Dorcas Matthews

Actor

Born: England, UK

BIOGRAPHY

Dorcas Matthews was an actress in silent films in the U.S. She had numerous roles as a supporting actress and was well known.She married fellow actor Robert McKim 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.She was British and came to the U.S. as part of the Jeanne Russell Theatrical Company, along with actor William Henry Pratt who became known as Boris Karloff.New York Motion Picture Corporation sued Thomas H. Ince and among the allegations was poaching actors including Matthews.She became a widow after her husbands death in 1927.According to Findagrave, Dorcas McKim died in 1969 and is buried in Berkeley, California.

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