Dora Mills Adams
Dora Mills Adams (1874–1943) was an early 20th century American actress. She is best known for her appearance in Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde with Sheldon Lewis.
Life
She was born in Kings County Brooklyn NYC on 22 October 1874.
She entered the New York film industry near its birth in 1914 and may have been in theatre or vaudeville beforehand. As one of the older and plumper actresses she usually played matriarchal roles.
She died of myocarditis on 31v July 1943 at 485 Rugby Road in Kings County Brooklyn. She is buried in the Locust Section of Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx.[1]
Film Roles
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- Runaway June (1915) as Mrs Moore
- A Coney Island Princess (1916) as Alice's mother
- The Recoil (1917) as Mrs Somerset
- Queen X (1917) as Mrs Evans
- Married in Name Only (1917) as Mrs Francis
- The Square Deceiver (1917) as Mrs Pugfeather
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918) as Miss De Hooley
- When Men Betray (1918) as Mrs Gardner
- Ashes of Love (1918)
- Piccadilly Jim (1919) as Mrs Peter Pett
- Determination (1920)
- You Find It Everywhere (1922) as Mrs Normand
- A Pasteboard Crown (1922) as Claire Morrell
- Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923) as Mrs Trevor
- His Children's Children (1923) as Mrs Rufus Kayne.
- Flying Fists (1924)
- How've You Bean? (1933) as Fatty Arbuckle's mother
Family
She was married to Lindsey or Lindsay E. Adams (d.1905). They were parents to Hazel Mills Adams Wolff (1901-1957).[3]
References
- Resting Places: The Burial Sites of 14000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010927/
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153738713/dora-adams
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