Dorothy Short

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Dorothy Short 1915 1963 was an American film actress mainly in lowbudget westerns and serials in the 1930s and 1940s A native of Philadelphia she married actor Dave OBrien in 1936 the same year they appeared together in the lowbudget exploitation cheapie Reefer Madness which in modern times has become a wellknown cult film She also appeared in another antimarijuana film Assassin of Youth in 1937 She often appeared alongside her husband in various B pictures and the Pete Smith series of comedy shorts in which OBrien played the lead on many occasions during the 1940s After their divorce in 1954 Short retired from film acting and died nine years later at age 47 Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Short licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia