Dorothy West

Dorothy West

Birthday: 1891-08-28

Place of Birth: Griffin, Georgia, USA

Biography: Dorothy West (August 29, 1891 – December 11, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, as well as a radio performer.

Movies

The Honor of His Family
The Honor of His Family

An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American Civil War....

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Sunshine Sue
Sunshine Sue

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself....

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To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and o...

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The Little Darling
The Little Darling

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple fol...

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The Hidden Mine
The Hidden Mine

William Hart, a prospector in the west, who, with his wife and child sought vainly for gold day afte...

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The House with Closed Shutters
The House with Closed Shutters

During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; hi...

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The Many Faces of Dracula
The Many Faces of Dracula

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula...

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The Fugitive
The Fugitive

Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skir...

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Rose o' Salem Town
Rose o' Salem Town

A young girl living in Salem attracts the attentions of The Puritan. After he's brushed off by the g...

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The Revenue Man and His Girl
The Revenue Man and His Girl

In the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still; alo...

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His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust Fulfilled

Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter af...

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A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto

After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shi...

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The Mountaineer's Honor
The Mountaineer's Honor

A mountain girl is seduced by a traveler from the valley. Her brother tracks the seducer down and ki...

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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and...

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The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with ...

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Those Awful Hats
Those Awful Hats

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats....

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Swords and Hearts
Swords and Hearts

A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter....

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The Eternal Grind
The Eternal Grind

Louise (Pickford) is a sewing-machine girl in a sweatshop in New York City. She lives together with ...

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An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupt...

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At the Altar
At the Altar

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the land...

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A Flash of Light
A Flash of Light

An experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to tak...

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The Lure of the Gown
The Lure of the Gown

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle a...

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The Lesson
The Lesson

Short drama about the commandment "honour your father and your mother"....

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The Girl and the Outlaw
The Girl and the Outlaw

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

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A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helpin...

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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown...

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One Touch of Nature
One Touch of Nature

"A pathetic story of mother's grief. No more intense emotion can be imagined than a mother's grief f...

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Love Finds a Way
Love Finds a Way

A Duke's daughter is loved by a gallant knight, but her father wants her to marry another. With the ...

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The Cord of Life
The Cord of Life

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic,...

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The Golden Supper
The Golden Supper

Julian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend and ri...

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A Midnight Adventure
A Midnight Adventure

Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, b...

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The Lily of the Tenements
The Lily of the Tenements

A struggling young seamstress supports her elderly parents by working at home. The landlord offers f...

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Ramona
Ramona

Ramona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love with t...

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The Habit of Happiness
The Habit of Happiness

Douglas Fairbanks stars as "Sunny" Wiggins, who believes in eternal optimism and good spirits. This ...

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The Unchanging Sea
The Unchanging Sea

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young coup...

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Heart Beats of Long Ago
Heart Beats of Long Ago

A feud existed between two Italian houses and it meant disaster to any one of the belligerents to in...

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The Girls and Daddy
The Girls and Daddy

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money....

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Drive for a Life
Drive for a Life

Harry's jealous former mistress puts poison in some candy intended for his new fiancée. Harry discov...

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His Wife's Mother
His Wife's Mother

Jones's mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and ge...

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Those Boys!
Those Boys!

Two boys find a pistol their father has hidden. While they're playing with it, they line up a target...

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What's Your Hurry?
What's Your Hurry?

Papa is proud of his new birthday present, a shotgun. Mary's boyfriend arrives for a visit and she i...

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A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of br...

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Nursing a Viper
Nursing a Viper

During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a...

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The Light That Came
The Light That Came

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love he...

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The Redman's View
The Redman's View

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary jour...

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In the Border States
In the Border States

During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leav...

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Winning Back His Love
Winning Back His Love

A Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not....

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The Italian Barber
The Italian Barber

Tony, a barber, becomes enchanted by Alice, a young newsgirl, and the two quickly fall in love. Howe...

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The Usurer
The Usurer

A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations....

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The Banker's Daughters
The Banker's Daughters

A criminal gang conspire to rob the home of a wealthy banker and his two daughters. To do so, they f...

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His Trust
His Trust

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, h...

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Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning

A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young...

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I Did It
I Did It

A mother punishes her son for eating a plate of cream puffs, unaware that the daughter really did it...

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Lady Helen's Escapade
Lady Helen's Escapade

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a s...

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The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis

An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a ...

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The Voice of the Violin
The Voice of the Violin

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he join...

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The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. S...

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The Politician's Love Story
The Politician's Love Story

A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to...

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The Salvation Army Lass
The Salvation Army Lass

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight...

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The Day After
The Day After

Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but ...

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Faithful
Faithful

Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner wh...

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Love Among the Roses
Love Among the Roses

In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own d...

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The Oath and the Man
The Oath and the Man

A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the p...

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The Newlyweds
The Newlyweds

A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and two se...

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A Child's Impulse
A Child's Impulse

Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these f...

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