Dorothy West (actress) explained

Dorothy West (August 29, 1891  - December 11, 1980) was an American stage and film actress and radio performer.

Early life

She grew up in Huntsville, Alabama.^[1]

Career

West was a star in Biograph silent films in New York. She later relocated to Hollywood with a group of D.W. Griffith stars that included Mary Pickford, Marion Leonard, Florence Barker, and Mack Sennett in 1909.^{[2] [3]} West, Pickford, Pickford's brother Jack, and Effie Johnson boarded together.

She joined a stock theatre company in Mount Vernon, Illinois; then joined the Pitt Stock Players in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;^[4] and in also performed in theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

West returned to film several years later. West received positive notice for her work in Griffith's His Mother's Scarf (1911)^[5] Swords and Hearts (1911)^[6] and The Eternal Grind (1916).^[7]

West left films again to tour in theatre productions in Europe after World War I with the American Army of Occupation, including in Germany.^[8]

She also worked on Broadway^[9] and with a theatre company called The Triangle Players.^[10] She performed in the short play Sintram of Skaggerack by Sada Cowan in 1923.^[11]

She made her radio debut in 1928.

Selected filmography

• The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
• The Guerrilla (1908)
• An Awful Moment (1908)
• One Touch of Nature (1909)
• Love Finds a Way (1909)
• Those Boys! (1909)
• The Girls and Daddy (1909)
• The Brahma Diamond (1909)
• His Wife's Mother (1909)
• The Roue's Heart (1909)
• I Did It (1909)
• The Deception (1909)
• A Burglar's Mistake (1909)
• The Day After (1909)
• The Unchanging Sea (1910)
• In the Border States (1910)
• The House with Closed Shutters (1910)^[12]
• His Mother's Scarf (1911)
• Swords and Hearts (1911)
• The Habit of Happiness (1916)
• The Eternal Grind (1916)

Notes and References

1. News: From Alabam'. 1928-10-28. Burlington Hawk Eye October 28, 1928. 2020-04-21. 19. NewspaperArchive. subscription.
2. News: Hollywood's 3d of a Century. 1939-01-04. Variety. 4. 133. 5. Proquest.
3. Book: Arvidson, Linda. When the movies were young. registration. 1969. Dover Publications. en. 1925.
4. News: Zimmerman. M.K.. Pittsburgh, PA. 1913-11-22. The Billboard. 47. 25. 18. Proquest.
5. News: Notable Attractions at the Picture House. 1916-04-02. The Syracuse Herald. 2020-04-22. NewspaperArchive. subscription.
6. News: Denig. Lynde. Biograph Reissues for May: More Griffith Subjects with Casts That Mean Much to Followers of the Screen. 1916-04-15. The Moving Picture World. 457.
7. News: Mary Pickford at Stanley. 1916-04-11. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2020-04-22. 5. NewspaperArchive. subscription.
8. News: Dramatic Stock: American Stock in Germany. 1920-05-08. The Billboard. 32. 19. 12. Proquest.
9. News: Fine Triangle Films. 1916-04-01. The Billboard. 14. 28. 58. Proquest.
10. News: Legitimate: Little Theatres. 1923-05-17. Variety. 13. 70. 16, 33. Proquest.
11. News: Gillette. Don Carle. The Triangle Players. 1923-05-19. 20. 35. 10. Proquest.
12. Book: Keil. Charlie. American Cinema of the 1910s: Themes and Variations. Singer. Ben. 2009. Rutgers University Press. 978-0-8135-4445-8. en.