Dorcas Neville Matthews"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. (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.
Biography Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, England,"Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922" (12 January 2020), Dorcas Neville Matthews in entry for Robert Morton McKim, 1912. in 1890. 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. 1911 census records show that Matthews resided in a lodging house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada."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.
She married fellow actor Robert McKim in Hawaii on 25 April 1920, 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.
She was widowed when McKim died in 1927 and apparently never remarried.
Selected filmography
The Captive God (1916), along with her husband, Robert McKim The Jungle Child (1916) Honor Thy Name (1916) Puppets (1917) A Strange Transgressor (1917) Borrowed Plumage (1917) Idolators (1917) Love or Justice (1917) The Little Brother (1917) Ten of Diamonds (1917) Madcap Madge (1917) The Silent Man (1917) Love Letters (1917) The Price Mark (1917) The Tar Heel Warrior (1917) The Millionaire Vagrant (1917) Love Me (1918) 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) Vanity Fair (1932) The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923) A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
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