Dorothea Wolbert

Dorothea Wolbert
Wolbert in The Front Page (1931)
Born	(1874-04-12)April 12, 1874 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 15, 1958(1958-09-15) (aged 84) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1916–1957

Dorothea Wolbert (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1958) was an American film actress.^[1] She appeared in more than 140 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series I Love Lucy (with her character named Dorothea Wolbert) in episode #137, "Ricky's European Booking" (1956).

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

• A Man of Sorrow (1916) - Sarah
• Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917, Short)
• Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917, Short)
• Over the Fence (1917, Short)
• Pinched (1917, Short)
• By the Sad Sea Waves (1917, Short) - Old Maid Bather in Shower (uncredited)
• Birds of a Feather (1917, Short)
• From Laramie to London (1917, Short)
• Love, Laughs and Lather (1917, Short)
• All Aboard (1917, Short)
• We Never Sleep (1917, Short)
• The Big Idea (1917, Short) - Old Maid with XX Skirt (uncredited)
• The Tip (1918, Short)
• The Lamb (1918, Short)
• Beat It (1918, Short)
• Look Pleasant, Please (1918, Short) - Old Maid Customer (uncredited)
• Here Come the Girls (1918, Short)
• Let's Go (1918, Short)
• Follow the Crowd (1918, Short)
• Pipe the Whiskers (1918, Short)
• Hey There! (1918, Short)
• Kicked Out (1918, Short)
• The Non-Stop Kid (1918, Short)
• Two-Gun Gussie (1918, Short) - An Admirer (uncredited)
• Fireman Save My Child (1918, Short)
• Sic 'Em, Towser (1918, Short)
• Somewhere in Turkey (1918, Short)
• No Place Like Jail (1918, Short)
• Just Rambling Along (1918, Short)
• The Dawn of Understanding (1918) - Mrs. Prescott
• Hear 'Em Rave (1918, Short)
• She Loves Me Not (1918, Short)
• Do You Love Your Wife? (1919, Short)
• The Enchanted Barn (1919) - Mrs. Hollister
• Hustling for Health (1919, Short)
• Ask Father (1919, Short) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• On the Fire (1919, Short)
• Hoot Mon! (1919, Short)
• I'm on My Way (1919, Short)
• The Dutiful Dub (1919, Short)
• Jazz and Jailbirds (1919, Short)
• Next Aisle Over (1919, Short) - Old Maid Passerby on Street (uncredited)
• Young Mr. Jazz (1919, Short)
• Ring Up the Curtain (1919, Short)
• Si, Senor (1919, Short)
• The Marathon (1919, Short) - The Rich Girl's Mother (uncredited)
• Pistols for Breakfast (1919, Short)
• Swat the Crook (1919, Short)
• Off the Trolley (1919, Short)
• The Solitary Sin (1919, Short)
• Cupid Forecloses (1919) - Mrs. Farleigh
• Smashing Barriers (1919, Short)
• At the Old Stage Door (1919, Short)
• La La Lucille (1920) - Fannie, the Janitor's Wife
• Pink Tights (1920) - Mrs. Bump
• A Beggar in Purple (1920) - Mrs. Grogan
• Action (1921) - Mirandy Meekin
• The Ruse of the Rattler (1921) - Mrs. Bludgeon
• The Little Minister (1922) - Nanny Webster
• The Ninety and Nine (1922) - Mrs. Markham
• The Flirt (1922) - The Cook
• The Abysmal Brute (1923) - Mrs. MacTavish
• The Gown Shop (1923, Short) - Audience member
• A Lady of Quality (1924) - Mistress Wimpole
• The Galloping Ace (1924) - Susie Williams
• The Guilty One (1924) - Anne (the maid)
• Duped (1925) - Sweet Marie
• West of Mojave (1925)
• A Woman of the World (1925) - Annie
• Pleasures of the Rich (1926) - Maggie the Maid
• Shivering Spooks (1926, Short) - Séance attendee
• The College Boob (1926) - Aunt Polly
• Exit Smiling (1926) - Anna (uncredited)
• Snowbound (1927) - Maid
• A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) - Lena Svenson
• The Battle of the Century (1927, Short) - Warring pedestrian (uncredited)
• Love and Learn (1928) - Maid
• Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) - Slavey
• Dangerous Paradise (1930) - Mrs. Schomberg
• The Medicine Man (1930) - Sister Wilson
• Borrowed Wives (1930) - Aunt Mary Foley
• The Front Page (1931) - Jenny
• Too Many Cooks (1931) - Aunt Emma Cook (uncredited)
• Friends and Lovers (1931) - Bertha the Barmaid (uncredited)
• The Beast of the City (1932) - Shoplifter (uncredited)
• The Expert (1932) - Annie
• Two Seconds (1932) - Lizzie - Cleaning Lady
• Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) - Apple Mary
• Child of Manhattan (1933) - Dulcey's Aide Getting Chinchilla Coat (uncredited)
• The Mayor of Hell (1933) - Mrs. Burns (uncredited)
• The Women in His Life (1933) - Charwoman (uncredited)
• The Scarlet Letter (1934) - Mistress Allerton (uncredited)
• The Painted Veil (1934) - Stuttering Woman (scenes deleted)
• Vagabond Lady (1935) - Woman Given Opera Ticket (uncredited)
• Motive for Revenge (1935) - Annie - Maid
• Paris in Spring (1935) - Francine
• Reckless Roads (1935)
• Heir to Trouble (1935) - Tillie Tilks
• Fury (1936) - Hector's Wife (uncredited)
• Postal Inspector (1936) - Mrs. Coates (uncredited)
• The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) - Bidder (uncredited)
• Three Comrades (1938) - Old Nurse (uncredited)
• The Arkansas Traveler (1938) - Old Lady (uncredited)
• Dramatic School (1938) - Flower Woman (uncredited)
• Within the Law (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• They All Come Out (1939) - Psychiatrist's Nurse (uncredited)
• The Night of Nights (1939) - 2nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
• Invisible Stripes (1939) - Flower Woman (uncredited)
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Woman in Store (uncredited)
• The Captain Is a Lady (1940) - Short Old Lady (uncredited)
• The Gay Sisters (1942) - Woman Pushed Away by Policeman (uncredited)
• Crack-Up (1946) - Old Lady (uncredited)
• Three Husbands (1950) - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
• Little Egypt (1951) - Old Lady (uncredited)
• Hot Blood (1956) - Little Old Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
• Funny Face (1957) - Minor Role (uncredited)

References

1. Hans J. Wollstein (2014). "Dorothea Wolbert". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

External links

• Dorothea Wolbert at IMDb