Dot Farley
Born: 1881-02-05 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1971-05-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Dot Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress. She appeared in 280 films between 1910 and 1950. Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days; she was later notable as the Mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in South Pasadena, California.
Filmography
1949
- The File on Thelma Jordon as Woman Prisoner (uncredited)
1948
- Variety Time as Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)
1947
- They Won't Believe Me as Emma (uncredited)
- Do or Diet as Florence's Mother
1946
- Motor Maniacs as Florence's Mother
1945
- What, No Cigarettes as Florence's Mother
- It's Your Move as Florence's Mother
- The Big Beef as Florence's Mother
1944
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
- San Fernando Valley as Hattie O'Toole
- Prunes and Politics as Mrs. Eloise Farley
- Feather Your Nest as Florence's Mother
- Radio Rampage as Florence's Mother
1943
- Hold Your Temper as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- Inferior Decorator as Mrs. Kennedy's Mother
- Hot Foot as Mother-in-Law
1942
- Cat People as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
- Duck Soup as Florence's Mother
- Obliging Young Lady as Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
- Cooks and Crooks as Sally's Mother
1941
- Look Who's Laughing as Mary Blaize (uncredited)
1939
- The Women as Large Woman (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as (uncredited)
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
1938
- Slander House as Mrs. Willis
- The Stranger from Arizona as Martha
- Lawless Valley as Anna
- The Road to Reno as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)
1937
- Love Is News as Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
- We Have Our Moments
- A Rented Riot as Errol's Mother-in-Law
- Too Many Wives as Mrs. Potts
1936
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Landlady (uncredited)
- Gasoloons as Florence's Mother
- Dummy Ache as Florence's Mother
- Will Power as Mother
1935
- Diamond Jim
- Brick-a-Brac as Mother
- False Pretenses as Mrs. Smythe
- In Love at 40 as Florence's Mother
- Counselitis as (uncredited)
- Sock Me to Sleep as Florence's Mother
- Edgar Hamlet as Florence's Mother
1934
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Dressmaker
- Wrong Direction as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- Love on a Ladder as Florence's Mother
- Bridal Bail as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
- Poisoned Ivory as Florence's Mother
- Fixing a Stew as Leon's mother-in-law
- A Blasted Event as Mother
1933
- Curtain at Eight as Ella, hefty actress
- Quiet Please! as Florence's Mother
- What Fur as Florence's Mother
- Torchy's Kitty Coup as Aunt Zenobia
- Good Housewrecking
- Loops! My Dear as The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit
1932
- Lawyer Man as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- While Paris Sleeps as Concierge
- Trapped in Tia Juana as Aunt Emma
- Fish Feathers as Florence's Mother
- Giggle Water as Florence's Mother
1931
- The Front Page as Madame (uncredited)
- The Law of the Tong as Madam Duval
- Disappearing Enemies as Aunt Molly
1930
- Road to Paradise as Lola
- Little Accident as Mrs.Van Dine
- The Third Alarm as Woman Barber
- Swell People
- Harmony at Home as The Modiste
- Radio Kisses
- Getting a Raise
- Big Money
- He Trumped Her Ace as Dot
- Love Your Neighbor
- Traffic Tangle as Mrs. Ginsberg
1929
- Weak But Willing as Claire Finkel
- Divorce Made Easy as Aunt Emma
- Marquis Preferred as Mrs. Gruger
- Why Leave Home? as Susan
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Widow Schultz
- Whirls and Girls as The Henpecked Husband's Wife
1928
- The Head Man as Mrs. Denny
- The Garden of Eden as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Code of the Scarlet as Widow Malone
- Celebrity as Mother
- The Girl from Nowhere
- The Bicycle Flirt as The Wife
- Lady Be Good as Texas West
- His Unlucky Night as Mrs. Trotter
- Motorboat Mamas as Automobile Passenger
- Hubby's Weekend Trip as Mrs. Bill Blake
- Should a Girl Marry? as Mae Reynolds
1927
- The King of Kings as Maidservant of Caiaphas
- The Shamrock and the Rose as Mrs. Kelly
- The Climbers as Juana
- The Overland Stage as Aunt Viney
- His First Flame as Mrs. Benedict
- All Aboard as Aunt Patsy
- Breakfast at Sunrise as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Nobody's Widow as Roxanna's Maid
- The Girl from Everywhere as Madame Zweibach
- The Lost Limited
1926
- So This Is Paris as Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- Money Talks as Mrs. Chatterton
- Brooding Eyes as Marie De Costa
- The Family Upstairs as Mademoiselle Clarice
- The Little Irish Girl as Gertie
- Young April as Maggie
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- The Still Alarm as Mrs. Maloney
- Matrimony Blues
- Memory Lane as Maid
- Golf Widows
- A Punch in the Nose
1925
- Rugged Water as Mrs. Fuller
- The Red Kimona as The Inquisitive One
- My Son as Hattie Smith
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride as Townswoman
- A Woman of the World as Mrs. Bierbauer
- Breaking the Ice as The Maid
1924
- So Big as Widow Paarlenburg
- The Signal Tower as Cousin Gertie
- Picking Peaches as The Customer
- The Enemy Sex as Ida Summers
- The Fatal Mistake
- The Mask of Lopez as Townswoman
- Romeo and Juliet as Rodney's Mother
- Listen Lester as Miss Pink
- Vanity's Price as Katherine
1923
- Tea- With a Kick! as Mrs. Juniper
- When Knights Were Cold as (uncredited)
- The Acquittal as Maid
- Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney's Mother
- One Cylinder Love as The Society Girl's Mother
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney's Mother
- Boy of Mine as Mrs. Pettis
1922
- The Crossroads of New York as Landlady
1921
- Bright Eyes as The Ambitious Mother
- Astray from the Steerage as Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law
1918
- The Poor Rich Cleaners as The Cook
- The Paperhangers' Revenge as The Cook
1917
- The House of Terrible Scandals as Bride's mother/ Soup slurper
1915
- Sammy's Scandalous Scheme as Dottie
1914
- Even Unto Death as Dorothea Gordon
1913
- Fatty Joins the Force as Fatty's Sweetheart
- Bangville Police as Della's Mother
- A Fishy Affair as Neighbor
- Hubby’s Job
- A Strong Revenge as Party Guest
- Wine as The Woman
- His Chum the Baron as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Gusher as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Life in the Balance as The Landlord's Wife
- Murphy's I.O.U. as Wife
- The Rural Third Degree as Si's Bride
- On His Wedding Day as The Bride
- Algy on the Force as Algy's Sweetheart
- Love and Pain as Ethel
- A Deaf Burglar as A Neighbor
- Some Nerve as The Wife
1912
- Peril of the Plains as Eliza - the Mother