Dot Farley

actress • writer

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 ...

Born: February 5, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: May 2, 1971 (age 90)

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Known For

7.1

The Women

Movies & TV Credits

151 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The File on Thelma Jordon Movie	6.8	Actress	Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)	1949
Variety Time Movie	5.8	Actress	Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)	1948
They Won't Believe Me Movie	7.0	Actress	—	1947
Do or Diet Short Film	6.6	Actress	Florence's Mother	1947
Motor Maniacs Short Film	6.9	Actress	Florence's Mother	1946
It's Your Move Short Film	6.3	Actress	Florence's Mother	1945
The Big Beef Short Film	6.3	Actress	Florence's Mother	1945
San Fernando Valley Movie	5.8	Actress	Hattie O'Toole	1944
Hail the Conquering Hero Movie	7.5	Actress	Mamie's Mother (uncredited)	1944
Prunes and Politics Short Film	5.8	Actress	Mrs. Eloise Farley	1944
Radio Rampage Short Film	6.5	Actress	Florence's Mother	1944
Feather Your Nest Short Film	7.1	Actress	Florence's Mother	1944
Hold Your Temper Short Film	6.2	Actress	Edgar's Mother-in-Law	1943
Hot Foot Short Film	6.3	Actress	Mother-in-Law	1943
Obliging Young Lady Movie	5.5	Actress	Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)	1942
Cat People Movie	7.1	Actress	Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)	1942
Duck Soup Short Film	7.1	Actress	Florence's Mother	1942
Cooks and Crooks Short Film	3.5	Actress	Sally's Mother	1942
Inferior Decorator Short Film	6.7	Actress	Mrs. Kennedy's Mother	1942
Look Who's Laughing Movie	5.9	Actress	Mary Blaize (uncredited)	1941
The Women Movie	7.8	Actress	Large Woman (uncredited)	1939
I Stole a Million Movie	5.9	Actress	(uncredited)	1939
$1,000 a Touchdown Movie	5.2	Actress	Hysterical Woman (uncredited)	1939
Slander House Movie	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Willis	1938
The Road to Reno Movie	5.4	Actress	Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)	1938
Lawless Valley Movie	6.0	Actress	Anna	1938
The Stranger from Arizona Movie	6.3	Actress	Martha	1938
Love Is News Movie	6.7	Actress	Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)	1937
Too Many Wives Movie	5.2	Actress	Mrs. Potts	1937
We Have Our Moments Movie	6.3	Actress	—	1937
A Rented Riot Short Film	6.3	Actress	Errol's Mother-in-Law	1937
Wanted: Jane Turner Movie	5.8	Actress	Landlady (uncredited)	1936
Will Power Short Film	6.3	Actress	Mother	1936
Gasoloons Short Film	5.3	Actress	Florence's Mother	1936
Dummy Ache Short Film	5.9	Actress	Florence's Mother	1936
False Pretenses Movie	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Smythe	1935
Diamond Jim Movie	6.6	Actress	—	1935
Edgar Hamlet Short Film	6.2	Actress	Florence's Mother	1935
In Love at 40 Short Film	5.0	Actress	Florence's Mother	1935
Brick-a-Brac Short Film	6.1	Actress	Mother	1935
Counselitis Short Film	5.6	Actress	(uncredited)	1935
Down to Their Last Yacht Movie	4.5	Actress	Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)	1934
Love Past Thirty Movie	—	Actress	Dressmaker	1934
Bridal Bail Short Film	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Jones - June's Mother	1934
Wrong Direction Short Film	6.2	Actress	Edgar's Mother-in-Law	1934
Love on a Ladder Short Film	6.4	Actress	Florence's Mother	1934
Poisoned Ivory Short Film	6.0	Actress	Florence's Mother	1934
Fixing a Stew Short Film	6.3	Actress	Leon's mother-in-law	1934
Curtain at Eight Movie	5.4	Actress	Ella, hefty actress	1933
Quiet Please! Short Film	6.3	Actress	Florence's Mother	1933
Good Housewrecking Short Film	6.3	Actress	—	1933
What Fur Short Film	—	Actress	Florence's Mother	1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup Short Film	4.9	Actress	Aunt Zenobia	1933
Lawyer Man Movie	6.3	Actress	Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)	1932
While Paris Sleeps Movie	6.3	Actress	Concierge	1932
Trapped in Tia Juana Movie	5.4	Actress	Aunt Emma	1932
Fish Feathers Short Film	6.8	Actress	Florence's Mother	1932
Giggle Water Short Film	5.4	Actress	Florence's Mother	1932
The Law of the Tong Movie	5.7	Actress	Madam Duval	1931
Disappearing Enemies Short Film	5.4	Actress	Aunt Molly	1931
Road to Paradise Movie	5.4	Actress	Lola	1930
Little Accident Movie	5.7	Actress	Mrs.Van Dine	1930
The Third Alarm Movie	3.3	Actress	Woman Barber	1930
Harmony at Home Movie	5.5	Actress	The Modiste	1930
Traffic Tangle Short Film	4.7	Actress	Mrs. Ginsberg	1930
He Trumped Her Ace Short Film	4.9	Actress	Dot	1930
Big Money Short Film	—	Actress	—	1930
Getting a Raise Short Film	—	Actress	—	1930
Love Your Neighbor Short Film	6.9	Actress	—	1930
Radio Kisses Short Film	—	Actress	—	1930
Swell People Short Film	—	Actress	—	1930
Marquis Preferred Movie	—	Actress	Mrs. Gruger	1929
Divorce Made Easy Movie	6.1	Actress	Aunt Emma	1929
