Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 9, 1898
Place of Birth:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Dorothy Gish
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | (Archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Celia Fermoyle |
| 1953 | Harvest | Ellen Zalinka |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Mrs Doubleday |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Mrs. Rogers |
| 1944 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Mrs. Skinner |
| 1930 | Wolves | Leila McDonald |
| 1927 | Tiptoes | Tiptoes Kaye |
| 1927 | London | Mavis Hogan |
| 1927 | Madame Pompadour | Madame Pompadour |
| 1926 | Nell Gwyn | Nell Gwyn |
| 1926 | Clothes Make the Pirate | Betsy Tidd |
| 1926 | Camille: The Fate of a Coquette | Grace |
| 1925 | Night Life of New York | Meg |
| 1925 | The Beautiful City | Mollie |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Romola | Tessa |
| 1923 | Fury | Minnie |
| 1923 | The Bright Shawl | La Clavel |
| 1922 | The Country Flapper | Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Louise Girard |
| 1921 | The Ghost in the Garret | Delsie O'Dell |
| 1920 | Little Miss Rebellion | Grand Duchess Marie Louise |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Janie Wakefield |
| 1920 | Mary Ellen Comes to Town | Mary Ellen |
| 1920 | Flying Pat | Patricia Van Nuys |
| 1919 | Nobody Home | Frances Wadsworth |
| 1919 | Boots | Boots |
| 1919 | Peppy Polly | Polly |
| 1919 | I'll Get Him Yet | Susy Faraday Jones |
| 1919 | Nugget Nell | Nugget Nell |
| 1919 | Turning the Tables | Doris Pennington |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | The Little Disturber |
| 1918 | The Hope Chest | Sheila Moore |
| 1918 | The Hun Within | Beth |
| 1918 | Battling Jane | Jane |
| 1917 | Her Official Fathers | Janice |
| 1917 | Stage Struck | Ruth Colby |
| 1917 | The Little Yank | Sallie Castleton |
| 1916 | Gretchen the Greenhorn | Gretchen Van Houck |
| 1916 | Little Meena's Romance | Meena |
| 1916 | Atta Boy's Last Race | Lois Brandon |
| 1916 | Betty of Greystone | Betty Lockwood |
| 1915 | His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) |
| 1915 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Abigail - the Country Girl |
| 1915 | How Hazel Got Even | Hazel |
| 1915 | The Lost Lord Lowell | Molly - the Maid |
| 1915 | Minerva's Mission | Minerva |
| 1915 | Out of Bondage | Mary McRae |
| 1915 | Her Grandparents | Dorothy |
| 1915 | The Mountain Girl | Nell - the Mountain Girl |
| 1915 | The Little Catamount | Hattie - the Little Catamount |
| 1915 | Bred in the Bone | Mercy, at Sixteen |
| 1915 | Her Mother's Daughter | Marie |
| 1915 | Jordan Is a Hard Road | Cora Findley |
| 1915 | Old Heidelberg | Katie Ruder |
| 1915 | Victorine | Dottie |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | |
| 1914 | The City Beautiful | The City Girl |
| 1914 | Down the Hill to Creditville | Mamie New |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | Crippled Beggar |
| 1914 | Her Father's Silent Partner | |
| 1914 | The Mysterious Shot | Marylee Price |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | Sister of Payne's Sweetheart |
| 1914 | Arms and the Gringo | |
| 1914 | Her Old Teacher | Marjorie |
| 1914 | The Old Man | The Maid-of-All-Work |
| 1914 | Cigar Butts | |
| 1914 | A Fair Rebel | Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister |
| 1914 | The Different Man | |
| 1914 | The Floor Above | Stella Ford |
| 1914 | Silent Sandy | Mary Jones |
| 1914 | The Wife | Kitty Ives - Debutante |
| 1914 | The Newer Woman | Dot |
| 1914 | Their First Acquaintance | Miriam Talbot |
| 1914 | The Mountain Rat | Nell - 'The Mountain Rat' |
| 1914 | The Painted Lady | Jess - the Younger Sister |
| 1914 | Her Mother's Necklace | Bessie |
| 1914 | The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville | |
| 1914 | The Tavern of Tragedy | Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter |
| 1914 | Granny | Nell |
| 1914 | A Lesson in Mechanics | Ruth Wilson |
| 1914 | The Better Way | Sunbeam |
| 1914 | Back to the Kitchen | The Ranchman's Daughter |
| 1914 | Sands of Fate | Helen Robinson |
| 1914 | The Warning | Dorothy |
| 1914 | The Availing Prayer | May Rock |
| 1914 | The Saving Grace | Mollie Kite - the Girl |
| 1914 | A Duel for Love | |
| 1914 | Liberty Belles | Dorothy Ketcham |
| 1914 | The Sisters | Carol (May's younger sister) |
| 1913 | A Cure for Suffragettes | Suffragette |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Broken Ways | In Telegraph Office (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The Sweetheart's Sister |
| 1913 | Red Hicks Defies the World | Hicks' Sweetheart |
| 1913 | The Perfidy of Mary | Rose |
| 1913 | Pa Says | Dot |
| 1913 | The Suffragette Minstrels | Among Suffragette Minstrels |
| 1913 | The House of Discord | The Daughter |
| 1913 | Her Mother's Oath | The Daughter |
| 1913 | The Lady in Black | The Girl |
| 1913 | The Widow's Kids | One of the Kids |
| 1913 | The Reformers | Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Papa's Baby | Young Mother |
| 1913 | By Man's Law | At League Meeting (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Almost a Wild Man | Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron |
| 1913 | His Mother's Son | Woman at Dock (uncredited) |
| 1913 | The Adopted Brother | The Daughter |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The Second Sister |
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | |
| 1913 | Those Little Flowers | A Messenger |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | Witness to Accident |
| 1912 | My Hero | The Young Woman |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | Youngest Sister |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend |
| 1912 | The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited) |
| 1912 | The Informer | The Southern Girl |
| 1912 | My Baby | Wedding Guest |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Aaronetta |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Arry Gibbs |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour | Miss Psyche |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Mrs, Lapham |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Emily Madison |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Miss Susie Slagle |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Ellen Zalinka |
| 1950 | The Prudential Family Playhouse | Lady Emily Lyons |
| 1950 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mary Surratt |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse |