Dora Mills Adams

Dora Mills Adams
Dora Mills Adams in 1921
Born	(1874-10-24)October 24, 1874 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1943(1943-07-31) (aged 68) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York
Occupation	Film actress
Spouse	Lindsey Adams
Children	1

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.

Career

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.

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1915	Runaway June	Mrs. Moore
1915	The Moth and the Flame	Mrs. Walton
1916	My Lady Incog	Mrs. De Veaux
1916	The Summer Girl	Mrs. Anderson
1916	A Coney Island Princess	Alice's Mother
1917	The Recoil	Mrs. Somerset
1917	Queen X	Mrs. Evans
1917	Married in Name Only	Mrs. Francis
1917	The Square Deceiver	Mrs. Pugfeather
1918	The Passing of the Third Floor Back	Miss De Hooley
1918	When Men Betray	Mrs. Gardner
1918	Ashes of Love
1919	Piccadilly Jim	Mrs. Peter Pett
1920	Determination
1920	Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde	Mrs. Lanyon	Short Film
1921	You Find It Everywhere	Mrs. Normand
1922	A Pasteboard Crown	Claire Morrell
1923	Mighty Lak' a Rose	Mrs. Trevor
1923	His Children's Children	Mrs. Rufus Kayne
1924	Flying Fists
1929	Playmates		Short Film
1933	How've You Bean?	Mother of the Groom	Short Film

External links

• Dora Mills Adams at IMDb
• Dora Mills Adams at the TCM Movie Database