Why Leave Home? Movie	6.7	Actress	Susan	1929
Weak But Willing Short Film	7.0	Actress	Claire Finkel	1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff Short Film	6.7	Actress	Widow Schultz	1929
The Garden of Eden Movie	6.5	Actress	Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)	1928
The Code of the Scarlet Movie	4.9	Actress	Widow Malone	1928
Celebrity Movie	6.5	Actress	Mother	1928
Lady Be Good Movie	3.5	Actress	Texas West	1928
The Head Man Movie	3.5	Actress	Mrs. Denny	1928
His Unlucky Night Short Film	6.0	Actress	Mrs. Trotter	1928
The Bicycle Flirt Short Film	7.9	Actress	The Wife	1928
The Girl from Nowhere Short Film	8.0	Actress	—	1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip Short Film	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Bill Blake	1928
Motorboat Mamas Short Film	7.0	Actress	Automobile Passenger	1928
His First Flame Movie	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Benedict	1927
The Overland Stage Movie	—	Actress	Aunt Viney	1927
Breakfast at Sunrise Movie	7.3	Actress	Telephone Operator (uncredited)	1927
The King of Kings Movie	7.1	Actress	Maidservant of Caiaphas	1927
The Shamrock and the Rose Movie	6.5	Actress	Mrs. Kelly	1927
The Climbers Movie	6.1	Actress	Juana	1927
The Girl from Everywhere Movie	7.3	Actress	Madame Zweibach	1927
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter Movie	6.9	Actress	The Countess Prascovia Avaloff	1926
Memory Lane Movie	7.6	Actress	Maid	1926
The Family Upstairs Movie	5.3	Actress	Mademoiselle Clarice	1926
So This Is Paris Movie	6.9	Actress	Madame Moreau (uncredited)	1926
Brooding Eyes Movie	5.7	Actress	Marie De Costa	1926
The Little Irish Girl Movie	2.7	Actress	Gertie	1926
Young April Movie	7.4	Actress	Maggie	1926
Money Talks Movie	4.9	Actress	Mrs. Chatterton	1926
The Still Alarm Movie	6.2	Actress	Mrs. Maloney	1926
Golf Widows Short Film	—	Actress	—	1926
Matrimony Blues Short Film	—	Actress	—	1926
A Punch in the Nose Short Film	—	Actress	—	1926
A Woman of the World Movie	6.6	Actress	Mrs. Bierbauer	1925
The Red Kimona Movie	6.3	Actress	The Inquisitive One	1925
Rugged Water Movie	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Fuller	1925
My Son Movie	7.1	Actress	Hattie Smith	1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Short Film	6.1	Actress	Townswoman	1925
Breaking the Ice Short Film	3.9	Actress	The Maid	1925
So Big Movie	6.5	Actress	Widow Paarlenburg	1924
The Enemy Sex Movie	4.8	Actress	Ida Summers	1924
The Signal Tower Movie	6.4	Actress	Cousin Gertie	1924
Vanity's Price Movie	—	Actress	Katherine	1924
Picking Peaches Short Film	6.0	Actress	The Customer	1924
Romeo and Juliet Short Film	8.3	Actress	Rodney's Mother	1924
The Acquittal Movie	—	Actress	Maid	1923
Boy of Mine Movie	5.7	Actress	Mrs. Pettis	1923
Tea- With a Kick! Movie	—	Actress	Mrs. Juniper	1923
When Knights Were Cold Short Film	6.5	Actress	(uncredited)	1923
Pitfalls of a Big City Short Film	—	Actress	Rodney's Mother	1923
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? Short Film	—	Actress	Rodney's Mother	1923
One Cylinder Love Short Film	—	Actress	The Society Girl's Mother	1923
The Crossroads of New York Movie	4.7	Actress	Landlady	1922
Bright Eyes Short Film	6.0	Actress	The Ambitious Mother	1921
Astray from the Steerage Short Film	5.8	Actress	Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law	1921
An Elephant on His Hands Short Film	4.3	Actress	—	1920
Looney Lions and Monkey Business Short Film	7.9	Actress	—	1919
The Poor Rich Cleaners Short Film	3.7	Actress	The Cook	1918
The Paperhangers' Revenge Short Film	4.1	Actress	The Cook	1918
Sammy's Scandalous Scheme Short Film	5.5	Actress	Dottie	1915
Even Unto Death Movie	4.7	Actress	Dorothea Gordon	1914
Even Unto Death Movie	4.7	Writing	Writer	1914
Fatty Joins the Force Short Film	5.1	Actress	Fatty's Sweetheart	1913
Bangville Police Short Film	5.1	Actress	Della's Mother	1913
On His Wedding Day Short Film	5.1	Actress	The Bride	1913
A Fishy Affair Short Film	5.2	Actress	Neighbor	1913
The Gusher Short Film	4.7	Actress	Party Guest (uncredited)	1913
Wine Short Film	—	Actress	The Woman	1913
Some Nerve Short Film	—	Actress	The Wife	1913
A Deaf Burglar Short Film	—	Actress	A Neighbor	1913
A Life in the Balance Short Film	5.6	Actress	The Landlord's Wife	1913
The Rural Third Degree Short Film	—	Actress	Si's Bride	1913
Murphy's I.O.U. Short Film	5.3	Actress	Wife	1913
His Chum the Baron Short Film	4.9	Actress	Party Guest (uncredited)	1913
Algy on the Force Short Film	4.9	Actress	Algy's Sweetheart	1913
A Strong Revenge Short Film	5.2	Actress	Party Guest	1913
Peril of the Plains Movie	4.1	Actress	Eliza - the Mother	1912
The Ranchman's Vengeance Short Film	5.6	Actress	Marie	1911
A College Chicken Short Film	—	Actress	—	1910

Dot Farley

Known For

Cat People

Hail the Conquering Hero

The File on Thelma Jordon

The Women

Movies & TV Credits