Dora Mills Adams

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