Dora Mills Adams
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
When Men Betray
1918
as Mrs. Gardner
His Children's Children
1923
as Mrs. Rufus Kayne
A Pasteboard Crown
1922
as Claire Morrell
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Mrs Lanyon
Married in Name Only
1917
as Mrs. Francis
Piccadilly Jim
1919
as Mrs. Peter Pett
Flying Fists
1924
Mighty Lak' a Rose
1923
as Mrs. Trevor
Queen X
1917
as Mrs. Evans
Ashes of Love
1918
You Find it Everywhere
1921
as Mrs. Normand
My Lady Incog.
1916
as Mrs. De Veaux
The Moth and the Flame
1915
as Mrs. Walton
How've You Bean?
1933
as Mother of the Groom
The Recoil
1917
as Mrs. Somerset
Runaway June
1915
The Summer Girl
1916
as Mrs. Anderson