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Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish

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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.

Born

Mar 09, 1898

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Died

Jun 04, 1968

Known For

Acting

Movies

126 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.4

movie

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm

1921

as Louise Girard
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

1912

as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
The Cardinal
The Cardinal
1963 • as Celia Fermoyle
★ 6.6
Boots
Boots
1919 • as Boots
★ 4.0
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 • as Grace
★ 4.2
movie
Silent Sandy
1914 • as Mary Jones
My Baby
My Baby
1912 • as Wedding Guest
★ 5.5
Broken Ways
Broken Ways
1913 • as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
movie
My Hero
1912 • as The Young Woman
movie
Granny
1914 • as Nell
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 • as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
★ 7.3
The Reformers
The Reformers
1913 • as Dancer (uncredited)
movie
The Warning
1914 • as Dorothy
movie
Just Gold
1913 • as The Sweetheart's Sister
Peppy Polly
Peppy Polly
1919 • as Polly
★ 8.0
Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia
1914 • as Crippled Beggar
★ 6.1
Orphans of the Storm
Orphans of the Storm
1921 • as Louise Girard
★ 6.8
The Country Flapper
The Country Flapper
1922 • as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
★ 8.0
So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 • as A Friend
★ 5.9
Old Heidelberg
Old Heidelberg
1915 • as Katie Ruder
★ 5.0
Romola
Romola
1924 • as Tessa
★ 6.7
The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912 • as Birthday Wellwisher
★ 5.3
Betty of Greystone
Betty of Greystone
1916 • as Betty Lockwood
The Lady and the Mouse
The Lady and the Mouse
1913 • as The Second Sister
movie
His Mother's Son
1913 • as Woman at Dock (uncredited)
movie
A Cure for Suffragettes
1913 • as Suffragette
★ 9.0
Remodeling Her Husband
Remodeling Her Husband
1920 • as Janie Wakefield
★ 4.0
movie
Pa Says
1913 • as Dot
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951 • as Mrs Doubleday
★ 6.8
Nobody Home
Nobody Home
1919 • as Frances Wadsworth
★ 8.0
A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
1912 • as Witness to Accident
movie
How Hazel Got Even
1915 • as Hazel
London
London
1927 • as Mavis Hogan
★ 8.0
Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home
1914 • as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
★ 5.0
The Sisters
The Sisters
1914 • as Carol (May's younger sister)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 • as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
★ 6.2
movie
The Lady in Black
1913 • as The Girl
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 • as Mrs. Skinner
★ 7.5
movie
Her Grandparents
1915 • as Dorothy
Flying Pat
Flying Pat
1920 • as Patricia Van Nuys
★ 8.0
movie
The Perfidy of Mary
1913 • as Rose
Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
1918 • as The Little Disturber
★ 6.0
Nugget Nell
Nugget Nell
1919 • as Nugget Nell
★ 7.0
Battling Jane
Battling Jane
1918 • as Jane
movie
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914 • as Mamie New
movie
Minerva's Mission
1915 • as Minerva
The Little Yank
The Little Yank
1917 • as Sallie Castleton
★ 10.0
Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn
1926 • as Nell Gwyn
★ 6.9
Fury
Fury
1923 • as Minnie
★ 9.5
The Informer
The Informer
1912 • as The Southern Girl
Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer
1946 • as Mrs. Rogers
★ 5.9
movie
Those Little Flowers
1913 • as A Messenger
The New York Hat
The New York Hat
1912
★ 5.6
Two Daughters of Eve
Two Daughters of Eve
1912 • as In Theatre Crowd
The Bright Shawl
The Bright Shawl
1923 • as La Clavel
★ 7.0
Turning the Tables
Turning the Tables
1919 • as Doris Pennington
★ 10.0
movie
The Floor Above
1914 • as Stella Ford
movie
The Old Man
1914 • as The Maid-of-All-Work
movie
Their First Acquaintance
1914 • as Miriam Talbot
An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
1912 • as Youngest Sister
