Dot Farley

Acting • 1881-02-05 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia Dot Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress. She appeared in 280 films between 1910 and 1950. Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days; she was later notable as the Mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO studios. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in South Pasadena, California.

Known For

6.8

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

1925

5.1

Bangville Police

1913

5.5

The Ranchman's Vengeance

1911

5.5

Dummy Ache

1936

4.2

Picking Peaches

1924

5.3

Fatty Joins the Force

1913

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Filmography

1949
The File on Thelma JordonFilm
Woman Prisoner (uncredited)
★ 6.5
1948
Variety TimeFilm
Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1947
They Won't Believe MeFilm
Emma (uncredited)
★ 6.6
1947
Do or DietFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 8.0
1946
Motor ManiacsFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 7.0
1945
What, No CigarettesFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 7.5
1945
The Big BeefFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 7.0
1945
It's Your MoveFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 7.0
1944
Hail the Conquering HeroFilm
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
★ 7.2
1944
Radio RampageFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 10.0
1944
Prunes and PoliticsFilm
Mrs. Eloise Farley
★ 7.5
1944
Feather Your NestFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1944
San Fernando ValleyFilm
Hattie O'Toole
★ 8.0
1943
Hold Your TemperFilm
Edgar's Mother-in-Law
★ 10.0
1943
Hot FootFilm
Mother-in-Law
★ 9.0
1943
Inferior DecoratorFilm
Mrs. Kennedy's Mother
★ 8.0
1942
Cat PeopleFilm
Mrs. Agnew (uncredited)
★ 6.9
1942
Obliging Young LadyFilm
Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1942
Cooks and CrooksFilm
Sally's Mother
★ 10.0
1942
Duck SoupFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1941
Look Who's LaughingFilm
Mary Blaize (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1939
The WomenFilm
Large Woman (uncredited)
★ 7.2
1939
I Stole a MillionFilm
(uncredited)
★ 8.0
1939
$1,000 a TouchdownFilm
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
★ 3.7
1938
Slander HouseFilm
Mrs. Willis
★ 4.4
1938
The Road to RenoFilm
Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)
★ 3.8
1938
Lawless ValleyFilm
Anna
★ 6.5
1938
The Stranger from ArizonaFilm
Martha
★ 6.0
1937
Love Is NewsFilm
Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
★ 6.3
1937
We Have Our MomentsFilm
(uncredited)
★ 7.1
1937
Too Many WivesFilm
Mrs. Potts
★ 7.2
1937
A Rented RiotFilm
Errol's Mother-in-Law
★ 9.0
1936
Dummy AcheFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 5.5
1936
Wanted: Jane TurnerFilm
Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1936
GasoloonsFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 7.5
1936
Will PowerFilm
Mother
★ 7.0
1935
False PretensesFilm
Mrs. Smythe
★ 7.3
1935
