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
- It's Your Move as Florence's Mother
- The Big Beef 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
- San Fernando Valley as Hattie O'Toole
- Prunes and Politics as Mrs. Eloise Farley
- 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
- The Road to Reno as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)
- The Stranger from Arizona as Martha
- Lawless Valley as Anna
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
- Edgar Hamlet as Florence's Mother
- False Pretenses as Mrs. Smythe
- Diamond Jim
- Sock Me to Sleep as Florence's Mother
- Brick-a-Brac as Mother
- Counselitis as (uncredited)
- In Love at 40 as Florence's Mother
1934
- Poisoned Ivory as Florence's Mother
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Dressmaker
- Bridal Bail as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
- Love on a Ladder as Florence's Mother
- A Blasted Event as Mother
- Wrong Direction as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- Fixing a Stew as Leon's mother-in-law
1933
- Good Housewrecking
- What Fur as Florence's Mother
- Curtain at Eight as Ella, hefty actress
- Loops! My Dear as The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit
- Quiet Please! as Florence's Mother
- Torchy's Kitty Coup as Aunt Zenobia
1932
- Giggle Water as Florence's Mother
- Fish Feathers as Florence's Mother
- Lawyer Man as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- While Paris Sleeps as Concierge
- Trapped in Tia Juana as Aunt Emma
1931
- The Front Page as Madame (uncredited)
- Disappearing Enemies as Aunt Molly
- The Law of the Tong as Madam Duval
1930
- Swell People
- Little Accident as Mrs.Van Dine
- Road to Paradise as Lola
- Big Money
- Harmony at Home as The Modiste
- The Third Alarm as Woman Barber
- Traffic Tangle as Mrs. Ginsberg
- He Trumped Her Ace as Dot
- Love Your Neighbor
- Getting a Raise
- Radio Kisses
1929
- Why Leave Home? as Susan
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Widow Schultz
- Marquis Preferred as Mrs. Gruger
- Whirls and Girls as The Henpecked Husband's Wife
- Divorce Made Easy as Aunt Emma
- Weak But Willing as Claire Finkel
1928
- The Code of the Scarlet as Widow Malone
- The Garden of Eden as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Should a Girl Marry? as Mae Reynolds
- Celebrity as Mother
- Motorboat Mamas as Automobile Passenger
- His Unlucky Night as Mrs. Trotter
- Hubby's Weekend Trip as Mrs. Bill Blake
- Lady Be Good as Texas West
- The Girl from Nowhere
- The Head Man as Mrs. Denny
- The Bicycle Flirt as The Wife
1927
- The King of Kings as Maidservant of Caiaphas
- All Aboard as Aunt Patsy
- The Overland Stage as Aunt Viney
- The Lost Limited
- His First Flame as Mrs. Benedict
- The Girl from Everywhere as Madame Zweibach
- The Climbers as Juana
- The Shamrock and the Rose as Mrs. Kelly
- Breakfast at Sunrise as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Nobody's Widow as Roxanna's Maid
1926
- Memory Lane as Maid
- Matrimony Blues
- Golf Widows
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- Young April as Maggie
- So This Is Paris as Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- The Family Upstairs as Mademoiselle Clarice
- Brooding Eyes as Marie De Costa
- The Still Alarm as Mrs. Maloney
- Money Talks as Mrs. Chatterton
- The Little Irish Girl as Gertie
- A Punch in the Nose
1925
- The Red Kimona as The Inquisitive One
- My Son as Hattie Smith
- A Woman of the World as Mrs. Bierbauer
- Rugged Water as Mrs. Fuller
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride as Townswoman
- Breaking the Ice as The Maid
1924
- Listen Lester as Miss Pink
- The Mask of Lopez as Townswoman
- The Signal Tower as Cousin Gertie
- The Fatal Mistake
- Picking Peaches as The Customer
- So Big as Widow Paarlenburg
- The Enemy Sex as Ida Summers
- Romeo and Juliet as Rodney's Mother
- Vanity's Price as Katherine
1923
- One Cylinder Love as The Society Girl's Mother
- Boy of Mine as Mrs. Pettis
- The Acquittal as Maid
- Tea- With a Kick! as Mrs. Juniper
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney's Mother
- Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney's Mother
- 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
- Bangville Police as Della's Mother
- On His Wedding Day as The Bride
- The Gusher as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Strong Revenge as Party Guest
- Fatty Joins the Force as Fatty's Sweetheart
- A Life in the Balance as The Landlord's Wife
- Some Nerve as The Wife
- Love and Pain as Ethel
- A Deaf Burglar as A Neighbor
- The Rural Third Degree as Si's Bride
- A Fishy Affair as Neighbor
- His Chum the Baron as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Murphy's I.O.U. as Wife
- Hubby’s Job
1912
- Peril of the Plains as Eliza - the Mother