Dorothy Appleby

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Dorothy Appleby January 6 1906 August 9 1990 was an American film actress She appeared in over 50 films between 1931 and 1943 Appleby gained early acting experience as an understudy and a chorus member in plays in New York City A newspaper article reported that Appleby came to New York fresh from winning a Maine beauty contest Appleby was seen in many supporting roles almost always in short subjects or lowbudget feature films She never progressed to leading roles in important pictures because of her height which made her difficult to cast The trim brunette stood just over five feet tall and her early leading men like comedian Charley Chase towered over her She soon found steady if not prestigious work in Columbia Pictures tworeel comedies She appeared frequently with The Three Stooges who were only a few inches taller than she was and in 1940 she became Buster Keatons leading lady for the same reason her height complemented his She worked with Columbia comics Andy Clyde El Brendel and Hugh Herbert and she had an uncredited part in John Fords Stagecoach Some of her Stooge comedies were Loco Boy Makes Good So Long Mr Chumps and In the Sweet Pie and Pie One memorable appearance was as Mexican brunette Rosita in 1940s Cookoo Cavaliers In the film Appleby gets clobbered by the Stooges when a facial mud pack made of cement dries on her face Her petite figure belied her age and she continued to play younger roles into the 1940s One of her last screen roles was a oneline bit playing a college coed at age 35 in the 1941 Jane Withers feature Small Town Deb