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
- Prunes and Politics as Mrs. Eloise Farley
- Feather Your Nest as Florence's Mother
- San Fernando Valley as Hattie O'Toole
1943
- Hot Foot as Mother-in-Law
- Hold Your Temper as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- Inferior Decorator as Mrs. Kennedy's Mother
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
- Dummy Ache as Florence's Mother
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Landlady (uncredited)
- Gasoloons as Florence's Mother
- Will Power as Mother
1935
- Sock Me to Sleep as Florence's Mother
- False Pretenses as Mrs. Smythe
- Edgar Hamlet as Florence's Mother
- Brick-a-Brac as Mother
- In Love at 40 as Florence's Mother
- Diamond Jim
- Counselitis as (uncredited)
1934
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- Love on a Ladder as Florence's Mother
- Poisoned Ivory as Florence's Mother
- Love Past Thirty as Dressmaker
- Bridal Bail as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
- A Blasted Event as Mother
- Fixing a Stew as Leon's mother-in-law
- Wrong Direction as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
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
- Giggle Water as Florence's Mother
- Fish Feathers as Florence's Mother
- Lawyer Man as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- Trapped in Tia Juana as Aunt Emma
- While Paris Sleeps as Concierge
1931
- The Front Page as Madame (uncredited)
- The Law of the Tong as Madam Duval
- Disappearing Enemies as Aunt Molly
1930
- Big Money
- Swell People
- Road to Paradise as Lola
- Little Accident as Mrs.Van Dine
- He Trumped Her Ace as Dot
- The Third Alarm as Woman Barber
- Traffic Tangle as Mrs. Ginsberg
- Love Your Neighbor
- Getting a Raise
- Radio Kisses
- Harmony at Home as The Modiste
1929
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Widow Schultz
- Whirls and Girls as The Henpecked Husband's Wife
- Why Leave Home? as Susan
- Marquis Preferred as Mrs. Gruger
- Divorce Made Easy as Aunt Emma
- Weak But Willing as Claire Finkel
1928
- Should a Girl Marry? as Mae Reynolds
- Celebrity as Mother
- The Garden of Eden as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Code of the Scarlet as Widow Malone
- Hubby's Weekend Trip as Mrs. Bill Blake
- The Girl from Nowhere
- The Head Man as Mrs. Denny
- Motorboat Mamas as Automobile Passenger
- His Unlucky Night as Mrs. Trotter
- Lady Be Good as Texas West
- The Bicycle Flirt as The Wife
1927
- The King of Kings as Maidservant of Caiaphas
- All Aboard as Aunt Patsy
- The Girl from Everywhere as Madame Zweibach
- The Shamrock and the Rose as Mrs. Kelly
- The Overland Stage as Aunt Viney
- His First Flame as Mrs. Benedict
- The Climbers as Juana
- Breakfast at Sunrise as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Lost Limited
- Nobody's Widow as Roxanna's Maid
1926
- Memory Lane as Maid
- So This Is Paris as Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- Golf Widows
- The Little Irish Girl as Gertie
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- A Punch in the Nose
- The Family Upstairs as Mademoiselle Clarice
- Matrimony Blues
- Money Talks as Mrs. Chatterton
- The Still Alarm as Mrs. Maloney
- Young April as Maggie
- Brooding Eyes as Marie De Costa
1925
- A Woman of the World as Mrs. Bierbauer
- My Son as Hattie Smith
- Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride as Townswoman
- Rugged Water as Mrs. Fuller
- The Unchastened Woman
- The Red Kimona as The Inquisitive One
- Breaking the Ice as The Maid
1924
- Listen Lester as Miss Pink
- The Enemy Sex as Ida Summers
- The Mask of Lopez as Townswoman
- Picking Peaches as The Customer
- The Fatal Mistake
- The Signal Tower as Cousin Gertie
- So Big as Widow Paarlenburg
- Romeo and Juliet as Rodney's Mother
- Vanity's Price as Katherine
1923
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney's Mother
- Tea- With a Kick! as Mrs. Juniper
- Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney's Mother
- One Cylinder Love as The Society Girl's Mother
- The Acquittal as Maid
- When Knights Were Cold as (uncredited)
- Boy of Mine as Mrs. Pettis
1922
- The Crossroads of New York as Landlady
1921
- Astray from the Steerage as Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law
- Bright Eyes as The Ambitious Mother
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
- Wine as The Woman
- The Rural Third Degree as Si's Bride
- On His Wedding Day as The Bride
- Fatty Joins the Force as Fatty's Sweetheart
- Love and Pain as Ethel
- Murphy's I.O.U. as Wife
- Algy on the Force as Algy's Sweetheart
- Bangville Police as Della's Mother
- His Chum the Baron as Party Guest (uncredited)
- A Life in the Balance as The Landlord's Wife
- A Fishy Affair as Neighbor
- A Strong Revenge as Party Guest
- A Deaf Burglar as A Neighbor
- The Gusher as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Some Nerve as The Wife
- Hubby’s Job
1912
- Peril of the Plains as Eliza - the Mother