Dorothy Fay

Dorothy Fay

Born: April 4, 1915
Died: November 5, 2003
in Prescott, Arizona, USA
She was an actress, known for Westerns. She married actor Tex Ritter in 1941, and is the mother of actor John Ritter.

Movies for Dorothy Fay...

North from the Lone Star
Title: North from the Lone Star
Character: Madge Wilson
Released: March 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Hickock (William Elliott), aka The Peaceable Man, meters out justice in the tough town of Deadwood in this highly fictional western from Columbia. Unlike the historic character, Elliott's gunfighter survives his encounter with the South Dakota hellhole, where he arrives to aid beleaguered livery stable owner Clint Wilson (Richard Fiske) and his sister, Madge (Dorothy Fay), in their battle against self-appointed town czar "Flash" Kirby (Arthur Loft). But before he gets that far, there is a little matter of proving Kirby guilty of wrongdoing and to achieve that, Wild Bill earns the enmity of both the Wilsons.
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White Eagle
Title: White Eagle
Character: Janet Rand
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western, White Eagle was made into a serial nine years later, again starring Jones in the title role, a (supposedly) Native American Pony Express Rider defending his people against a gang of evil Whites.
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The Philadelphia Story
Title: The Philadelphia Story
Character: Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: Elaine Bellamy
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
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Glamour for Sale
Title: Glamour for Sale
Character: Trilby (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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Rainbow Over the Range
Title: Rainbow Over the Range
Character: Mary Manners
Released: July 29, 1940
Type: Movie
A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
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Convicted Woman
Title: Convicted Woman
Character: Frances (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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Rollin' Westward
Title: Rollin' Westward
Character: Betty Lawson
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman and her father in their fight against land-grabbers who are trying to swindle them out of their cattle ranch.
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Sundown on the Prairie
Title: Sundown on the Prairie
Character: Ruth Graham
Released: February 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Tex and Ananias are sent by the government to capture some Santa Fe rustlers. Tex recognizes Hendricks as an outlaw, captures him and learns that Hendricks intends to meet a rustler named Dorgan. Tex goes instead and finds out that Dorgan plans to move rustled cattle through the ranch owned by Graham and his daughter Ruth. Dorgan has Graham Pass set to be dynamited to stop any pursuit.
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Trigger Pals
Title: Trigger Pals
Character: Doris Allen
Released: January 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Kent wants the Allen ranch. So he has Steve and his men rustle their cattle using Pete as an informant. When the Trigger Pals Lucky, Stormy, and Fuzzy fight back, Kent frames Stormy for the rustling.
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The Long Shot
Title: The Long Shot
Character: Betty Ralston
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
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Song of the Buckaroo
Title: Song of the Buckaroo
Character: Anna Alden
Released: December 7, 1938
Type: Movie
An outlaw on the run assumes the identity of a dead man. When in his new identity he finds himself elected the mayor of a small town, he decides to go straight.
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Law of the Texan
Title: Law of the Texan
Character: Helen Clifford
Released: October 24, 1938
Type: Movie
Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the Rangers.
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The Stranger from Arizona
Title: The Stranger from Arizona
Character: Ann Turner
Released: September 22, 1938
Type: Movie
A quiet cowboy on a white horse saves a gal from cattle rustlers.
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Frontier Scout
Title: Frontier Scout
Character: Julie
Released: September 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).