Dorothy Allen

{{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Allen | birth_date = October 23, 1896 | birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S. | death_date = September 30, 1970 (aged 73) | death_place = New York City, U.S. }}

'''Dorothy Allen''' (October 23, 1896 – September 30, 1970)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/02/archives/dorothy-allen.html Obituary], ''The New York Times''</ref><ref>Obituary, ''Variety'', October 7, 1970.</ref> was an American actress principally active in the 1920s.

Born in Houston, Texas, Allen landed her first roles in 1918 and acted in several Poverty Row films through 1925.<ref>[https://www.allmovie.com/artist/dorothy-allen-p1000 Dorothy Allen] at Allmovie</ref> Among her biggest roles were in the 1920 film ''Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'' and as Miranda Means in 1924's ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster''.

Allen died in New York City.

==Filmography== *''Three Green Eyes'' (1919) *''Over the Hill to the Poorhouse'' (1920) * ''Beyond Price'' (1921) *''Dynamite Allen'' (1921) * ''The Power Within'' (1921) *''The Broken Silence'' (1922) *''Free Air'' (1922) *''If Winter Comes'' (1923) * ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' (1924) *''Second Youth'' (1924) *''Youth for Sale'' (1924) * ''School for Wives'' (1925)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0020462}}

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