Dorothy Vaughan: movies and TV shows
Dorothy Vaughan has 91 credits in the archive: 89 films and 2 TV series, from 1935 to 1952. Highest rated: The Lady from Shanghai (7.4/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 1952 · busiest year: 1938 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Mack | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Sarah | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Attendant (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1952 | The Star | Film | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 1950 | A Wonderful Life | Film | 9.0 | 59 | |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Subway Commuter (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1950 | Three Husbands | Maid (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1950 | Chain Gang | Mrs. Briggs (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1950 | Rider from Tucson | Mrs. Brigitte O'Rielly | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1950 | Square Dance Katy | Ma O'Connor | Film | 4.0 | 59 |
| 1949 | Take One False Step | Leona (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1949 | Home in San Antone | Ma Gibson | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1949 | Fighting Fools | Mrs. Higgins | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1948 | I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes | Mrs. Alvin (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai | Old Woman (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Delia | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Mrs. Hodges (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1947 | The Egg and I | Emmy | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1947 | Lured | Mrs. Miller (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1947 | Robin Hood Of Texas | Mrs. O'Brien | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1947 | Big Town After Dark | Charwoman (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1947 | High Wall | Film | 6.4 | 56 | |
| 1947 | Trail to San Antone | The Commodore | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | Lucy (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1946 | The Bamboo Blonde | Mom | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1946 | They Made Me a Killer | Nancy, Henry's wife | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl | Mrs. Reagan, Denny's Mother | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Landlady (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mrs. Ludlow (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow | Film | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 1944 | Destiny | Maggie, the Old Woman (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Ada Blake (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Nurse Irma Reeves | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Nurse #1 (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging | Mrs. Meegan | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1943 | Moonlight in Vermont | Mrs. Costello | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Eleanor's Landlady (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Katie's Mother (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Ma Corbett | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Mrs. O'Leary | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1942 | Lady Gangster | Jenkins | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Incredible Stranger | Mrs. Brewster (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Dalton | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Mrs. McDougall, scrubwoman | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Ehrlich (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Woman (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1941 | Go West, Young Lady | Townswoman | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1941 | Manpower | Mrs. Boyle (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | Secret Evidence | Mrs. Wilson | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Courtroom Matron (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Jones' Mother (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Mary (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Mrs. Rogers | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Prisoner's Wife on Ferry | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Old Swimmin' Hole | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1940 | Hot Steel | Mrs. Morrison | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Ape | Mother Clifford | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | Diamond Frontier | Mrs. Willem | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Midwife | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Apple Pie Baker (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent | Stout Woman Bumped by Garrett | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Mother of Baby Vaughan (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1939 | First Love | Ollie, Mrs. Clinton's Maid | Film | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1939 | Within the Law | Miss McGuinness - Prison Matron | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1939 | Glove Slingers | Mary Kelly (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1938 | Slander House | Mrs. Horton | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 1938 | A Criminal Is Born | Martha Wheeler | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1938 | Billy The Kid Returns | Film | 4.9 | 47 | |
| 1938 | Here's Flash Casey | Mrs. O'Hara | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Fat Woman | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Woman Auto Driver | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | Happy's Nurse | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1938 | Assassin of Youth | Mrs. Mary Barry | Film | 2.9 | 47 |
| 1938 | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Mrs. O'Reilly | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1938 | Gambling Ship | Film | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1938 | Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Milligan | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1937 | Slim | Older Nurse | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1937 | That Man's Here Again | Mrs. Matthews | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Marjorie's Neighbor (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Mrs. Grogan | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party | Dressmaker | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1937 | Michael O'Halloran | Mrs. Tolliver | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1937 | Hoosier Schoolboy | Miss Hodges the School Mistress | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1937 | Quick Money | Lyda Tompkins | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1937 | Telephone Operator | Mrs. Molloy | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1936 | I Married a Doctor | Hospital Nurse | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1936 | Love Begins at Twenty | Evalina 'Evie' Gillingwater | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1936 | Times Square Playboy | Mrs.Nellie Calhoun | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Irish matron | Film | 9.0 | 44 |