| Dorothy
Kelly
1894
- 1966 |
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The actress Dorothy Kelly joined the National Academy of Design and
earned her first money as an illustrator for a pubslishing company.
But she soon decided to become an actress and in 1911, at the age of
only 17, she got signed by Vitagraph.
Her first appearance was a bit part in the movie "A Tale of Two Cities"
(11) but she soon became a popular actress who appeared in numerous movies
in the next years, usually for Vitagraph.
To her well-known movies at the beginning of her career belong "Pseudo
Sultan" (12), "Rip Van Winkle" (12), "Popular Betty" (12), "All for a Girl"
(12), "The Skull" (13), "Bunny's Honeymoon" (13), "Bunny Versus Cutey"
(13), "An Unwritten Chapter" (13), "The Flirt" (13), "The Drudge" (14),
"The Spirit and the Clay" (14), "Miss Raffles" (14), "The Toll" (14) and
"The Greater Love" (14).
On the height of her career she appeared in other movies for the next
few years like "The Wheels of Justice" (15), "A Wireless Rescue" (15),
"My Lost One" (15), "The Sultan of Zulon" (15), "Artie the Millionaire
Kid" (16), "The Scarlet Runner" (16) and "The Awakening" (17).
When Dorothy Kelly got married in 1916 she retired soon from the film
business and concentrated to the family. In 1922 she gave birth to twin
daughters.
Other movies with Dorothy Kelly:
On the Pupil of His Eye (12) The Troublesome Step-Daughters
(12) Aunty's Romance (12) Suing Susan (12) The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton
(12) The Counts (12) None But the Brave Deserve the Fair (12) Bettina's
Substitute; or, There's No Fool Like an Old Fool (12) The Model for St.
John (12) O'Hara, Squatter and Philosopher (12) Ma's Apron Strings (13)
The Weapon (13) O'Hara's Godchild (13) Playing with Fire (13) Disciplining
Daisy (13) Tricks of the Trade (13) A Modern Psyche (13) An Infernal Tangle
(13) The Snare of Fate (13) The Glove (13) My Lady of Idleness (13) The
Tables Turned (13) The Penalties of Reputation (13) The Line-Up (13) Playing
the Pipers (13) Marrying Sue (14) Sonny Jim in Search of a Mother (14)
The First Endorsement (14) The Vanity Case (14) Sonny Jim at the North
Pole (14) The Antique Engagement Ring (14) Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant
(14) The Crime of Cain (14) The Passing of Diana (14) Two Stepchildren
(14) The False and the True (14) The Soul of Luigi (14) The Apple (14)
The Greater Motive (14) The Wheat and the Tares (14) Private Dennis Hogan
(14) The Unwritten Play (14) A Double Error (14) Regan's Daughter (14)
The Love of Pierre Larosse (14) Within an Ace (14) Netty or Letty (14)
Saved from a Life of Crime (14) Forcing Dad's Consent (14) Mother's Roses
(15) The Man, the Mission and the Maid (15) A Madcap Adventure (15) Twice
Rescued (15) The Battle of Frenchman's Run (15) Easy Money (15) Pawns of
Mars (15) In the Days of Famine (15) Four Grains of Rice (15) The Kidnapped
Stockbroker (15) From Out of the Big Snows (15) The Supreme Temptation
(16) Salvation Joan (16) The Law Decides (16) The Secret Kingdom (16) The
Money Mil (17) The Maelstrom (17) |
