Dorothy Morrison (January 3, 1919 – October 18, 2017),
/ref> later taking the married name Dorothy Morrison Green, was an American stage and screen actress who as a

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appeared in a few of the

Hal Roach Harry Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr.Randy Skretvedt, Skretvedt, Randy (2016), ''Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies'', Bonaventure Press. p.608. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, a ...

created ''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

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films during the silent era. She was born to Ernie Morrison Sr. in

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, her older brother,

Ernie Morrison Ernest Fredric Morrison (December 20, 1912 – July 24, 1989) was an American child actor, comedian, vaudevillian and dancer who also performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy Morrison and was the only black member of the ''East Side Ki ...

(billed as Sunshine Sammy), also acted in this film series. Some of her movies are ''

The Champeen ''The Champeen'' is the seventh ''Our Gang'' short subject comedy released. The ''Our Gang'' series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944. Plot After getting caught for stea ...

'', '' Seein' Things'', ''

The Love Bug ''The Love Bug'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and the first in a franchise by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 ...

'', '' Isn't Life Terrible?'' and ''

Hearts in Dixie ''Hearts in Dixie'' (1929) starring Stepin Fetchit was one of the first all-sound film, "talkie", big-studio productions to boast a predominantly African-American cast. A musical film, musical, the film celebrates African-American music and dan ...

''. Her last film was a short called ''Sleepless Hollow'' in 1936.

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Dorothy Morrison
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* 1919 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American actresses African-American actresses American child actresses American stage actresses American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women Actresses from Los Angeles {{US-stage-actor-stub