★ 5.6
The Adopted Brother
The Adopted Brother
1913 • as The Daughter
★ 4.7
movie
The Mountain Girl
1915 • as Nell - the Mountain Girl
movie
Almost a Wild Man
1913 • as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
movie
The Wife
1914 • as Kitty Ives - Debutante
The House of Discord
The House of Discord
1913 • as The Daughter
movie
The Different Man
1914
★ 8.0
Gretchen the Greenhorn
Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916 • as Gretchen Van Houck
★ 6.0
movie
The Saving Grace
1914 • as Mollie Kite - the Girl
Tiptoes
Tiptoes
1927 • as Tiptoes Kaye
★ 9.0
movie
By Man's Law
1913 • as At League Meeting (uncredited)
A Fair Rebel
A Fair Rebel
1914 • as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
movie
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913 • as Among Suffragette Minstrels
★ 10.0
movie
The Little Catamount
1915 • as Hattie - the Little Catamount
movie
Liberty Belles
1914 • as Dorothy Ketcham
★ 5.0
The Painted Lady
The Painted Lady
1912 • as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
★ 5.5
The Hun Within
The Hun Within
1918 • as Beth
movie
Her Mother's Daughter
1915 • as Marie
movie
A Duel for Love
1914
★ 9.0
Harvest
Harvest
1953 • as Ellen Zalinka
The Beautiful City
The Beautiful City
1925 • as Mollie
★ 9.0
movie
The Availing Prayer
1914 • as May Rock
Clothes Make the Pirate
Clothes Make the Pirate
1926 • as Betsy Tidd
★ 10.0
movie
Stage Struck
1917 • as Ruth Colby
★ 9.0
The Mountain Rat
The Mountain Rat
1914 • as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
movie
The Mysterious Shot
1914 • as Marylee Price
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
Atta Boy's Last Race
Atta Boy's Last Race
1916 • as Lois Brandon
movie
Papa's Baby
1913 • as Young Mother
★ 8.0
Little Miss Rebellion
Little Miss Rebellion
1920 • as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
★ 7.0
The Hope Chest
The Hope Chest
1918 • as Sheila Moore
★ 8.0
Oil and Water
Oil and Water
1913 • as In First Audience (uncredited)
movie
Out of Bondage
1915 • as Mary McRae
Her Father's Silent Partner
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Wolves
Wolves
1930 • as Leila McDonald
★ 8.0
Victorine
Victorine
1915 • as Dottie
movie
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
1914
movie
Red Hicks Defies the World
1913 • as Hicks' Sweetheart
★ 10.0
Susan Rocks the Boat
Susan Rocks the Boat
1916 • as Susan Johnstone
Madame Pompadour
Madame Pompadour
1927 • as Madame Pompadour
★ 7.0
movie
The Blue or the Gray
1913
movie
The Widow's Kids
1913 • as One of the Kids
movie
Her Mother's Oath
1913 • as The Daughter
movie
The Painted Lady
1914 • as Jess - the Younger Sister
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
1920 • as Mary Ellen
★ 10.0
The Children of the Feud
The Children of the Feud
1916 • as Sairy Ann
movie
Jordan Is a Hard Road
1915 • as Cora Findley
Little Meena's Romance
Little Meena's Romance
1916 • as Meena
Her Official Fathers
Her Official Fathers
1917 • as Janice
movie
Bred in the Bone
1915 • as Mercy, at Sixteen
Arms and the Gringo
Arms and the Gringo
1914
movie
The City Beautiful
1914 • as The City Girl
movie
Cigar Butts
1914
★ 9.0
movie
The Better Way
1914 • as Sunbeam
The Ghost in the Garret
The Ghost in the Garret
1921 • as Delsie O'Dell
★ 8.0
Night Life of New York
Night Life of New York
1925 • as Meg
★ 9.0
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988 • as (Archive footage)
movie
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915 • as Abigail - the Country Girl
movie
Sands of Fate
1914 • as Helen Robinson
movie
The Lost Lord Lowell
1915 • as Molly - the Maid
movie
The Little School Ma'am
1916 • as Nan
★ 10.0
movie
His Lesson
1915 • as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
★ 8.0
movie
Her Mother's Necklace
1914 • as Bessie
I'll Get Him Yet
I'll Get Him Yet
1919 • as Susy Faraday Jones
★ 8.0
movie
Back to the Kitchen
1914 • as The Ranchman's Daughter
movie
Her Old Teacher
1914 • as Marjorie
movie
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914 • as Ruth Wilson
movie
The Newer Woman
1914 • as Dot
movie
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914 • as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter