Dorothy Tree
Birthday
1906/05/21
Day of death
1992/02/13 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Dorothy Estelle Triebitz
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...Read more
Acting
(1950) The Men
as Ellen's Mother
(1931) Husband's Holiday
as Cecily Reid
(1939) City in Darkness
as Charlotte Ronnell
(1940) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Elizabeth Edwards
(1950) The Asphalt Jungle
as May Emmerich
(1942) Nazi Agent
as Miss Harper
(1938) Having Wonderful Time
as Frances
(1940) Sky Murder
as Kathe
(1941) Highway West
as Bella, Salvo's Moll
(1934) The Dragon Murder Case
as Ruby Steele
(1934) Here Comes the Navy
as Gladys
(1939) The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as Valerie Edwards
(1935) Four Hours to Kill!
as Mae Danish
(1942) Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Else von Brandt
(1934) Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Countess Olga Andrei Misitalsky
(1936) Three Godfathers
as Blackie Winters
(1934) Side Streets
as Ilka
(1935) A Night at the Ritz
as Kiki
(1936) The Bridge of Sighs
as Marion Courtney, aka Mary Court
(1936) Navy Born
as Daphne Roth
(1934) The Firebird
as Mrs. Jolan Brandt
(1951) The Family Secret
as Marie Elsner
(1938) Zaza
as Mme. Dufresne
(1934) Madame du Barry
as Adelaide, the King's Daughter
(1933) East of Fifth Avenue
as Kitty Green
(1944) Casanova Brown
as Nurse Clark
(1934) The Case of the Howling Dog
as Lucy Benton
(1939) Television Spy
as Reni Vonich
(1932) Life Begins
as Rita (uncredited)
(1938) Trade Winds
as Clara (Uncredited)
(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Hilda Kleinhauer
(1939) The Mysterious Miss X
as Alma Platt
(1935) While the Patient Slept
as Mittie Federie
(1931) Dracula
as Dracula's Bride (uncredited)
(1935) The Woman in Red
as Mrs. Olga Goodyear
(1940) Little Orvie
as Clara Stone
(1937) The Great Garrick
as Mme. Moreau
(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Martha Rockne
(1938) Storm Over Bengal
as Mrs. Massarene
(1943) Crime Doctor
as Pearl Adams
(1939) Cafe Society
as Lady Photographer
(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Van Avery
(1950) A Life of Her Own
as Caraway Secretary (uncredited)
(1941) Singapore Woman
as Mrs. Bennett
(1943) Edge of Darkness
as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
(1931) Drácula
as Bride of Dracula (in catacombs) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1927) It
as Waltham Employee (uncredited)
(1937) Marked Woman
as Woman in Raid (uncredited)
(1950) No Sad Songs for Me
as Frieda Miles
(1942) Lady in a Jam
as Dr. Enright’s Patient (uncredited)