Edgar HamletFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 10.0
1935
Brick-a-BracFilm
Mother
★ 10.0
1935
CounselitisFilm
(uncredited)
★ 9.0
1935
Sock Me to SleepFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1935
Diamond JimFilm
★ 6.5
1935
In Love at 40Film
Florence's Mother
★ 7.0
1934
Down to Their Last YachtFilm
Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
★ 6.5
1934
A Blasted EventFilm
Mother
★ 10.0
1934
Poisoned IvoryFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1934
Fixing a StewFilm
Leon's mother-in-law
★ 9.0
1934
Wrong DirectionFilm
Edgar's Mother-in-Law
★ 9.0
1934
Love on a LadderFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 3.7
1934
Love Past ThirtyFilm
Dressmaker
★ 7.0
1934
Bridal BailFilm
Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
★ 3.0
1933
Curtain at EightFilm
Ella, hefty actress
★ 6.4
1933
What FurFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 8.0
1933
Good HousewreckingFilm
★ 8.0
1933
Quiet Please!Film
Florence's Mother
★ 6.0
1933
Torchy's Kitty CoupFilm
Aunt Zenobia
★ 8.0
1933
Loops! My DearFilm
The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit
1932
Lawyer ManFilm
Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
★ 6.1
1932
While Paris SleepsFilm
Concierge
★ 6.7
1932
Trapped in Tia JuanaFilm
Aunt Emma
★ 6.0
1932
Fish FeathersFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1932
Giggle WaterFilm
Florence's Mother
★ 9.0
1931
The Front PageFilm
Madame (uncredited)
★ 6.4
1931
The Law of the TongFilm
Madam Duval
★ 7.5
1931
Disappearing EnemiesFilm
Aunt Molly
1930
Road to ParadiseFilm
Lola
★ 6.4
1930
Swell PeopleFilm
★ 10.0
1930
The Third AlarmFilm
Woman Barber
★ 10.0
1930
Traffic TangleFilm
Mrs. Ginsberg
★ 10.0
1930
Radio KissesFilm
★ 10.0
1930
Little AccidentFilm
Mrs.Van Dine
★ 9.0
1930
Harmony at HomeFilm
The Modiste
★ 8.0
1930
He Trumped Her AceFilm
Dot
★ 7.0
1930
Love Your NeighborFilm
★ 7.0
1930
Big MoneyFilm
1930
Getting a RaiseFilm
1929
Calling Hubby's BluffFilm
Widow Schultz
★ 10.0
1929
Why Leave Home?Film
Susan
★ 10.0
1929
Marquis PreferredFilm
Mrs. Gruger
★ 10.0
1929
Weak But WillingFilm
Claire Finkel
★ 9.0
1929
Divorce Made EasyFilm
Aunt Emma
★ 7.0
1929
Whirls and GirlsFilm
The Henpecked Husband's Wife
1928
The Garden of EdenFilm
Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
★ 5.9
1928
The Code of the ScarletFilm
Widow Malone
★ 10.0
1928
Should a Girl Marry?Film
Mae Reynolds
★ 10.0
1928
Lady Be GoodFilm
Texas West
★ 10.0
1928
His Unlucky NightFilm
Mrs. Trotter
★ 10.0
1928
The Bicycle FlirtFilm
The Wife
★ 10.0
1928
CelebrityFilm
Mother
★ 9.0
1928
The Girl from NowhereFilm
★ 9.0
1928
Motorboat MamasFilm
Automobile Passenger
★ 9.0
1928
Hubby's Weekend TripFilm
Mrs. Bill Blake
★ 9.0
1928
The Head ManFilm
Mrs. Denny
★ 8.0
1927
The King of KingsFilm
Maidservant of Caiaphas
★ 6.4
1927
His First FlameFilm
Mrs. Benedict
★ 6.0
1927
All AboardFilm
Aunt Patsy
★ 10.0
1927
The Shamrock and the RoseFilm
Mrs. Kelly
★ 6.0
1927
Nobody's WidowFilm
Roxanna's Maid
★ 10.0
1927
The Overland StageFilm
Aunt Viney
★ 9.0
1927
Breakfast at SunriseFilm
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
★ 9.0
