Dorothy McGuire
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1916-06-14
Day of Death
2001-09-13 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Dorothy McGuire
Biography
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress from the 1940s to 1990. Some of her movies include: Gentleman's Agreement (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), The Enchanted Cottage, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Old Yeller (as the mother). She passed away in 2001 at the age of 85.
Known For
Acting
(2002)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
(1990)
Caroline?
as Flora Atkins
(1990)
The Last Best Year
as Anne
(1988)
I Never Sang for My Father
as Margaret Garrison
(1987)
Summer Heat
as Narrator
(1986)
American Geisha
as Ann Suzuki
(1986)
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (archive footage)
(1985)
Amos
as Hester Farrell
(1985)
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
as Beryl Foster
(1983)
Ghost Dancing
as Sarah Bowman
(1979)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
as Effie Webb
(1975)
The Runaways
as Angela Lakey
(1973)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Mother (voice)
(1972)
She Waits
as Sarah Wilson
(1972)
Another Part of the Forest
as Lavinia Hubbard
(1971)
Flight of the Doves
as Granny O'Flaherty
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as The Virgin Mary
(1963)
Summer Magic
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
(1961)
Susan Slade
as Leah Slade
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(1960)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Mother
(1960)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Cora Flood
(1960)
(1959)
A Summer Place
as Sylvia Hunter
(1959)
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
(1959)
This Earth Is Mine
as Martha Fairon
(1957)
Old Yeller
as Katie Coates
(1957)
(1956)
Friendly Persuasion
as Eliza Birdwell
(1955)
Trial
as Abbe Nyle
(1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Miss Frances
(1954)
Make Haste to Live
as Crystal Benson
(1952)
Invitation
as Ellen Pierce
(1951)
Callaway Went Thataway
as Deborah Patterson
(1951)
I Want You
as Nancy Greer
(1950)
Mister 880
as Ann Winslow
(1950)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Jane Morgan
(1949)
The Art Director
as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1947)
Gentleman's Agreement
as Kathy Lacy
(1946)
The Spiral Staircase
as Helen
(1946)
Till the End of Time
as Pat Ruscomb
(1946)
Claudia and David
as Claudia Naughton
(1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Katie Nolan
(1945)
The Enchanted Cottage
as Laura Pennington
(1944)
Reward Unlimited
as Peggy
(1943)
Claudia
as Claudia