Dorothy Burgess

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Born

March 04, 1905

Died

August 20, 1961

Filmography

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The West Side Kid (1943)

Man of Courage (1943)

Girls in Chains (1943)

Lady for a Night (1942)

The Lone Star Ranger (1942)

Cadet Girl (1941)

Photos & Videos

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Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Much Fun At A Funeral

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Going To Love Paris!

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The West Side Kid (1943)

Man of Courage (1943)

Girls in Chains (1943)

Lady for a Night (1942)

The Lone Star Ranger (1942)

Cadet Girl (1941)

I Want a Divorce (1940)

The Lady in Question (1940)

Village Tale (1935)

Manhattan Butterfly (1935)

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

Orient Express (1934)

Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)

A Modern Hero (1934)

Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)

Circus Clown (1934)

Babe [The lion tamer]

Black Moon (1934)

Gambling (1934)

Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934)

Night Flight (1933)

Pellerin's girl friend

Headline Shooter (1933)

From Headquarters (1933)

I Love That Man (1933)

Giggles [Ethel]

Strictly Personal (1933)

It's Great to Be Alive (1933)

On Your Guard (1933)

Malay Nights (1933)

The Important Witness (1933)

What Price Decency? (1933)

Easy Millions (1933)

Hold Your Man (1933)

Gypsy [Angikon]

Rusty Rides Alone (1933)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Ladies Must Love (1933)

Play Girl (1932)

Out of Singapore (1932)

The Stoker (1932)

Margarita Valdez

Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931)

Swing High (1930)

Recaptured Love (1930)

In Old Arizona (1929)

Protection (1929)

A Song of Kentucky (1929)

Pleasure Crazed (1929)

Life Events

Videos

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Much Fun At A Funeral Clever opening, William Dieterle directing from a story and screenplay credited to Harry Collins, Warren Duff, Hugh Herbert and Carl Erickson, introducing William Powell who’s running a scam, Frank McHugh his sidekick, Dorothy Burgess the snarky gal-pal and Bette Davis, in a platinum wig, the unexpected inspiration, in Fashions Of 1934, 1934.

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Going To Love Paris! Broke investor turned fashion scam artist “Sherry” Nash (William Powell), with his team (Frank McHugh as Snap, Bette Davis as Lynn), has persuaded the New York designers he was ripping-off to send him to Paris to steal fashions, but they meet former partners Glenda and Harry (Dorothy Burgess, Gordon Westcott) at the docks, in Fashions Of 1934, 1934.

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Isn't That A Hottie? Frank McHugh as Snap is sidekick to William Powell as broke investor Nash, conniving with models (Dorothy Burgess as Glenda) and new-recruit fashion artist Lynn (Bette Davis) to photograph then counterfeit the latest Paris designs, delivered by chauffeur Harry (Gordon Westcott) en route to New York couture houses, in Fashions Of 1934, 1934.

Ladies They Talk About (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Fresh Fish Like You Newly famous bank robber Nan (Barbara Stanwyck) strides into the cell block, an update from the reporter who put her away coming on the radio, as she faces down matron Noonan (Ruth Donnelly) and inmate Susie (Dorothy Burgess), in Ladies They Talk About, 1933.

Ladies They Talk About (1933) -- (Movie Clip) A Man's Running Wild! Dolled-up Barbara Stanwyck making a phone call that turns out to be a diversion, then a past-his-prime bank guard (Harry Gibbon) is supposed to resist her asking to open up early, and her gang busts in, opening Ladies They Talk About, 1933, from a play by actress and one-time San Quentin inmate Dorothy Mackaye.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) They're Gonna Do It! Servant "Lunch" (Clarence Muse) conducts visiting Stephen (Jack Holt) into the island jungle where his wife (Dorothy Burgess) is the star of a Columbia pre-code sacrifice shindig, in Black Moon, 1934.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Change Too Much First scene, spooky modern mom Juanita (Dorothy Burgess) beating tropical drums with little Nancy (Cora Sue Collins), her husband Stephen (Jack Holt) doing some exposition with a shrink (Henry Kolker), opening Columbia's Black Moon, 1934.

Black Moon (1934) -- (Movie Clip) You Call It Voodoo Husband Stephen (Jack Holt) worrying with uncle Perez (Arnold Korff) about Juanita (Dorothy Burgess) having returned to the island where she grew up, nanny Gail (Fay Wray) raising an alarm, rife with racism, in Columbia's Black Moon, 1934.

Family

Grace Burgess

Family

Bibliography

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