Dorothea Kent

Dorothea Kent

Born: June 6, 1916
Died: December 10, 1990
in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Dorothea Kent was born on June 6, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), King of the Cowboys (1943) and Horses' Collars (1935). She died on December 10, 1990 in Burbank, California, USA.

Movies for Dorothea Kent...

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Title: It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character: Margie Temple
Released: April 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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The Missing Lady
Title: The Missing Lady
Character: Jennie Delaney
Released: August 17, 1946
Type: Movie
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow (Kane Richmond) finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.
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Behind the Mask
Title: Behind the Mask
Character: Jennie Delaney
Released: May 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.
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Pin Up Girl
Title: Pin Up Girl
Character: Kay
Released: April 25, 1944
Type: Movie
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Mamie
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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King of the Cowboys
Title: King of the Cowboys
Character: Ruby Smith
Released: April 9, 1943
Type: Movie
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.
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Call of the Canyon
Title: Call of the Canyon
Character: Jane Oakley
Released: August 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
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It Started with Eve
Title: It Started with Eve
Character: Jackie Donovan
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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No, No, Nanette
Title: No, No, Nanette
Character: Betty
Released: December 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?
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They Drive by Night
Title: They Drive by Night
Character: Sue (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
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Cross-Country Romance
Title: Cross-Country Romance
Character: Millie
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Flight Angels
Title: Flight Angels
Character: Mabel
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
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Danger Ahead
Title: Danger Ahead
Character: Genevieve
Released: January 22, 1940
Type: Movie
The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill suspected of trying to get away with the gold. Actually, Maxwell and two henchmen had poured acid on the brake lines, causing the car to crash. Genevieve, daughter of the Mountie chief, suspects Maxwell and Thomas Hatch, president of the bank shipping the gold, but she quickly becomes more trouble than help to Sergeant Renfrew in charge of the investigation. Renfrew and Constable Kelly drive the next shipment but Maxwell plans to make them crash the same way as Hill did. Renfrew steers the vehicle into a hillside and this gives him an idea of what happened to the other car.
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Million Dollar Legs
Title: Million Dollar Legs
Character: Susie Quinn
Released: July 13, 1939
Type: Movie
At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his girl Susie; he schemes to revive crew boat racing. Sinking boats, no money, and his own waistline stand in his way. Can they win the big race with State University?
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She Married a Cop
Title: She Married a Cop
Character: Mabel Dunne
Released: July 11, 1939
Type: Movie
This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Policeman's Ball. For a long time, they have been looking for a voice for their new cartoon feature, "Paddy the Pig," and the cop is just perfect. The policeman is tickled pink at the prospect of being a star and begins telling all his friends about his good fortune (he has no idea what they plan to do with his voice). Eventually he ends up marrying one of the producers, who still hasn't told him the truth. Suddenly the night of the big premiere finally arrives and all of the policeman's old friends and colleagues are there. As it begins, the policeman is appalled and humiliated to see that he has been mocked and has become a laughing stock. He immediately spurns his new wife and goes back to the police force. Time passes, and fortunately, the two reunite and settle their differences.
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Risky Business
Title: Risky Business
Character: Mary Dexter
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
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The Last Express
Title: The Last Express
Character: Amy Arden
Released: October 27, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman finds herself unwillingly mixed up in a series of murders. At the behest of the district attorney, private detective Duncan MacLain (Kent Taylor) investigates the probability of corruption in high government circles.
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Youth Takes a Fling
Title: Youth Takes a Fling
Character: Jean
Released: September 22, 1938
Type: Movie
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
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Having Wonderful Time
Title: Having Wonderful Time
Character: Maxine
Released: July 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
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Young Fugitives
Title: Young Fugitives
Character: Meg
Released: June 30, 1938
Type: Movie
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
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Goodbye Broadway
Title: Goodbye Broadway
Character: Jeanne Carlyle
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.
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Prescription for Romance
Title: Prescription for Romance
Character: Lola Carroll
Released: December 12, 1937
Type: Movie
In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.
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A Girl with Ideas
Title: A Girl with Ideas
Character: Isabelle Foster
Released: November 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
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Some Blondes Are Dangerous
Title: Some Blondes Are Dangerous
Character: Rose Whitney
Released: October 31, 1937
Type: Movie
"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his ever-loving girlfriend Judy Williams in favor of sexy blonde Rose Whitney.
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Carnival Queen
Title: Carnival Queen
Character: Marion Prescott
Released: October 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A young woman not only inherits her late father's estate, she also gets control of a carnival on the edge of bankruptcy in this comedy. Intrigued by carnival life, the woman disguises herself and joins up. She hopes to see how she might save it. She has many adventures and even becomes a magician's assistant.
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As Good as Married
Title: As Good as Married
Character: Poochie
Released: May 9, 1937
Type: Movie
When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.
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More Than a Secretary
Title: More Than a Secretary
Character: Maizie West
Released: December 10, 1936
Type: Movie
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
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Knockout Drops
Title: Knockout Drops
Character: Phyllis
Released: December 6, 1935
Type: Movie
In this short from Educational Pictures, teenaged Sonny is working hard for the upcoming boxing match against his rival, Harry. Much of the film consists of his preparing for the match as well as his little sister's antics. When the match finally arrives, Harry is beating the snot out of Sonny and the only hope for Sonny is if he cheats...which he does without realizing it!
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The E-Flat Man
Title: The E-Flat Man
Character: Elmer's Girl
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Elmer attempts to elope with his fiancée, but they escape her parents by driving off in a car that's actually owned by a wanted gangster. When they hear on the radio that the police are looking for them, they dump the car and hide out near a farmhouse. But the farmer's radio also broadcasts the couple's description, so they run away and start hitchhiking, only to be picked up by two policemen. They manage to flee into a railroad yard and hop a train that turns out to be refrigerated. Finally they decide to turn themselves in -- just as they learn that the real crooks have been apprehended.
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Tars and Stripes
Title: Tars and Stripes
Character: Mack's Girlfriend
Released: May 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Naval recruit Elmer is seemingly unable to discharge any of his duties without making life miserable for his irascible commanding officer, who winds up getting doused with paint, splattered with muck, and repeatedly tossed into the water due to Elmer's ineptitude. To make matters worse, Elmer takes a shine to the CO's girlfriend, which prompts her jealous boyfriend into several wrathful chases after Elmer. He eventually has Elmer locked in the brig -- but his girlfriend is in there too, so she can be together with her beloved Elmer.
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Hayseed Romance
Title: Hayseed Romance
Character: Molly
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Elmer answers an ad for a handyman job and starts working for an older woman and her niece. He gets the impression that his employer wants to marry him, even as he finds himself falling in love with her niece. Elmer talks out his dilemma with himself (in a clever use of double-exposure which puts two Keatons onscreen together) and concludes that he must leave both women. But the aunt catches up with him and takes him at gunpoint to the local preacher. There Elmer discovers she wants him to marry her niece, which he does joyously.
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Horses' Collars
Title: Horses' Collars
Character: Nell Higginbottom
Released: January 10, 1935
Type: Movie
The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villain's wallet and then from a safe meet with problems until Curly, who goes berserk whenever he sees a mouse, knocks out all the bad guys.
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George White's Scandals
Title: George White's Scandals
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she has lots of backstage gossip to choose from