Dorothy Layton (August 13, 1912 – June 4, 2009) was an American film actress of the early 1930s.

Born as Dorothy Ann Wannenwetsch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Layton was selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" for 1932.

She appeared in the films Chickens Come Home (1931), The Chimp, County Hospital, and Pack Up Your Troubles (all 1932).

"[1] The only film she made of any prominence, however, was Pick-Up (1933), which starred George Raft and Sylvia Sidney.

Dorothy Layton died on June 4, 2009, at a retirement home in Towson, Maryland, aged 96.