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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 6, 1900
Died
March 16, 1988
Place of Birth
Hannah, North Dakota, USA
Also Known As
- Dorothy Addams
- Dorothy A. Foulger
- Dorothy Haddon
Dorothy Adams
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Known For
7.7
actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
4.9
Mrs. Prendergast
Peeper
1975
4.5
Virginia Hill
1974
5.5
Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
0.0
Mrs. Woodhaven
The Great Adventure
1963
6.6
Mrs. Benziger
From the Terrace
1960
4.7
Mrs. Colburn
The Rebel
1959
8.5
Mrs. Canfield
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.0
Mrs. Garnett
Law of the Plainsman
1959
7.5
Martha Neighbors
Bonanza
1959
Credits
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Peeper
as Mrs. Prendergast
1975
4.9
Virginia Hill
1974
4.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
1969
5.5
The Great Adventure
as Mrs. Woodhaven
1963
0.0
From the Terrace
as Mrs. Benziger
1960
6.6
The Rebel
as Mrs. Colburn
1959
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Canfield
1959
8.5
Law of the Plainsman
as Mrs. Garnett
1959
6.0
Bonanza
as Martha Neighbors
1959
7.5
The Lawless Years
1959
7.0
Unwed Mother
as Martha Pauley
1958
4.5
The Big Country
as Hannassey Woman
1958
7.6
Gunman's Walk
as Martha Stotheby
1958
6.6
Leave It to Beaver
as Miss Wakeland
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Perry Mason
as Betsy Burris
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Wilma Stone
1957
7.7
3:10 to Yuma
as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
1957
7.2
An Affair to Remember
as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)
1957
7.4
The Buckskin Lady
as Mrs. Adams
1957
3.8
Hot Rod Rumble
as Ma Crawford
1957
6.0
Panic!
1957
0.0
The Ten Commandments
as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
1956
7.8
These Wilder Years
as Aunt Martha
1956
6.3
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Helen March
1956
5.0
Johnny Concho
as Sarah Dark
1956
3.7
The Killing
as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
1956
7.7
The Broken Star
as Mrs. Trail
1956
6.4
Jungle Jim
1955
5.0
Frontier
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Mrs. Pitcher
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Mrs. Glick
1955
6.6
The Prodigal
as Carpenter's Wife
1955
4.0
There's No Business Like Show Business
as Nurse (uncredited)
1954
6.1
Climax!
1954
3.3
Letter to Loretta
as Gwen
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Phone Operator
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mrs. Clay
1953
6.4
Carrie
as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother
1952
6.4
The Winning Team
as Ma Alexander
1952
5.5
Jet Job
as Mrs. Kovak
1952
5.0
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Fort Osage
as Mrs. Winfield
1952
6.0
The Living Bible
as Sick Woman
1952
6.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Grace Hunter
1951
7.2
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Home Town Story
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1951
4.6
The First Legion
as Mrs. Dunn
1951
6.8
The Jackpot
as Saleslady (uncredited)
1950
6.9
The Cariboo Trail
1950
6.4
The Outriders
as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
1950
6.9
Samson and Delilah
as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Not Wanted
as Mrs. Kelton
1949
6.8
He Walked by Night
as Milk Customer
1949
6.7
The Sainted Sisters
as Widow Davitt
1948
7.0
Unconquered
as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)
1947
6.3
The Foxes of Harrow
as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
1947
5.7
That's My Man
as Millie
1947
6.0
A Boy and His Dog
as Mrs. Allen
1946
5.6
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Cameron
1946
7.8
Nocturne
as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Inner Circle
as Emma Wilson
1946
5.2
O.S.S.
as Claudette (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
as Martha (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Mrs. Johnson
1946
10.0
Fallen Angel
as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
1945
6.5
🎬
Guest Pests
as Woman of the House
1945
6.0
The Falcon in San Francisco
as Chambermaid (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Captain Eddie
as Nurse
1945
6.0
Phantoms, Inc.
as Dr. Trykel's Associate
1945
5.5
Circumstantial Evidence
as Bolger's wife
1945
4.8
Keep Your Powder Dry
as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)
1945
5.9
Dark Shadows
as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)
1944
9.1
Laura
as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
1944
7.6
Since You Went Away
as Nurse (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Bathing Beauty
as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)
1944
5.7
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Irma Emerson
1943
5.5
Lady Gangster
as Deaf Annie
1942
5.5
Joe Smith, American
as Nurse (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Bedtime Story
as Betsy
1941
5.5
One Foot in Heaven
as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
1941
6.6
The Devil Commands
as Mrs. Marcy
1941
6.2
Whistling in the Dark
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Highway West
as Wife (uncredited)
1941
5.8
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Elvy
1941
6.5
The Flame of New Orleans
as Giraud's Cousin Sybil
1941
6.4
Penny Serenade
as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Tobacco Road
as Susie Mae (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Indigent Woman
1940
5.0
Lucky Partners
as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Untamed
as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)
1940
4.2
We Who Are Young
as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Cross-Country Romance
as Emmy
1940
6.4
Babies for Sale
as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office
1940
5.5
🎬
The Fight for Life
as The Young Woman
1940
5.3
A Child Is Born
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Ninotchka
as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
1939
7.5
The Women
as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
1939
7.1
On Borrowed Time
as Florist (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Bachelor Mother
as Secretary (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Broadway Musketeers
as Anna
1938
3.5
Crime Ring
as Second Fortune Teller
1938
4.7
Condemned Women
as Nurse
1938
6.3