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.

Known For

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mrs Lanyon

My Lady Incog.

as Mrs. De Veaux

Runaway June

Mighty Lak' a Rose

as Mrs. Trevor

How've You Bean?

as Mother of the Groom

The Moth and the Flame

as Mrs. Walton

His Children's Children

as Mrs. Rufus Kayne

The Recoil

as Mrs. Somerset

Piccadilly Jim

as Mrs. Peter Pett

You Find it Everywhere

as Mrs. Normand