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
- The Big Beef as Florence's Mother
- It's Your Move as Florence's Mother
- What, No Cigarettes as Florence's Mother
1944
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
- Radio Rampage as Florence's Mother
- Prunes and Politics as Mrs. Eloise Farley
- San Fernando Valley as Hattie O'Toole
- Feather Your Nest as Florence's Mother
1943
- Hot Foot as Mother-in-Law
- Inferior Decorator as Mrs. Kennedy's Mother
- Hold Your Temper as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
1942
- Cat People as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
- Obliging Young Lady as Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
- Duck Soup as Florence's Mother
- 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
- Lawless Valley as Anna
- The Road to Reno as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)
- The Stranger from Arizona as Martha
1937
- Love Is News as Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
- We Have Our Moments as (uncredited)
- Too Many Wives as Mrs. Potts
- A Rented Riot as Errol's Mother-in-Law
1936
- Gasoloons as Florence's Mother
- Dummy Ache as Florence's Mother
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Landlady (uncredited)
- Will Power as Mother
1935
- False Pretenses as Mrs. Smythe
- Diamond Jim
- Edgar Hamlet as Florence's Mother
- Brick-a-Brac as Mother
- Counselitis as (uncredited)
- Sock Me to Sleep as Florence's Mother
- In Love at 40 as Florence's Mother
1934
- Love Past Thirty as Dressmaker
- Love on a Ladder as Florence's Mother
- Poisoned Ivory as Florence's Mother
- Bridal Bail as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- Wrong Direction as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- Fixing a Stew as Leon's mother-in-law
- A Blasted Event as Mother
1933
- What Fur as Florence's Mother
- Good Housewrecking
- Curtain at Eight as Ella, hefty actress
- Torchy's Kitty Coup as Aunt Zenobia
- Quiet Please! as Florence's Mother
- Loops! My Dear as The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit
1932
- Lawyer Man as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- Fish Feathers as Florence's Mother
- Giggle Water as Florence's Mother
- Trapped in Tia Juana as Aunt Emma
- While Paris Sleeps as Concierge
1931
- The Front Page as Madame (uncredited)
- Disappearing Enemies as Aunt Molly
- The Law of the Tong as Madam Duval
1930
- Big Money
- Little Accident as Mrs.Van Dine
- Road to Paradise as Lola
- The Third Alarm as Woman Barber
- Traffic Tangle as Mrs. Ginsberg
- Harmony at Home as The Modiste
- Radio Kisses
- He Trumped Her Ace as Dot
- Swell People
- Getting a Raise
- Love Your Neighbor
1929
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Widow Schultz
- Why Leave Home? as Susan
- Whirls and Girls as The Henpecked Husband's Wife
- Weak But Willing as Claire Finkel
- Marquis Preferred as Mrs. Gruger
- Divorce Made Easy as Aunt Emma
1928
- Celebrity as Mother
- The Code of the Scarlet as Widow Malone
- Should a Girl Marry? as Mae Reynolds
- The Garden of Eden as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Bicycle Flirt as The Wife
- Hubby's Weekend Trip as Mrs. Bill Blake
- The Girl from Nowhere
- Motorboat Mamas as Automobile Passenger
- The Head Man as Mrs. Denny
- Lady Be Good as Texas West
- His Unlucky Night as Mrs. Trotter
1927
- The King of Kings as Maidservant of Caiaphas
- All Aboard as Aunt Patsy
- The Overland Stage as Aunt Viney
- His First Flame as Mrs. Benedict
- The Shamrock and the Rose as Mrs. Kelly
- The Girl from Everywhere as Madame Zweibach
- The Climbers as Juana
- The Lost Limited
- Breakfast at Sunrise as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Nobody's Widow as Roxanna's Maid
1926
- Memory Lane as Maid
- Golf Widows
- So This Is Paris as Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- The Little Irish Girl as Gertie
- Matrimony Blues
- The Still Alarm as Mrs. Maloney
- The Family Upstairs as Mademoiselle Clarice
- Young April as Maggie
- Brooding Eyes as Marie De Costa
- A Punch in the Nose
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- Money Talks as Mrs. Chatterton
1925
- My Son as Hattie Smith
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride as Townswoman
- The Red Kimona as The Inquisitive One
- Rugged Water as Mrs. Fuller
- A Woman of the World as Mrs. Bierbauer
- Breaking the Ice as The Maid
1924
- The Mask of Lopez as Townswoman
- So Big as Widow Paarlenburg
- The Enemy Sex as Ida Summers
- Listen Lester as Miss Pink
- The Fatal Mistake
- The Signal Tower as Cousin Gertie
- Vanity's Price as Katherine
- Picking Peaches as The Customer
- Romeo and Juliet as Rodney's Mother
1923
- Boy of Mine as Mrs. Pettis
- The Acquittal as Maid
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney's Mother
- Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney's Mother
- One Cylinder Love as The Society Girl's Mother
- Tea- With a Kick! as Mrs. Juniper
- When Knights Were Cold as (uncredited)
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 Paperhangers' Revenge as The Cook
- The Poor Rich Cleaners 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
- Wine as The Woman
- Algy on the Force as Algy's Sweetheart
- A Fishy Affair as Neighbor
- A Life in the Balance as The Landlord's Wife
- Fatty Joins the Force as Fatty's Sweetheart
- Bangville Police as Della's Mother
- A Strong Revenge as Party Guest
- The Gusher as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Love and Pain as Ethel
- On His Wedding Day as The Bride
- The Rural Third Degree as Si's Bride
- Some Nerve as The Wife
- His Chum the Baron as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Murphy's I.O.U. as Wife
- A Deaf Burglar as A Neighbor
- Hubby’s Job
1912
- Peril of the Plains as Eliza - the Mother