Dorcas Matthews

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
Born
Dorcas Neville Matthews

(1890-11-05)5 November 1890
Lancashire, England
Died24 January 1969(1969-01-24) (aged 78)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1916–1956
Spouse
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(m. 1920; died 1927)​
Children2

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

References
  1. "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994" (27 September 2019). Dorcas Neville Matthews in entry for Robert McKim, 04 May 1920; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento. closed access Archived copy of certificate.
  2. Krows, Arthur Edwin (February 9, 1916). "Play Production in America". H. Holt – via Google Books.
  3. "Photoplay". Macfadden Publications. February 9, 1920 – via Google Books.
  4. "Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922" (12 January 2020), Dorcas Neville Matthews in entry for Robert Morton McKim, 1912. closed access
  5. "Recensement du Canada de 1911" (16 March 2018). Dorcas Matthews in entry for Antonio Toffoletto, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 19-50, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,662. closed access Archived copy of census sheet.
  6. "Matthews, Dorcas: Biography". Notre Cinéma. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (January 10, 2014). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. ISBN 9780786487905 – via Google Books.
  8. Affidavit of Harry E. Aitken, Sworn March 18, 1918. Supreme Court of the United States. 1918. p. 39 – via Google Books.
  9. The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. February 9, 1916. p. 82 – via Google Books.
  10. "Billboard". Billboard Publications. February 9, 1917 – via Google Books.
  11. "Films in Review". Then and There Media, LCC. February 9, 1968 – via Google Books.
  12. "Motography". February 9, 1918 – via Google Books.
  13. McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (February 9, 1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313303456 – via Google Books.
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