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Dorcas Neville Matthews was an English actress in silent films in the U.S. She had numerous roles as a supporting actress and was well known.

Biography
Dorcas Neville Matthews was born in Lancashire, England, in 1890. 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. 1911 census records show that Matthews resided in a lodging house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She married fellow actor Robert McKim in Hawaii on 25 April 1920, She was widowed when McKim died in 1927 and apparently never remarried. ==Selected filmography==
Selected filmography
The Captive God (1916), along with her husband, Robert McKim • The Jungle Child (1916) • Honor Thy Name (1916) • Puppets (1917) • The Silent Man (1917) • Love Letters (1917) • The Price Mark (1917) • The Tar Heel Warrior (1917) • The Millionaire Vagrant (1917) • Love Me (1918) • 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) • Vanity Fair (1932) • The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923) • A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) ==References==
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