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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-05-21 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dorothy Tree

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Dorothy Tree (May 21, 1906 – February 13, 1992) was an American actress, voice teacher and writer. She appeared in a wide range of character roles in at least 49 motion pictures between 1927 and 1951.

Her best-known roles were probably as Martha, mother of Knute Rockne, in Knute Rockne, All American and as May Emmerich, invalid wife of Louis Calhern, in The Asphalt Jungle.

After being blacklisted as a communist because of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, she began a second career as a voice teacher in New York. Emphasizing good diction and clarity, and the subtleties of intonation, she published four books on the subject.

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Known For

Acting

1951

The Family Secret as Marie Elsner

1950

The Men as Ellen's Mother
The Asphalt Jungle as May Emmerich
A Life of Her Own as Caraway Secretary (uncredited)
No Sad Songs for Me as Frieda Miles

1944

Casanova Brown as Nurse Clark

1943

Crime Doctor as Pearl Adams
Edge of Darkness as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)

1942

Nazi Agent as Miss Harper
Hitler- Dead or Alive as Else von Brandt
Lady in a Jam as Dr. Enright’s Patient (uncredited)

1941

Highway West as Bella, Salvo's Moll
The Man Who Lost Himself as Mrs. Van Avery
Singapore Woman as Mrs. Bennett

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Elizabeth Edwards
Sky Murder as Kathe
Little Orvie as Clara Stone
Knute Rockne All American as Martha Rockne

1939

City in Darkness as Charlotte Ronnell
The Mystery of Mr. Wong as Valerie Edwards
Television Spy as Reni Vonich
Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Hilda Kleinhauer
The Mysterious Miss X as Alma Platt
Cafe Society as Lady Photographer

1938

Zaza as Mme. Dufresne
Trade Winds as Clara (Uncredited)
Storm Over Bengal as Mrs. Massarene

1937

The Great Garrick as Mme. Moreau
Marked Woman as Woman in Raid (uncredited)

1936

Three Godfathers as Blackie Winters
The Bridge of Sighs as Marion Courtney, aka Mary Court
Navy Born as Daphne Roth

1935

Four Hours to Kill! as Mae Danish
While the Patient Slept as Mittie Federie
The Woman in Red as Mrs. Olga Goodyear

1934

The Dragon Murder Case as Ruby Steele
Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky
Side Streets as Ilka
The Firebird as Mrs. Jolan Brandt
Madame du Barry as Adelaide, the King's Daughter

1933

East of Fifth Avenue as Kitty Green

1932

Life Begins as Rita (uncredited)

1931

Husband's Holiday as Cecily Reid
Dracula as Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
Dracula (Spanish Version) as Bride of Dracula (in catacombs) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1927

It as Waltham Employee (uncredited)