Dorcas Neville Matthews[1] (5 November 1890 – 24 January 1969) was an English actress in silent films in the U.S. She had numerous roles as a supporting actress and was well known.[2][3]
Dorcas Matthews | |
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 Matthews in The Woman in the Suitcase (1920) | |
| Born | Dorcas Neville Matthews 5 November 1890 Lancashire, England |
| Died | 24 January 1969 (aged 78) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1916–1956 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, England,[4] in 1890.[5][6] She came to North America as part of the Jeanne Russell Theatrical Company, along with actor William Henry Pratt who became known as Boris Karloff.[7] 1911 census records show that Matthews resided in a lodging house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[5]
She married fellow actor Robert McKim in Hawaii on 25 April 1920,[4] and had two children with him. According to Fandango, she retired to take care of them. She appeared in a small number of films in uncredited roles in later decades. New York Motion Picture Corporation sued Thomas H. Ince and among the allegations was poaching actors including Matthews.[8]
She was widowed when McKim died in 1927 and apparently never remarried.
Selected filmography
- The Captive God (1916), along with her husband, Robert McKim[9]
- The Jungle Child (1916)
- Honor Thy Name (1916)
- Puppets (1917)[9]
- A Strange Transgressor (1917)
- Borrowed Plumage (1917)
- Idolators (1917)
- Love or Justice (1917)
- The Little Brother (1917)
- Ten of Diamonds (1917)
- Madcap Madge (1917)[10]
- The Silent Man (1917)
- Love Letters (1917)
- The Price Mark (1917)
- The Tar Heel Warrior (1917)
- The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)[11]
- Love Me (1918)[12]
- The Claws of the Hun (1918)
- A Nine O'Clock Town (1918)
- The Virtuous Thief (1919)
- The Market of Souls (1919)
- The Law of Men (1919)
- The Haunted Bedroom (1919)
- Beckoning Roads (1919)
- The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)
- The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
- Blood and Sand (1922)[13]
- Vanity Fair (1932)
- The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
- A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)