Dorothy Gish
Known for Acting · 136 credits
- Born
- 1898-03-09
- Died
- 1968-06-04
- Place of birth
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Dorothy Elizabeth Gish
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
Known For
TV Shows (10)
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Emily Madison / Ellen Zalinka
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Mary Surratt
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Miss Susie Slagle
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Mrs, Lapham
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
The Alcoa Hour
1955
as Arry Gibbs
Play of the Week
1959
as Aaronetta
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
The Elgin Hour
1954
as Miss Psyche
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
Movies (126)
The Cardinal
1963
as Celia Fermoyle
My Baby
1912
as Wedding Guest
My Hero
1912
as The Young Woman
The Reformers
1913
as Dancer (uncredited)
Just Gold
1913
as The Sweetheart's Sister
Boots
1919
as Boots
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Grace
Peppy Polly
1919
as Polly
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as Crippled Beggar
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Warning
1914
as Dorothy
Silent Sandy
1914
as Mary Jones
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
as Mrs. Skinner
The Country Flapper
1922
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Louise Girard
London
1927
as Mavis Hogan
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
as Mrs Doubleday
The Old Man
1914
as The Maid-of-All-Work
Pa Says
1913
as Dot
Nobody Home
1919
as Frances Wadsworth
Broken Ways
1913
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916
as Gretchen Van Houck
Granny
1914
as Nell
The Sisters
1914
as Carol (May's younger sister)
Betty of Greystone
1916
as Betty Lockwood
Remodeling Her Husband
1920
as Janie Wakefield
His Mother's Son
1913
as Woman at Dock (uncredited)
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
The Informer
1912
as The Southern Girl
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as Birthday Wellwisher
The Bright Shawl
1923
as La Clavel
Turning the Tables
1919
as Doris Pennington
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
as The Second Sister
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as A Friend
The House of Discord
1913
as The Daughter
Romola
1924
as Tessa
Nell Gwyn
1926
as Nell Gwyn
Harvest
1953
as Ellen Zalinka
A Cure for Suffragettes
1913
as Suffragette
A Duel for Love
1914
The New York Hat
1912
Old Heidelberg
1915
as Katie Ruder
The Perfidy of Mary
1913
as Rose
Almost a Wild Man
1913
as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
The Mountain Rat
1914
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
The Painted Lady
1912
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
Hearts of the World
1918
as The Little Disturber
Flying Pat
1920
as Patricia Van Nuys
Little Miss Rebellion
1920
as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as In Theatre Crowd
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
as Among Suffragette Minstrels
Wolves
1930
as Leila McDonald
Nugget Nell
1919
as Nugget Nell
Battling Jane
1918
as Jane
Their First Acquaintance
1914
as Miriam Talbot
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
as Mamie New
Liberty Belles
1914
as Dorothy Ketcham
An Unseen Enemy
1912
as Youngest Sister
Centennial Summer
1946
as Mrs. Rogers
Her Mother's Oath
1913
as The Daughter
How Hazel Got Even
1915
as Hazel
Tiptoes
1927
as Tiptoes Kaye
The Wife
1914
as Kitty Ives - Debutante
Minerva's Mission
1915
as Minerva
The Floor Above
1914
as Stella Ford
The Mysterious Shot
1914
as Marylee Price
The Hun Within
1918
as Beth
The Little Yank
1917
as Sallie Castleton
Oil and Water
1913
as In First Audience (uncredited)
A Fair Rebel
1914
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
The Mountain Girl
1915
as Nell - the Mountain Girl
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
1920
as Mary Ellen
Those Little Flowers
1913
as A Messenger
Out of Bondage
1915
as Mary McRae
A Cry for Help
1912
as Witness to Accident
Clothes Make the Pirate
1926
as Betsy Tidd
The Saving Grace
1914
as Mollie Kite - the Girl
The Painted Lady
1914
as Jess - the Younger Sister
Her Mother's Daughter
1915
as Marie
The Blue or the Gray
1913
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
1914
Fury
1923
as Minnie
Night Life of New York
1925
as Meg
Atta Boy's Last Race
1916
as Lois Brandon
The Hope Chest
1918
as Sheila Moore
Her Grandparents
1915
as Dorothy
The Adopted Brother
1913
as The Daughter
The Better Way
1914
as Sunbeam
The Lady in Black
1913
as The Girl
By Man's Law
1913
as At League Meeting (uncredited)
The Little Catamount
1915
as Hattie - the Little Catamount
The Beautiful City
1925
as Mollie
Papa's Baby
1913
as Young Mother
Little Meena's Romance
1916
as Meena
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Victorine
1915
as Dottie
Sands of Fate
1914
as Helen Robinson
The Widow's Kids
1913
as One of the Kids
The Children of the Feud
1916
as Sairy Ann
The Different Man
1914
Her Official Fathers
1917
as Janice
The Availing Prayer
1914
as May Rock
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988
as (Archive footage)
Stage Struck
1917
as Ruth Colby
Bred in the Bone
1915
as Mercy, at Sixteen
Jordan Is a Hard Road
1915
as Cora Findley
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913
as Hicks' Sweetheart
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
Cigar Butts
1914
The Little School Ma'am
1916
as Nan
Madame Pompadour
1927
as Madame Pompadour
The Ghost in the Garret
1921
as Delsie O'Dell
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Susan Rocks the Boat
1916
as Susan Johnstone
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914
as Ruth Wilson
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
as Abigail - the Country Girl
I'll Get Him Yet
1919
as Susy Faraday Jones
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
as Bessie
Her Old Teacher
1914
as Marjorie
About Dorothy Gish
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies. With 136 credits spanning from 1912 to 1988, Dorothy Gish has appeared in 126 films and 10 TV shows.
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- The Cardinal (1963) — as Celia Fermoyle
- My Baby (1912) — as Wedding Guest
- My Hero (1912) — as The Young Woman
- The Reformers (1913) — as Dancer (uncredited)
- Just Gold (1913) — as The Sweetheart's Sister
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