Dorothy Mackaill

Born: 1903-03-04

Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most notably of the silent-film era and into the early 1930s.


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Safe in Hell

as Gilda Carlson
Released: 1931-12-12

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where...

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Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...

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No Man of Her Own

as Kay Everly
Released: 1932-12-30

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

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Kept Husbands

as Dorothea "Dot" Helen Parker Brunton
Released: 1931-02-22

A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls...

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Love Affair

as Carol Owen
Released: 1932-03-17

Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

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Bright Lights

as Louanne
Released: 1930-09-21

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But...

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The Reckless Hour

as Margaret 'Margie' Nichols
Released: 1931-08-15

Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to...

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Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Doris Thompson
Released: 1937-05-01

Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.

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The Great Divide

as Ruth Jordan
Released: 1929-09-15

Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East,...

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The Office Wife

as Anne Murdock
Released: 1930-08-23

Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive...

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Picture Brides

as Mame Smith
Released: 1934-04-23

Four "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought...

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The Chief

as Dixie Dean
Released: 1933-11-03

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only...

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The Mine with the Iron Door

as Marta Hillgrove
Released: 1924-10-02

This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old...

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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

as Helen Slocum
Released: 1928-03-31

Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's...

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The Barker

as Lou
Released: 1928-10-02

A successful carnival barker deals with the arrival of his eager son, who he'd hoped would stay...

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Joanna

as Joanna Manners
Released: 1925-12-14

Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million...

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Their Mad Moment

as Emily Stanley
Released: 1931-07-12

Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She...

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His Captive Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1929-02-03

Cabaret dancer Anna Janssen kills her sugardaddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht...

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Subway Sadie

as Sadie Hermann
Released: 1926-09-12

A New York fur saleswoman falls for a man she meets on the subway and must decide if she wants...

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Life in Hollywood No. 7

as Herself
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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Children of the Ritz

as Angela Pennington
Released: 1928-02-17

A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family...

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Man Trouble

as Joan
Released: 1930-08-24

A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in...

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The Making of O'Malley

as Lucille Thayer
Released: 1925-06-28

A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his...

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Shore Leave

as Connie Martin
Released: 1925-09-05

"Bilge" Smith (Richard Barthelmess), a tough sailor, meets Connie Martin (Dorothy Mackaill), a...

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The Crystal Cup

as Gita Carteret
Released: 1927-10-16

A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty...

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The Bridge of Sighs

as Linda Harper
Released: 1925-01-01

The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the...

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A Woman's Woman

as Sally Plummer
Released: 1922-09-24

A woman finds herself being a unpaid skivvy to her husband, two daughters and her son.

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Once a Sinner

as DIana Barry
Released: 1931-01-25

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered...

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Two Weeks Off

as Kitty Weaver
Released: 1929-05-11

Frances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also...

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The Love Racket

as uncredited
Released: 1929-12-08

A beautiful girl exposes her shameful past to save the life of a girl she has never met.

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Curtain at Eight

as Lola Cresmer
Released: 1933-10-01

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife?...

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Cheaters

as Mabel
Released: 1934-05-11

A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of...

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The Flirting Widow

as Celia
Released: 1930-05-11

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry....

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The Dancer of Paris

as uncredited
Released: 1926-02-28

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The Painted Lady

as Violet
Released: 1924-09-28

After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to...

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Ranson's Folly

as Mary Cahill
Released: 1926-05-30

U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and...

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The Next Corner

as Elsie Maury
Released: 1924-02-18

While honeymooning in Paris Elsie is rescued from attentions of a man.Her hero is Don Arturo who...

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Mighty Lak' a Rose

as Rose Duncan
Released: 1923-02-12

A blind orphan, Rose Duncan, who has a special talent with the violin. Jerome Trevor, a famed...

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Party Husband

as Laura
Released: 1931-06-06

Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern...

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Just Another Blonde

as Jeanne Cavanaugh
Released: 1926-12-13

Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go...

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Hard to Get

as Bobby Martin
Released: 1929-08-04

A dress shop employee falls in love with a millionaire.

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The Lunatic at Large

as Beatrix Staynes
Released: 1927-01-02

Offering a ride to a millionaire, Sam Smith (Leon Errol) agrees to trade places with his...

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The Broken Violin

as Constance Morley
Released: 1923-05-10

Elderly Jeremy Ellsworth decides to settle his fortune on John and Beatrice, the children of his...

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Twenty-One

as Lynnie Willis
Released: 1923-12-17

Twenty-One is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring...

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Lady Be Good

as Mary
Released: 1928-05-06

Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.

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Convoy

as Sylvia Dodge
Released: 1927-04-24

A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

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His Children's Children

as Sheila
Released: 1923-11-04

Follows three generations of the Mayne family through the year 1921-22. The 81-year-old...

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The Man Who Came Back

as Marcelle
Released: 1924-08-17

Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will...

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The Streets of New York

as Sally Ann
Released: 1922-11-15

Badger, a clerk at a Wall Street brokerage, discovers that his boss Gideon Bloodgood has...

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Torchy's Millions

as uncredited
Released: 1920-10-03

A 1920 silent comedy short.

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Strictly Modern

as Kate
Released: 1930-03-02

Strictly Modern is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Mrs. Pelcher
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Old Lady
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Studio One

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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