Dora Mills Adams

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dora Mills Adams (October 24, 1874 – July 31, 1943) was an American film actress. She is best known for her appearance in the short film Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde as Mrs. Lanyon. Mills entered the New York film industry near its birth in 1914 and may have been in theatre or vaudeville beforehand. As one of the older and plumper actresses she usually played matriarchal roles. She was married to Lindsey Adams. Mills died of myocarditis on July 31, 1943, at 485 Rugby Road in Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 68. She is buried in the Locust Section of Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) — Mrs Lanyon
2. Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923) — Mrs. Trevor
3. How've You Bean? (1933) — Mother of the Groom
4. The Moth and the Flame (1915) — Mrs. Walton
5. His Children's Children (1923) — Mrs. Rufus Kayne
6. Piccadilly Jim (1919) — Mrs. Peter Pett
7. You Find it Everywhere (1921) — Mrs. Normand
8. Flying Fists (1924)
9. A Pasteboard Crown (1922) — Claire Morrell
10. My Lady Incog. (1916) — Mrs. De Veaux
11. Runaway June (1915)
12. The Recoil (1917) — Mrs. Somerset
13. Queen X (1917) — Mrs. Evans
14. Ashes of Love (1918)
15. The Summer Girl (1916) — Mrs. Anderson
16. Married in Name Only (1917) — Mrs. Francis
17. When Men Betray (1918) — Mrs. Gardner