---
name: "Dot Farley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dot-farley"
fi1m_id: "dot-farley"
imdb_id: "nm0267638"
tmdb_id: 945877
wikidata_id: "Q3037377"
roles: []
born: "5 February 1881"
died: "2 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:19:00.779787+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dot Farley

## Identity

Dot Farley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dot-farley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dot-farley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0267638
- **TMDB ID:** 945877
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3037377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Farley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/945877

Actor. Born 5 February 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 2 May 1971.

## Details

- **Born:** 5 February 1881, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 2 May 1971
- **Also known as:** Dorothea Farley, Dorothy Farley, Mrs. Farley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Farley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/945877

## Biography

Dot Farley, also credited as Dorothea Farley, Dorothy Farley or Mrs Farley, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1910 and 1950.

She gained stage experience in stock theatre and made her film debut in 1910. Farley was known for her work in short comedies, appearing in many Mack Sennett productions during the silent era, and later played the recurring role of Edgar Kennedy’s mother-in-law in his RKO short-film series. She also wrote scenarios and stories for films.

Her credits include uncredited parts in *The Women* (1939), *Cat People* (1942) and *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944). Farley died in South Pasadena, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cat People* (1942), Fi1m 86, as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/cat-people.md)

## Complete filmography (168)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), as Woman Prisoner (uncredited)
- *Variety Time* (1948), as Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)
- *They Won't Believe Me* (1947), as Emma (uncredited)
- *Do or Diet* (1947), as Florence's Mother
- *Motor Maniacs* (1946), as Florence's Mother
- *The Big Beef* (1945), as Florence's Mother
- *It's Your Move* (1945), as Florence's Mother
- *What, No Cigarettes* (1945), as Florence's Mother
- *Feather Your Nest* (1944), as Florence's Mother
- *San Fernando Valley* (1944), as Hattie O'Toole
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
- *Radio Rampage* (1944), as Florence's Mother
- *Prunes and Politics* (1944), as Mrs. Eloise Farley
- *Hot Foot* (1943), as Mother-in-Law
- *Inferior Decorator* (1943), as Mrs. Kennedy's Mother
- *Hold Your Temper* (1943), as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- *Duck Soup* (1942), as Florence's Mother
- *Cat People* (1942), as Mrs. Agnew (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/cat-people.md)
- *Cooks and Crooks* (1942), as Sally's Mother
- *Obliging Young Lady* (1942), as Bird Lover Who Did Paper on Shrikes (uncredited)
- *Look Who's Laughing* (1941), as Mary Blaize (uncredited)
- *$1,000 a Touchdown* (1939), as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
- *The Women* (1939), as Large Woman (uncredited)
- *I Stole a Million* (1939), as (uncredited)
- *Lawless Valley* (1938), as Anna
- *Slander House* (1938), as Mrs. Willis
- *The Stranger from Arizona* (1938), as Martha
- *The Road to Reno* (1938), as Mrs. Brumleigh (as Dorothy Farley)
- *A Rented Riot* (1937), as Errol's Mother-in-Law
- *Too Many Wives* (1937), as Mrs. Potts
- *We Have Our Moments* (1937), as (uncredited)
- *Love Is News* (1937), as Woman Wanting Steve's Autograph (uncredited)
- *Wanted: Jane Turner* (1936), as Landlady (uncredited)
