Dot Farley
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.
The Women
as Large Woman (uncredited)A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Cat People
as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy...
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The King of Kings
as Maidservant of CaiaphasThe King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...
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Lawyer Man
as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New...
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The File on Thelma Jordon
as Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...
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Picking Peaches
as The CustomerA series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe...
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So This Is Paris
as Madame Moreau (uncredited)Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne...
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They Won't Believe Me
as uncreditedOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand...
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The Garden of Eden
as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte...
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Diamond Jim
as uncreditedA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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While Paris Sleeps
as ConciergeTo save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict...
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Tea- With a Kick!
as Mrs. JuniperThe tale of Bonnie Day, a rambunctious young lady who is rankled when she is expelled from...
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Love Is News
as Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...
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Road to Paradise
as LolaLoretta Young plays dual roles in this 1930 crime drama about a young thief planning to steal...
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Money Talks
as Mrs. ChattertonSam Starling (Owen Moore) is deep in debt, his wife Phoebe (Claire Windsor) is leaving him and...
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Too Many Wives
as Mrs. PottsAn heiress and a dog-catcher go searching for a priceless stamp.
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Lawless Valley
as AnnaAfter doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.
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The Law of the Tong
as Madam DuvalA young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal...
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Obliging Young Lady
as Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...
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False Pretenses
as Mrs. SmytheA girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money....
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Bangville Police
as Della's MotherA young farm maid overhears two cow-hands talking in the barn, and she becomes convinced they’re...
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Wanted: Jane Turner
as Landlady (uncredited)Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
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Rugged Water
as Mrs. FullerAfter years of service, the Captain of the Setuckit Life Saving Station on Cape Cod retires,...
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I Stole a Million
as (uncredited)A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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The Acquittal
as MaidWhen a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and...
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Marquis Preferred
as Mrs. GrugerMenjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and...
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My Son
as Hattie SmithA mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New...
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Curtain at Eight
as Ella, hefty actressAn elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife?...
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Look Who's Laughing
as Mary Blaize (uncredited)Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft...
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Down to Their Last Yacht
as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets...
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Little Accident
as Mrs.Van DineOn the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
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Variety Time
as Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)Jack Parr hosts a variety program of comedic sketches.
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Young April
as MaggieYoung orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
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The Head Man
as Mrs. DennyBecause he refuses to be a tool for a political mob, Watts, an ex-senator, is relegated to the...
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Slander House
as Mrs. WillisOwner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger,...
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We Have Our Moments
as uncreditedA trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in...
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The Gusher
as Party Guest (uncredited)Mabel has two suitors - an oily con man, whom she mocks in a very funny scene where she is shown...
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San Fernando Valley
as Hattie O'TooleA ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter...
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Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
as Rodney's MotherWhere's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
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Boy of Mine
as Mrs. PettisA wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day...
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The Climbers
as JuanaThe Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his...
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A Life in the Balance
as The Landlord's WifeA Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.
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The Signal Tower
as Cousin GertieA railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called...
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Bridal Bail
as Mrs. Jones - June's MotherWhen a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
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Bright Eyes
as The Ambitious MotherAn oil heir and the daughter of a social climbing family are set to marry.
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The Stranger from Arizona
as MarthaA quiet cowboy on a white horse saves a gal from cattle rustlers.
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Celebrity
as MotherKid Reagan is a prizefighter who poses as a poet as a publicity ploy. Jane, an actress hired to...
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Memory Lane
as MaidMary is marrying Jimmie, from whom she has kept a secret; Mary remains in love with another man....
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The Road to Reno
as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.
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Prunes and Politics
as Mrs. Eloise FarleyEdgar is running for county supervisor against his mother-in-law. Edgar, whose campaign is going...
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The Shamrock and the Rose
as Mrs. KellyThe neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their...
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So Big
as Widow PaarlenburgAfter graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina...
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The Crossroads of New York
as LandladyA young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter...
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The Red Kimona
as The Inquisitive OneA woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
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His First Flame
as Mrs. BenedictFire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid...
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$1,000 a Touchdown
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...
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The Enemy Sex
as Ida SummersA well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up...
