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Dorothea Kent

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Dorothea Kent

Born June 6, 1916 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USADied December 10, 199037 films

Dorothea Kent was born on June 6, 1916 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), King of the Cowboys (1943) and Horses' Collars (1935). She died on December 10, 1990 in Burbank, California, USA.

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It Happened on Fifth Avenue posterFirst watchIt Happened on Fifth Avenue19477.1as Margie TempleA New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.View film

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They Drive by Night poster6.9They Drive by Night1940

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 1947It Happened on Fifth AvenueMargie Temple
  2. 1946The Missing LadyJennie Delaney
  3. 1946Behind the MaskJennie Delaney
  4. 1945Army WivesLouise
  5. 1944Pin Up GirlKay
  6. 1943Stage Door CanteenMamie
  7. 1943King of the CowboysRuby Smith
  8. 1942Call of the CanyonJane Oakley
  9. 1941It Started with EveJackie Donovan
  10. 1940No, No, NanetteBetty
  11. 1940They Drive by NightSue (uncredited)
  12. 1940Cross-Country RomanceMillie
  13. 1940Flight AngelsMabel
  14. 1940Danger AheadGenevieve
  15. 1939Million Dollar LegsSusie Quinn
  16. 1939She Married a CopMabel Dunne
  17. 1939Risky BusinessMary Dexter
  18. 1938Strange FacesMaggie Moore
  19. 1938The Last ExpressAmy Arden
  20. 1938Youth Takes a FlingJean
  21. 1938Having Wonderful TimeMaxine
  22. 1938Young FugitivesMeg
  23. 1938Goodbye BroadwayJeanne Carlyle
  24. 1937Prescription for RomanceLola Carroll
  25. 1937A Girl with IdeasIsabelle Foster
  26. 1937Some Blondes Are DangerousRose Whitney
  27. 1937Carnival QueenMarion Prescott
  28. 1937As Good as MarriedPoochie
  29. 1936More Than a SecretaryMaizie West
  30. 1936The Luckiest Girl in the WorldMary
  31. 1935Knockout DropsPhyllis
  32. 1935The E-Flat ManElmer's Girl
  33. 1935It Never RainsDorothy
  34. 1935Tars and StripesMack's Girlfriend
  35. 1935Hayseed RomanceMolly
  36. 1935Horses' CollarsNell Higginbottom
  37. 1934George White's ScandalsDancer (uncredited)