Dorothy Adams (January 8, 1900 – March 16, 1988) was an American character actress of stage, film, and television. Early years Adams was born in Hannah, North Dakota. She later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and was educated there. Stage In the 1920s, Adams was active with the Moroni Olsen Players. Films and television Adams was perhaps best known for her role as Wilma Cameron's mother in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Adams made numerous television appearances in the 1950s. She was seen in Gunsmoke with James Arness, and four episodes of the Western series The Adventures of Kit Carson, starring Bill Williams. She appeared in four episodes of the crime drama series Dragnet, starring Jack Webb. She made two guest appearances in Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr. She also appeared in comedy series, such as a 1958 episode of Leave it to Beaver, starring Jerry Mathers. Later years In the 1960s, she was a popular acting instructor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Personal life Adams was married to character actor Byron Foulger from 1921 until his death in 1970. She was the mother of soap opera actress Rachel Ames. Death She died in 1988 in Woodland Hills, California. Her ashes lie with those of her husband in niche A142 in the Del Prado Mausoleum of Inglewood Park Cemetery in California. Partial filmography 1938: Condemned Women as Nurse (uncredited) 1938: Crime Ring as Second Fortune Teller (uncredited) 1938: Broadway Musketeers as Anna, Judy's Governess 1939: Calling Dr. Kildare as Jenny's Mother (uncredited) 1939: Bachelor Mother as Secretary (uncredited) 1939: Mickey the Kid as Student's Mother (uncredited) 1939: On Borrowed Time as Florist (uncredited) 1939: Career as Telephone Operator (uncredited) 1939: The Women as Miss Atkinson (uncredited) 1939: Disputed Passage as Nurse (uncredited) 1939: Ninotchka as Jacqueline - Swana's Maid (uncredited) 1939: A Child Is Born as Nurse (uncredited) 1940: The Fight for Life as The Young Woman 1940: Babies for Sale as Mother in Dr. Gaines' Office (uncredited) 1940: Untamed as 3rd Nurse 1940: Cross-Country Romance as Emmy (uncredited) 1940: We Who Are Young as Bellevue Hospital Nurse (uncredited) 1940: Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Indigent Woman (uncredited) 1940: Lucky Partners as Maid at Ethel's (uncredited) 1940: Nobody's Children as Mrs. Alice Stone (uncredited) 1941: The Devil Commands as Mrs. Marcy 1941: Back Street as Mrs. Brown (uncredited) 1941: Tobacco Road as Payne's