Dorothy Gish
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-03-09
Day of Death
1968-06-04 (70 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)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as (Archive footage)
(1963)
The Cardinal
as Celia Fermoyle
(1953)
Harvest
as Ellen Zalinka
(1951)
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Mrs Doubleday
(1946)
Centennial Summer
as Mrs. Rogers
(1944)
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mrs. Skinner
(1930)
Wolves
as Leila McDonald
(1927)
Madame Pompadour
as Madame Pompadour
(1927)
Tiptoes
as Tiptoes Kaye
(1927)
London
as Mavis Hogan
(1926)
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Grace
(1926)
Nell Gwyn
as Nell Gwyn
(1926)
Clothes Make the Pirate
as Betsy Tidd
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925)
The Beautiful City
as Mollie
(1925)
Night Life of New York
as Meg
(1924)
Romola
as Tessa
(1923)
Fury
as Minnie
(1923)
The Bright Shawl
as La Clavel
(1922)
The Country Flapper
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
(1921)
Orphans of the Storm
as Louise Girard
(1921)
The Ghost in the Garret
as Delsie O'Dell
(1920)
Flying Pat
as Patricia Van Nuys
(1920)
Little Miss Rebellion
as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
(1920)
Remodeling Her Husband
as Janie Wakefield
(1920)
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
as Mary Ellen
(1919)
Nobody Home
as Frances Wadsworth
(1919)
Nugget Nell
as Nugget Nell
(1919)
I'll Get Him Yet
as Susy Faraday Jones
(1919)
Boots
as Boots
(1919)
Turning the Tables
as Doris Pennington
(1919)
Peppy Polly
as Polly
(1918)
Hearts of the World
as The Little Disturber
(1918)
The Hope Chest
as Sheila Moore
(1918)
The Hun Within
as Beth
(1918)
Battling Jane
as Jane
(1917)
Her Official Fathers
as Janice
(1917)
Stage Struck
as Ruth Colby
(1917)
The Little Yank
as Sallie Castleton
(1916)
Little Meena's Romance
as Meena
(1916)
Betty of Greystone
as Betty Lockwood
(1916)
Gretchen the Greenhorn
as Gretchen Van Houck
(1916)
Atta Boy's Last Race
as Lois Brandon
(1915)
Jordan Is a Hard Road
as Cora Findley
(1915)
How Hazel Got Even
as Hazel
(1915)
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
(1915)
Old Heidelberg
as Katie Ruder
(1915)
Her Mother's Daughter
as Marie
(1915)
The Little Catamount
as Hattie - the Little Catamount
(1915)
Minerva's Mission
as Minerva
(1915)
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Abigail - the Country Girl
(1915)
Her Grandparents
as Dorothy
(1915)
Victorine
as Dottie
(1915)
The Lost Lord Lowell
as Molly - the Maid
(1915)
Out of Bondage
as Mary McRae
(1915)
The Mountain Girl
as Nell - the Mountain Girl
(1915)
Bred in the Bone
as Mercy, at Sixteen
(1914)
Home, Sweet Home
as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
(1914)
Judith of Bethulia
as Crippled Beggar
(1914)
The Better Way
as Sunbeam
(1914)
The Tavern of Tragedy
as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter
(1914)
The Floor Above
as Stella Ford
(1914)
(1914)
The Availing Prayer
as May Rock
(1914)
Sands of Fate
as Helen Robinson
(1914)
(1914)
Their First Acquaintance
as Miriam Talbot
(1914)
The Sisters
as Carol (May's younger sister)
(1914)
The Mountain Rat
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
(1914)
The Old Man
as The Maid-of-All-Work
(1914)
The Mysterious Shot
as Marylee Price
(1914)
Her Mother's Necklace
as Bessie
(1914)
A Fair Rebel
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
(1914)
A Lesson in Mechanics
as Ruth Wilson
(1914)
Back to the Kitchen
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1914)
Liberty Belles
as Dorothy Ketcham
(1914)
The Saving Grace
as Mollie Kite - the Girl
(1914)
(1914)
Granny
as Nell
(1914)
Her Old Teacher
as Marjorie
(1914)
(1914)
The City Beautiful
as The City Girl
(1914)
(1914)
The Wife
as Kitty Ives - Debutante
(1914)
The Warning
as Dorothy
(1914)
The Newer Woman
as Dot
(1914)
The Painted Lady
as Jess - the Younger Sister
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
Down the Hill to Creditville
as Mamie New
(1914)
Silent Sandy
as Mary Jones
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Daughter
(1913)
Just Gold
as The Sweetheart's Sister
(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels
as Among Suffragette Minstrels
(1913)
(1913)
The Adopted Brother
as The Daughter
(1913)
Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)
(1913)
Her Mother's Oath
as The Daughter
(1913)
A Cure for Suffragettes
as Suffragette
(1913)
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Second Sister
(1913)
His Mother's Son
as Woman at Dock (uncredited)
(1913)
The Perfidy of Mary
as Rose
(1913)
Broken Ways
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
(1913)
By Man's Law
as At League Meeting (uncredited)
(1913)
Pa Says
as Dot
(1913)
Papa's Baby
as Young Mother
(1913)
The Widow's Kids
as One of the Kids
(1913)
Those Little Flowers
as A Messenger
(1913)
Red Hicks Defies the World
as Hicks' Sweetheart
(1913)
The Reformers
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1913)
Almost a Wild Man
as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
(1913)
The Lady in Black
as The Girl
(1912)
(1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
(1912)
My Baby
as Wedding Guest
(1912)
The Informer
as The Southern Girl
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend
(1912)
The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
(1912)
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as Witness to Accident
(1912)
An Unseen Enemy
as Youngest Sister
(1912)
My Hero
as The Young Woman
(1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher
Crew
(1917)
Her Official Fathers
Director
(1913)