1927
The ClimbersFilm
Juana
★ 9.0
1927
The Lost LimitedFilm
★ 8.0
1927
The Girl from EverywhereFilm
Madame Zweibach
★ 7.0
1926
So This Is ParisFilm
Madame Moreau (uncredited)
★ 6.5
1926
Young AprilFilm
Maggie
★ 7.7
1926
The Grand Duchess and the WaiterFilm
The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
★ 7.3
1926
A Punch in the NoseFilm
★ 10.0
1926
Brooding EyesFilm
Marie De Costa
★ 10.0
1926
Memory LaneFilm
Maid
★ 8.0
1926
The Little Irish GirlFilm
Gertie
★ 9.0
1926
The Still AlarmFilm
Mrs. Maloney
★ 9.0
1926
The Family UpstairsFilm
Mademoiselle Clarice
★ 8.0
1926
Golf WidowsFilm
★ 7.0
1926
Matrimony BluesFilm
1926
Money TalksFilm
Mrs. Chatterton
1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. PrideFilm
Townswoman
★ 6.8
1925
The Red KimonaFilm
The Inquisitive One
★ 5.8
1925
The Unchastened WomanFilm
★ 5.1
1925
A Woman of the WorldFilm
Mrs. Bierbauer
★ 5.5
1925
Breaking the IceFilm
The Maid
★ 8.0
1925
Rugged WaterFilm
Mrs. Fuller
★ 8.0
1925
My SonFilm
Hattie Smith
★ 7.0
1924
The Signal TowerFilm
Cousin Gertie
★ 5.8
1924
Picking PeachesFilm
The Customer
★ 4.2
1924
The Enemy SexFilm
Ida Summers
★ 8.5
1924
The Fatal MistakeFilm
★ 9.0
1924
So BigFilm
Widow Paarlenburg
★ 9.0
1924
The Mask of LopezFilm
Townswoman
★ 8.0
1924
Listen LesterFilm
Miss Pink
★ 5.0
1924
Romeo and JulietFilm
Rodney's Mother
★ 8.0
1924
Vanity's PriceFilm
Katherine
★ 8.0
1923
When Knights Were ColdFilm
(uncredited)
★ 6.2
1923
Tea- With a Kick!Film
Mrs. Juniper
★ 10.0
1923
Boy of MineFilm
Mrs. Pettis
★ 9.0
1923
The AcquittalFilm
Maid
★ 9.0
1923
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?Film
Rodney's Mother
★ 8.0
1923
Pitfalls of a Big CityFilm
Rodney's Mother
★ 8.0
1923
One Cylinder LoveFilm
The Society Girl's Mother
★ 7.0
1922
The Crossroads of New YorkFilm
Landlady
★ 7.0
1921
Astray from the SteerageFilm
Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law
★ 10.0
1921
Bright EyesFilm
The Ambitious Mother
★ 6.5
1920
An Elephant on His HandsFilm
★ 8.0
1919
Looney Lions and Monkey BusinessFilm
★ 8.0
1918
The Paperhangers' RevengeFilm
The Cook
1918
The Poor Rich CleanersFilm
The Cook
1917
The House of Terrible ScandalsFilm
Bride's mother/ Soup slurper
1915
Sammy's Scandalous SchemeFilm
Dottie
★ 7.0
1914
Even Unto DeathFilm
Dorothea Gordon
1913
Bangville PoliceFilm
Della's Mother
★ 5.1
1913
Fatty Joins the ForceFilm
Fatty's Sweetheart
★ 5.3
1913
WineFilm
The Woman
★ 10.0
1913
Algy on the ForceFilm
Algy's Sweetheart
★ 9.0
1913
His Chum the BaronFilm
Party Guest (uncredited)
★ 9.0
1913
The GusherFilm
Party Guest (uncredited)
★ 4.5
1913
On His Wedding DayFilm
The Bride
★ 8.0
1913
A Deaf BurglarFilm
A Neighbor
★ 8.0
1913
A Fishy AffairFilm
Neighbor
★ 5.5
1913
A Strong RevengeFilm
Party Guest
★ 5.0
1913
A Life in the BalanceFilm
The Landlord's Wife
★ 6.0
1913
Love and PainFilm
Ethel
1913
The Rural Third DegreeFilm
Si's Bride
1913
Murphy's I.O.U.Film
Wife
1913
Some NerveFilm
The Wife
1913
Hubby’s JobFilm
1912
Peril of the PlainsFilm
Eliza - the Mother
★ 8.0
1911
The Ranchman's VengeanceFilm
Marie
★ 5.5
1911
The Boss of Lucky RanchFilm
★ 7.5
1910
A College ChickenFilm