Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Female

Birthday

1900-01-06

Deathday

1988-03-16 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Hannah, North Dakota, USA

Also Known As

Dorothy Addams
Dorothy A. Foulger
Dorothy Haddon

Dorothy Adams

Biography

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

Known For

7.8%

The Ten Commandments

Oct 5, 1956

7.7%

The Killing

Jun 6, 1956

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.6%

Laura

Oct 11, 1944

7.8%

The Best Years of Our Lives

Dec 25, 1946

7.4%

An Affair to Remember

Jul 11, 1957

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.5%

Ninotchka

Nov 23, 1939

7.6%

The Big Country

Sep 30, 1958

7.2%

3:10 to Yuma

Aug 7, 1957

6.3%

The Greatest Show on Earth

Feb 16, 1952

6.5%

Samson and Delilah

Dec 21, 1949

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Acting

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

Peeper as Mrs. Prendergast

1974

Virginia Hill

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

1963

The Great Adventure as Mrs. Woodhaven

1960

From the Terrace as Mrs. Benziger

1959		The Rebel as Mrs. Colburn
1959		The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Canfield
1959		Law of the Plainsman as Mrs. Garnett
1959		Bonanza as Martha Neighbors
1959		The Lawless Years

1958		Unwed Mother as Martha Pauley
1958		The Big Country as Hannassey Woman
1958		Gunman's Walk as Martha Stotheby

1957		Leave It to Beaver as Miss Wakeland
1957		Trackdown
1957		Perry Mason as Betsy Burris
1957		Perry Mason as Wilma Stone
1957		3:10 to Yuma as Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
1957		An Affair to Remember as Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)
1957		The Buckskin Lady as Mrs. Adams
1957		Hot Rod Rumble as Ma Crawford
1957		Panic!

1956		The Ten Commandments as Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate
1956		These Wilder Years as Aunt Martha
1956		Three for Jamie Dawn as Helen March
1956		Johnny Concho as Sarah Dark
1956		The Killing as Mrs. Ruthie O'Reilly
1956		The Broken Star as Mrs. Trail

1955		Jungle Jim
1955		Frontier
1955		Gunsmoke as Mrs. Pitcher
1955		Gunsmoke as Mrs. Glick
1955		The Prodigal as Carpenter's Wife

1954		There's No Business Like Show Business as Nurse (uncredited)
1954		Climax!

1953		Letter to Loretta as Gwen
1953		General Electric Theater as Phone Operator
1953		General Electric Theater as Mrs. Clay

1952		Carrie as Mrs. Meeber - Carrie's Mother
1952		The Winning Team as Ma Alexander
1952		The Greatest Show on Earth as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
1952		Fort Osage as Mrs. Winfield
1952		The Living Bible as Sick Woman

1951		Dragnet
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Grace Hunter
1951		The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951		Racket Squad
1951		Home Town Story as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1951		The First Legion as Mrs. Dunn

1950		The Jackpot as Saleslady (uncredited)
1950		The Cariboo Trail
1950		The Outriders as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

1949		Samson and Delilah as Screaming Temple Spectator (uncredited)
1949		Not Wanted as Mrs. Kelton
1949		He Walked by Night as Milk Customer

1948

The Sainted Sisters as Widow Davitt

1947		Unconquered as Woman at Fort Pitt (uncredited)
1947		The Foxes of Harrow as Mrs. Sara Fox (uncredited)
1947		That's My Man as Millie

1946		A Boy and His Dog as Mrs. Allen
1946		The Best Years of Our Lives as Mrs. Cameron
1946		Nocturne as Angry Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
1946		The Inner Circle as Emma Wilson
1946		O.S.S. as Claudette (uncredited)
1946		Sentimental Journey as Martha (uncredited)
1946		Miss Susie Slagle's as Mrs. Johnson

1945		Fallen Angel as Stella's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
1945		Guest Pests as Woman of the House
1945		The Falcon in San Francisco as Chambermaid (uncredited)
1945		Captain Eddie as Nurse
1945		Phantoms, Inc. as Dr. Trykel's Associate
1945		Circumstantial Evidence as Bolger's wife
1945		Keep Your Powder Dry as WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)

1944		Dark Shadows as Mrs. Mary Abbott (uncredited)
1944		Laura as Laura's Maid Bessie Clary (uncredited)
1944		Since You Went Away as Nurse (uncredited)
1944		Bathing Beauty as Ms. Hanney (uncredited)

1943

So Proudly We Hail as Lt. Irma Emerson

1942		Lady Gangster as Deaf Annie
1942		Joe Smith, American as Nurse (uncredited)

1941		Bedtime Story as Betsy
1941		One Foot in Heaven as Woman Behind Hope at Baptism (uncredited)
1941		The Devil Commands as Mrs. Marcy
1941		Whistling in the Dark as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
1941		Highway West as Wife (uncredited)
1941		The Shepherd of the Hills as Elvy
1941		The Flame of New Orleans as Giraud's Cousin Sybil
1941		Penny Serenade as Mother in Stalled Car (uncredited)
1941		Tobacco Road as Susie Mae (uncredited)

1940		Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Indigent Woman
1940		Lucky Partners as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited)
1940		Untamed as 3rd Nurse (uncredited)
1940		We Who Are Young as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
1940		Cross-Country Romance as Emmy
1940		Babies for Sale as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office
1940		The Fight for Life as The Young Woman

1939		A Child Is Born as Nurse (uncredited)
1939		Ninotchka as Swana's Maid Jacqueline (uncredited)
1939		The Women as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
1939		On Borrowed Time as Florist (uncredited)
1939		Bachelor Mother as Secretary (uncredited)
1939		Calling Dr. Kildare as Jenny's Mother (uncredited)

1938		Broadway Musketeers as Anna
1938		Crime Ring as Second Fortune Teller
1938		Condemned Women as Nurse