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A Strong Revenge
as Party GuestCobbler Meyer puts Limburger cheese in the shoes of grocer Schnitz to sabotage his attendance...
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Duck Soup
as Florence's MotherEdgar mistakenly believes that his family wants to kill him to collect his life insurance.
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Lady Be Good
as Texas WestTwo engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
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Trapped in Tia Juana
as Aunt EmmaAn American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't...
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The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as The Countess Prascovia AvaloffAlbert Durant, a young millionaire, poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled and financially...
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Dummy Ache
as Florence's MotherDummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming...
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Romeo and Juliet
as Rodney's MotherA burlesque of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy.
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The Code of the Scarlet
as Widow MaloneAssigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen...
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The Little Irish Girl
as GertieBeautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure...
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Fatty Joins the Force
as Fatty's SweetheartFatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a...
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The Girl from Nowhere
as uncreditedThe Girl from Nowhere is a comedy short
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Breaking the Ice
as The MaidRalph Graves is a football hero that delvers ice for a living in this Mack Sennett slapstick comedy.
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The Overland Stage
as Aunt VineyAt a trading post in the Northern Dakotas, Hawk Lespard, an unscrupulous trader, is opposed by...
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Pitfalls of a Big City
as Rodney's MotherPitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
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Astray from the Steerage
as Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-LawWhile an immigrant couple are detained by authorities to see if they're fit, a smuggler tries to...
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Some Nerve
as The WifeSome Nerve is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Dot Farley.
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Harmony at Home
as The ModisteThis comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the...
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The Big Beef
as Florence's MotherEdgar invites his boss home for a steak dinner, but the steak hasn't arrived. A pushy book...
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The Girl from Everywhere
as Madame ZweibachMack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
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Counselitis
as (uncredited)Leon Errol in court for stealing an umbrella and abusing his wife.
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Breakfast at Sunrise
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)While plotting together to win back their lovers, the rich Madeleine and the penniless Pierre...
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His Unlucky Night
as Mrs. TrotterFriends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on...
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On His Wedding Day
as The BrideWhen some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks...
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Fixing a Stew
as Leon's mother-in-lawLeon Erroll drinks too much, in the opinion of his mother-in-law, Dot Farley. So she arranges...
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The Ranchman's Vengeance
as MarieLorenz Pedro, a Mexican half-breed, owns a small sheep ranch, and lives happily with his wife...
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The Third Alarm
as Woman BarberThe story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved...
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Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
as TownswomanStan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was...
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Weak But Willing
as Claire FinkelDave Finkel's family and friends take him out to a Speakeasy for a birthday celebration. Many...
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Poisoned Ivory
as Florence's MotherEdgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her...
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Do or Diet
as Florence's MotherEdgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence,...
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A Fishy Affair
as NeighborA man goes fishing in the same pond where a burglar has thrown a sock of money stolen from the...
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Will Power
as MotherEdgar thinks he finally has a plan that will force his lazy, mooching brother-in-law to get a...
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A Woman of the World
as Mrs. BierbauerA European countess, after being betrayed by her lover, goes to live in small town Middle...
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A Rented Riot
as Errol's Mother-in-LawWhile his wife and mother-in-law are away on a vacation, Errol sub-lets their apartment and the...
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Calling Hubby's Bluff
as Widow SchultzLate silent short with a Hal Roach approach to situational comedy. Bevan is battling a widow and...
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Even Unto Death
as Dorothea GordonDorthea Gordon comes to a fishing village with her ill-tempered brother, Walter. She rows out to...
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Murphy's I.O.U.
as WifeMurphy, the cop, gives his I. O. U. to the money-lender. Pressed for payment, he gives up his...
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Looney Lions and Monkey Business
as uncreditedThe adventures of an escaped convict.
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The Bicycle Flirt
as The WifeThe Bicycle Flirt is a silent comedy short
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When Knights Were Cold
as (uncredited)Though only the second half survives, here's a synopsis of what's left: Stan is a Robin...
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Sammy's Scandalous Scheme
as DottieSammy can't get any attention from his girlfriend Dot because all she can think of is Charlie...
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