Dorothy Janis

Born: 1912-02-19

Dorothy Janis (born Dorothy Penelope Jones) was an American actress best remembered for a small number of films (primarily 1929's The Pagan) she made during the final years of the Silent cinema era.


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White Shadows in the South Seas

as Girl
Released: 1928-11-11

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives,...

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The Pagan

as Tito
Released: 1929-04-26

Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he...

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Fleetwing

as Thurya
Released: 1928-06-24

Capturing a beautiful horse and slave girl, Thurya young Arab Jaafor’s happiness is short lived...

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The Overland Telegraph

as Dorothy
Released: 1929-03-02

At the beginning of the Civil War, as federal troops start to build the first overland...

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The Green Archer

as uncredited
Released: 1925-12-06

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Lummox

as Chita
Released: 1930-01-13

Lummox is a 1930 American Pre-Code sound film directed by Herbert Brenon, released through...

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