- *Dummy Ache* (1936), as Florence's Mother
- *Will Power* (1936), as Mother
- *Gasoloons* (1936), as Florence's Mother
- *Counselitis* (1935), as (uncredited)
- *False Pretenses* (1935), as Mrs. Smythe
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), Actor
- *In Love at 40* (1935), as Florence's Mother
- *Edgar Hamlet* (1935), as Florence's Mother
- *Sock Me to Sleep* (1935), as Florence's Mother
- *Brick-a-Brac* (1935), as Mother
- *Poisoned Ivory* (1934), as Florence's Mother
- *Fixing a Stew* (1934), as Leon's mother-in-law
- *A Blasted Event* (1934), as Mother
- *Down to Their Last Yacht* (1934), as Passenger with Diamond Bracelets (uncredited)
- *Wrong Direction* (1934), as Edgar's Mother-in-Law
- *Love on a Ladder* (1934), as Florence's Mother
- *Love Past Thirty* (1934), as Dressmaker
- *Bridal Bail* (1934), as Mrs. Jones - June's Mother
- *What Fur* (1933), as Florence's Mother
- *Curtain at Eight* (1933), as Ella, hefty actress
- *Quiet Please!* (1933), as Florence's Mother
- *Good Housewrecking* (1933), Actor
- *Torchy's Kitty Coup* (1933), as Aunt Zenobia
- *Loops! My Dear* (1933), as The Colonel's Wife - Mrs. Crumpit
- *Lawyer Man* (1932), as Client Paying $5,000 Fee (uncredited)
- *Fish Feathers* (1932), as Florence's Mother
- *Trapped in Tia Juana* (1932), as Aunt Emma
- *Giggle Water* (1932), as Florence's Mother
- *While Paris Sleeps* (1932), as Concierge
- *The Law of the Tong* (1931), as Madam Duval
- *The Front Page* (1931), as Madame (uncredited)
- *Disappearing Enemies* (1931), as Aunt Molly
- *The Third Alarm* (1930), as Woman Barber
- *Traffic Tangle* (1930), as Mrs. Ginsberg
- *Love Your Neighbor* (1930), Actor
- *Swell People* (1930), Actor
- *Little Accident* (1930), as Mrs.Van Dine
- *Road to Paradise* (1930), as Lola
- *Radio Kisses* (1930), Actor
- *Big Money* (1930), Actor
- *He Trumped Her Ace* (1930), as Dot
- *Getting a Raise* (1930), Actor
- *Harmony at Home* (1930), as The Modiste
- *Weak But Willing* (1929), as Claire Finkel
- *Why Leave Home?* (1929), as Susan
- *Divorce Made Easy* (1929), as Aunt Emma
- *Whirls and Girls* (1929), as The Henpecked Husband's Wife
- *Calling Hubby's Bluff* (1929), as Widow Schultz
- *Marquis Preferred* (1929), as Mrs. Gruger
- *Hubby's Weekend Trip* (1928), as Mrs. Bill Blake
- *Should a Girl Marry?* (1928), as Mae Reynolds
- *Motorboat Mamas* (1928), as Automobile Passenger
- *His Unlucky Night* (1928), as Mrs. Trotter
- *The Girl from Nowhere* (1928), Actor
- *Celebrity* (1928), as Mother
- *The Head Man* (1928), as Mrs. Denny
- *The Code of the Scarlet* (1928), as Widow Malone
- *Lady Be Good* (1928), as Texas West
- *The Bicycle Flirt* (1928), as The Wife
- *The Garden of Eden* (1928), as Monte Carlo Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- *The Girl from Everywhere* (1927), as Madame Zweibach
- *Breakfast at Sunrise* (1927), as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- *The Climbers* (1927), as Juana
- *His First Flame* (1927), as Mrs. Benedict
- *All Aboard* (1927), as Aunt Patsy
- *The King of Kings* (1927), as Maidservant of Caiaphas
- *The Shamrock and the Rose* (1927), as Mrs. Kelly
- *The Lost Limited* (1927), Actor
- *The Overland Stage* (1927), as Aunt Viney
- *Nobody's Widow* (1927), as Roxanna's Maid
- *Golf Widows* (1926), Actor
- *Young April* (1926), as Maggie
- *The Family Upstairs* (1926), as Mademoiselle Clarice
- *So This Is Paris* (1926), as Madame Moreau (uncredited)
- *Money Talks* (1926), as Mrs. Chatterton
- *The Still Alarm* (1926), as Mrs. Maloney
- *Matrimony Blues* (1926), Actor
- *Brooding Eyes* (1926), as Marie De Costa
- *The Little Irish Girl* (1926), as Gertie
- *The Grand Duchess and the Waiter* (1926), as The Countess Prascovia Avaloff
- *Memory Lane* (1926), as Maid
- *A Punch in the Nose* (1926), Actor
- *A Woman of the World* (1925), as Mrs. Bierbauer
