville Police – Della's MotherPassions, He Had Three Peeping Pete Fatty Joins the Force – Fatty's Sweetheart Some Nerve – The WifeThe Price of Crime – Dorothea ValeThe Toll of the War-Path – BessEven Unto Death – Dorothea GordonInherited Passions – Masie WilliamsA Small Town Idol – Mrs. SmithHome Talent – BoarderThe Crossroads of New York – LandladyWhen Knights Were Cold – Tea: With a Kick! – Mrs. JuniperThe Acquittal – MaidBoy of Mine – Mrs. PettisThe Mask of Lopez – TownswomanPicking Peaches as The CustomerListen Lester – Miss PinkA Self-Made Failure – Minor Role The Enemy Sex – Ida SummersThe Signal Tower – Cousin GertieThe Fatal Mistake Vanity's Price – Katherine, Vanna's maidSo Big – Widow PaarlenburgBorder Intrigue – Tough's SisterMy Son – Hattie SmithThe Three Way Trail Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde – Townswoman Rugged Water – Mrs. FullerThe Unchastened Woman The Red Kimona – The Inquisitive OneA Woman of the World – Mrs. FoxThe Lure of the Track Memory Lane – MaidThe Grand Duchess and the Waiter – The Countess Prascovia AvaloffThe Little Irish Girl – GertieBrooding Eyes – Marie De CostaThe Still Alarm – Mrs. MaloneyMoney Talks – Mrs. ChattertonSo This Is Paris – Madame Moreau Honesty – The Best Policy – Author's Wife The Family Upstairs – Mademoiselle ClariceYoung April – MaggieThe Timid Terror – Mrs. MillikenNobody's Widow – Roxanna's MaidThe Overland Stage – Aunt VineyMcFadden's Flats – Bridget MaloneyGirl in the Rain The Shamrock and the Rose All Aboard – Aunt PatsyThe King of Kings – Maidservant of CaiaphasYours to Command – Ma O'BrienThe Lost Limited His First Flame – Mrs. BenedictThe Climbers – JuanaThe Tired Business Man – Mrs. McGinnisTopsy and Eva – Minor Role Breakfast at Sunrise – Telephone Operator The Girl from Everywhere – Madame ZweibachThe Garden of Eden – Monte Carlo Telephone Operator Lady Be Good – Texas WestBlack Feather The Code of the Scarlet – Widow MaloneThe Head Man – Mrs. DennyCelebrity – MotherShould a Girl Marry? – Mae ReynoldsMarquis Preferred – Mrs. GrugerDivorce Made Easy – Aunt EmmaWhy Leave Home? – SusanHarmony at Home – The ModisteThe Unholy Three – Woman Buying Parrot Road to Paradise – LolaThe Little Accident – Mrs.Van DineThe Third Alarm – Woman BarberThe Front Page – Madame A Woman of Experience – Beer Garden Patron Dancing Dynamite – EffieThe Law of the Tong – Madam DuvalWhile Paris Sleeps – ConciergeTrapped in Tia Juana – Aunt EmmaLawyer Man – Client Paying $5,000 Fee Curtain at Eight – Ella – Party GuestLove Past Thirty – DressmakerDown to Their Last Yacht – Passenger with Diamond Bracelets Diamond Jim -Barmaid False Pretenses – Mrs. SmytheRing Around the Moon – BellaDummy Ache – Florence's MotherWanted! Jane Turner – Landlady Arizona Mahoney – Woman at Circus Love Is News – Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph We Have Our Moments – Too Many Wives – Mrs. PottsRustlers' Valley – Mrs. Anson The Purple Vigilantes – Suffrogate The Road to Reno – Mrs. BrumleighThe Stranger from Arizona – MarthaSlander House – Mrs. WillisLawless Valley – AnnaI Stole a Million – Minor Role The Women – Large Woman $1,000 a Touchdown – Hysterical Woman We Go Fast – Hempstead's Cook Look Who's Laughing – Mrs. Mary Blaize Obliging Young Lady – Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes Tales of Manhattan – Party Guest Cat People – Mrs. Agnew Hers to Hold – Wife of Soldier Hail the Conquering Hero – Mamie's Mother San Fernando Valley – Hattie O'TooleThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock – Smoke's Secretary They Won't Believe Me – Emma Fighting Father Dunne – Mrs. Monohan The File on Thelma Jordon – Woman Prisoner