Gene Gauntier

Biography

Gene Gauntier, born Eugenia Gauntier Liggett, was an American screenwriter, director and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director and actress in films from mid 1906 to 1920, she wrote screenplays for 31 films.

Known For

The Taming of the Shrew

Wedding Party

Ben Hur

From the Manger to the Cross

Mary

The Girl and the Outlaw

Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)

The Lad from Old Ireland

Aileene

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1915	Gene of the Northland	Jeanne La Roche
1914	Come Back to Erin	Peggy O'Malley
1914	For Ireland's Sake	Eileen Donaghue
1914	The Eye of the Government
1913	The Wives of Jamestown	Lady Geraldine
1913	Lady Peggy’s Escape	Lady Peggy
1912	Dust of the Desert
1912	An Arabian Tragedy	Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife
1912	A Prisoner of the Harem	Alice Durand
1912	The Shaughraun	Claire Ffoliott
1912	From the Manger to the Cross	Mary
1912	You Remember Ellen	Ellen
1912	Captured by Bedouins	Doris Barnett
1912	Winning a Widow	An American Widow
1912	His Mother	Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
1912	Tragedy of the Desert	Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
1912	Far from Erin's Isle	Kathleen
1912	Vagabonds	Nell
1912	The Mayor from Ireland	Bridget O'Donovan
1912	The O'Neill	Elinor
1911	For Love of an Enemy	Hallie Colburn
1911	When the Dead Return	Marcele
1911	The Colleen Bawn	Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'
1911	Her Chum’s Brother
1911	The Fiddler’s Requiem	Dolores
1911	The Little Soldier of ’64
1911	Rory O'More	Kathleen
1911	A Sawmill Hero	Jennie
1911	The Special Messenger	Nancy
1911	The Irish Honeymoon	Maggie McClusky
1911	The Fishermaid of Ballydavid	Kathleen
1910	The Little Spreewald Maiden	Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden
1910	The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg	Nan, The Girl Spy
1910	The Lad from Old Ireland	Aileene
1910	The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged	Anastasia
1910	The Stepmother
1910	The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy	Nan
1910	When Lovers Part
1910	The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910	The Navajo's Bride
1909	A Slave to Drink	Jenny
1909	The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War	Nan
1908	Betrayed by a Handprint	Party Guest
1908	The Taming of the Shrew	Wedding Party
1908	Thompson's Night Out	Mrs. Smith
1908	The Man in the Box	Gang Member
1908	The Stage Rustler
1908	The Girl and the Outlaw	Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)
1908	Evangeline	Evangeline
1908	Way Down East
1908	The Scarlet Letter	Hester Prynne
1907	Ben Hur
1906	Skyscrapers

Year	TV Show	Role