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Dorothy Adams

Highest Rated: 100% The Big Country (1958)

Lowest Rated: 29% The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Birthday: Jan 8, 1900

Birthplace: Hannah, North Dakota, USA

Dorothy Adams was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Adams's earliest roles were in film, including "Broadway Musketeers" (1938), the Myron McCormick documentary "The Fight For Life" (1940) and "The Devil Commands" (1941). She also appeared in "The Shepherd of the Hills" (1941) with John Wayne, "Bedtime Story" (1941) with Fredric March and "Lady Gangster" (1942). Her film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "Fallen Angel" (1946), "Sentimental Journey" (1946) and the drama "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) with Fredric March. She also appeared in the Don Ameche drama "That's My Man" (1947). Toward the end of her career, she continued to act in the Jack Martin Smith dramatic adaptation "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956), the Frank Sinatra western "Johnny Concho" (1956) and "These Wilder Years" (1956). She also appeared in "The Ten Commandments" (1956) and the Van Heflin western "Gunman's Walk" (1958). Adams was most recently credited in "Jonah from Tonga" (HBO, 2013-14). Adams was married to Bryan Foulger. Adams passed away in March 1988 at the age of 88.

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Highest rated movies

100% 91% The Big Country
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100% 82% So Proudly We Hail
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100% 90% Laura
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95% 89% Ninotchka
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80% 46% Shame
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75% 58% Carrie
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33% 57% Bedtime Story
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31% 59% From the Terrace
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29% 55% The Flame of New Orleans
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36% Lucky Partners
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
31% 59% From the Terrace Mrs. Benziger (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 89% Gunman's Walk Mrs. Stotheby (uncredited) (Character) - 1958
100% 91% The Big Country Hannassey Woman (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Buckskin Lady Mrs. Adams (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three for Jamie Dawn Helen March (Character) - 1956
75% 58% Carrie Mrs. Meeber (Character) - 1952
80% 46% Shame Mrs. Aggie Kelton (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 12% The Inner Circle Emma Wilson (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Boy and His Dog Mrs. Allen (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Phantoms, Inc. Dr. Trykel's Associate (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miss Susie Slagle's Mrs. Johnson (Character) - 1945
100% 90% Laura Bessie Clary (Character) - 1944
100% 82% So Proudly We Hail Lt. Irma Emerson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 8% Lady Gangster Deaf Annie (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 65% The Shepherd of the Hills Elvy Royal (Character) - 1941
29% 55% The Flame of New Orleans Giraud's Cousin Sybil (Character) - 1941
33% 57% Bedtime Story Betsy (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 36% Lucky Partners Maid at Ethel's (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fight for Life The Young Woman (Character) - 1940
95% 89% Ninotchka Jacqueline, Swana's maid (uncredited) (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway Musketeers Anna (Character) - 1938

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Apple's Way Ruth Huston (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Mrs. Canfield (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Wilma Stone (Guest Star) 1957 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Emily Zeigler (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave It to Beaver Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Lorrie Smith (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Mrs. Glick (Guest Star) 1956-1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Star and the Story Unknown (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to Loretta Unknown (Character) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Married Joan Lady on the Entertainment Committee (Guest Star) 1953