Dorcas Matthews

Dorcas Neville Matthews^[1] (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.^[2][3]

Dorcas Matthews
Matthews in The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
Born	Dorcas Neville Matthews (1890-11-05)5 November 1890 Lancashire, England
Died	24 January 1969(1969-01-24) (aged 78) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1916–1956
Spouse	Robert McKim ​ ​ (m. 1920; died 1927)​
Children	2

Biography

Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, England,^[4] in 1890.^[5][6] 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.^[7] 1911 census records show that Matthews resided in a lodging house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[5]

She married fellow actor Robert McKim in Hawaii on 25 April 1920,^[4] 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.^[8]

She was widowed when McKim died in 1927 and apparently never remarried.

Selected filmography

• The Captive God (1916), along with her husband, Robert McKim^[9]
• The Jungle Child (1916)
• Honor Thy Name (1916)
• Puppets (1917)^[9]
• A Strange Transgressor (1917)
• Borrowed Plumage (1917)
• Idolators (1917)
• Love or Justice (1917)
• The Little Brother (1917)
• Ten of Diamonds (1917)
• Madcap Madge (1917)^[10]
• The Silent Man (1917)
• Love Letters (1917)
• The Price Mark (1917)
• The Tar Heel Warrior (1917)
• The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)^[11]
• Love Me (1918)^[12]
• 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)^[13]
• Vanity Fair (1932)
• The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
• A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)