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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1898-03-09 (127 years old)

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Dorothy 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

Acting

1988

1963

The Cardinal as Celia Fermoyle

1959

Play of the Week as Aaronetta

1955

The Alcoa Hour as Arry Gibbs

1954

The Elgin Hour as Miss Psyche

1953

Harvest as Ellen Zalinka

1951

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Miss Susie Slagle

1948

1946

Centennial Summer as Mrs. Rogers

1944

1930

Wolves as Leila McDonald

1927

London as Mavis Hogan
Tiptoes as Tiptoes Kaye
Madame Pompadour as Madame Pompadour

1926

Nell Gwyn as Nell Gwyn

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1924

Romola as Tessa

1923

Fury as Minnie
The Bright Shawl as La Clavel

1922

The Country Flapper as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper

1921

Orphans of the Storm as Louise Girard
The Ghost in the Garret as Delsie O'Dell

1920

Little Miss Rebellion as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
Remodeling Her Husband as Janie Wakefield
Flying Pat as Patricia Van Nuys

1919

Nobody Home as Frances Wadsworth
Boots as Boots
Peppy Polly as Polly
I'll Get Him Yet as Susy Faraday Jones
Nugget Nell as Nugget Nell
Turning the Tables as Doris Pennington

1918

Hearts of the World as The Little Disturber
The Hope Chest as Sheila Moore

1917

Stage Struck as Ruth Colby
The Little Yank as Sallie Castleton

1916

Gretchen the Greenhorn as Gretchen Van Houck
Atta Boy's Last Race as Lois Brandon
Betty of Greystone as Betty Lockwood

1915

His Lesson as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
An Old-Fashioned Girl as Abigail - the Country Girl
The Lost Lord Lowell as Molly - the Maid
Her Grandparents as Dorothy
Out of Bondage as Mary McRae
The Mountain Girl as Nell - the Mountain Girl
The Little Catamount as Hattie - the Little Catamount
Bred in the Bone as Mercy, at Sixteen
Jordan Is a Hard Road as Cora Findley
Old Heidelberg as Katie Ruder
Victorine as Dottie

1914

The City Beautiful as The City Girl
Judith of Bethulia as Crippled Beggar
The Mysterious Shot as Marylee Price
Home, Sweet Home as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
Her Old Teacher as Marjorie
The Old Man as The Maid-of-All-Work
The Floor Above as Stella Ford
A Fair Rebel as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
The Wife as Kitty Ives - Debutante
Silent Sandy as Mary Jones
The Mountain Rat as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
Their First Acquaintance as Miriam Talbot
The Painted Lady as Jess - the Younger Sister
The Tavern of Tragedy as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter
A Lesson in Mechanics as Ruth Wilson
Granny as Nell
Sands of Fate as Helen Robinson
The Warning as Dorothy
Back to the Kitchen as The Ranchman's Daughter
The Saving Grace as Mollie Kite - the Girl
The Better Way as Sunbeam
Liberty Belles as Dorothy Ketcham
The Sisters as Carol (May's younger sister)

1913

Oil and Water as In First Audience (uncredited)
Just Gold as The Sweetheart's Sister
Broken Ways as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
Red Hicks Defies the World as Hicks' Sweetheart
Pa Says as Dot
The Suffragette Minstrels as Among Suffragette Minstrels
The House of Discord as The Daughter
Her Mother's Oath as The Daughter
The Reformers as Dancer (uncredited)
The Widow's Kids as One of the Kids
Papa's Baby as Young Mother
The Lady in Black as The Girl
By Man's Law as At League Meeting (uncredited)
His Mother's Son as Woman at Dock (uncredited)
Almost a Wild Man as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
The Adopted Brother as The Daughter
The Lady and the Mouse as The Second Sister
Those Little Flowers as A Messenger

1912

Two Daughters of Eve as In Theatre Crowd
A Cry for Help as Witness to Accident
My Hero as The Young Woman
An Unseen Enemy as Youngest Sister
The Painted Lady as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
The Burglar’s Dilemma as Birthday Wellwisher
The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
The Informer as The Southern Girl
My Baby as Wedding Guest

Writing

Directing

1917