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==