- *The Red Kimona* (1925), as The Inquisitive One
- *Rugged Water* (1925), as Mrs. Fuller
- *Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride* (1925), as Townswoman
- *My Son* (1925), as Hattie Smith
- *Breaking the Ice* (1925), as The Maid
- *So Big* (1924), as Widow Paarlenburg
- *Vanity's Price* (1924), as Katherine
- *The Fatal Mistake* (1924), Actor
- *The Enemy Sex* (1924), as Ida Summers
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1924), as Rodney's Mother
- *The Signal Tower* (1924), as Cousin Gertie
- *Listen Lester* (1924), as Miss Pink
- *Picking Peaches* (1924), as The Customer
- *The Mask of Lopez* (1924), as Townswoman
- *Boy of Mine* (1923), as Mrs. Pettis
- *The Acquittal* (1923), as Maid
- *One Cylinder Love* (1923), as The Society Girl's Mother
- *Pitfalls of a Big City* (1923), as Rodney's Mother
- *Tea- With a Kick!* (1923), as Mrs. Juniper
- *Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?* (1923), as Rodney's Mother
- *When Knights Were Cold* (1923), as (uncredited)
- *The Crossroads of New York* (1922), as Landlady
- *Bright Eyes* (1921), as The Ambitious Mother
- *Astray from the Steerage* (1921), as Mrs. Gabble - the Rich Husband's Mother-in-Law
- *An Elephant on His Hands* (1920), Actor
- *Looney Lions and Monkey Business* (1919), Actor
- *The Poor Rich Cleaners* (1918), as The Cook
- *The Paperhangers' Revenge* (1918), as The Cook
- *The House of Terrible Scandals* (1917), as Bride's mother/ Soup slurper
- *Sammy's Scandalous Scheme* (1915), as Dottie
- *Even Unto Death* (1914), as Dorothea Gordon · Writer
- *Some Nerve* (1913), as The Wife
- *The Gusher* (1913), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Fatty Joins the Force* (1913), as Fatty's Sweetheart
- *Wine* (1913), as The Woman
- *Hubby’s Job* (1913), Actor
- *Algy on the Force* (1913), as Algy's Sweetheart
- *His Chum the Baron* (1913), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Bangville Police* (1913), as Della's Mother
- *A Fishy Affair* (1913), as Neighbor
- *Murphy's I.O.U.* (1913), as Wife
- *A Life in the Balance* (1913), as The Landlord's Wife
- *On His Wedding Day* (1913), as The Bride
- *Love and Pain* (1913), as Ethel
- *A Deaf Burglar* (1913), as A Neighbor
- *A Strong Revenge* (1913), as Party Guest
- *The Rural Third Degree* (1913), as Si's Bride
- *Peril of the Plains* (1912), as Eliza - the Mother
- *The Ranchman's Vengeance* (1911), as Marie
- *The Boss of Lucky Ranch* (1911), Actor
- *A College Chicken* (1910), Actor
- *Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath*, as Florence's Mother

## Gallery

- ![Silent film actress Dot Farley. Subjects: actresses (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/3859307/gallery-aec84ee78552.jpg) Silent film actress Dot Farley. Subjects: actresses (1922) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Silent_film_actress_Dot_Farley_%28SAYRE_143%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actress_Dot_Farley_%28SAYRE_143%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dot Farley](https://film.one/media/person/3859307/gallery-a967d8fbaafc.jpg) Dot Farley — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Silent_film_actress_Dot_Farley_%28SAYRE_417%29.jpg/1280px-Silent_film_actress_Dot_Farley_%28SAYRE_417%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dot Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress. (1915)](https://film.one/media/person/3859307/gallery-4593d025422f.jpg) Dot Farley (February 6, 1881 – May 2, 1971) was an American film actress. (1915) — Motion Picture Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Dot_Farley_001.jpg/1280px-Dot_Farley_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dot Farley](https://film.one/media/person/3859307/gallery-ebfe31c5bf76.jpg) Dot Farley — Image via TMDB

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