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Dorothy Gish

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Actress / Author | * 03/10/1898 († 70, 06/04/1968) | Massillon, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an American stage and screen actress. 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 Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

John Bentley hates New York City, because of an unhappy romance as a young man, but his son, Ronald, tired of living in Iowa, is determined to take up residence in Manhattan. The elder Bentley therefo ...

Night Life of New York

NR

1925 | 1h 20min
Romance / Love, Comedy
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An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home. ...

Nell Gwyn

NR

1926 | 3.4/5 | 1h 20min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his son in the wartime conflict between Germany and America. The son becomes involved with German agents plot ...

The Hun Within

NR

1918 | 50min
Drama, Thriller, War
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Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement commu ...

Gretchen the Greenhorn

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1916 | 3.0/5 | 58min
 
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Awards & Nominations for Dorothy Gish

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Dorothy Gish as Actress(121)

as (Archive footage)1988 Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Celia Fermoyle1963 The Cardinal
as Mrs Doubleday1951 The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Mrs. Rogers1946 Centennial Summer
as Mrs. Skinner1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Leila McDonald1930 Wolves
as Tiptoes Kaye1927 Tiptoes
as Mavis Hogan1927 London
as Madame Pompadour1927 Madame Pompadour
as Grace1926 Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Nell Gwyn1926 Nell Gwyn
as Betsy Tidd1926 Clothes Make the Pirate
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Meg1925 Night Life of New York
as Mollie1925 The Beautiful City
as Tessa1924 Romola
as La Clavel1923 The Bright Shawl
as Minnie1923 Fury
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper1922 The Country Flapper
as Delsie O'Dell1921 The Ghost in the Garret
as Louise Girard1921 Orphans of the Storm
as Janie Wakefield1920 Remodeling Her Husband
as Grand Duchess Marie Louise1920 Little Miss Rebellion
as Mary Ellen1920 Mary Ellen Comes to Town
as Patricia Van Nuys1920 Flying Pat
as Susy Faraday Jones1919 I'll Get Him Yet
as Polly1919 Peppy Polly
as Nugget Nell1919 Nugget Nell
as Frances Wadsworth1919 Nobody Home
as Doris Pennington1919 Turning the Tables
as Boots1919 Boots
as The Little Disturber1918 Hearts of the World
as Jane1918 Battling Jane
as Beth1918 The Hun Within
as Sheila Moore1918 The Hope Chest
as Janice1917 Her Official Fathers
as Ruth Colby1917 Stage Struck
as Sallie Castleton1917 The Little Yank
as Meena1916 Little Meena's Romance
as Lois Brandon1916 Atta Boy's Last Race
as Gretchen Van Houck1916 Gretchen the Greenhorn
as Betty Lockwood1916 Betty of Greystone
as Dorothy1915 Her Grandparents
as Minerva1915 Minerva's Mission
as Hazel1915 How Hazel Got Even
as Molly - the Maid1915 The Lost Lord Lowell
as Hattie - the Little Catamount1915 The Little Catamount
as Katie Ruder1915 Old Heidelberg
as Marie1915 Her Mother's Daughter
as Abigail - the Country Girl1915 An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Nell - the Mountain Girl1915 The Mountain Girl
as Mary McRae1915 Out of Bondage
as Dottie1915 Victorine
as Cora Findley1915 Jordan Is a Hard Road
as Mercy, at Sixteen1915 Bred in the Bone
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)1915 His Lesson
as Stella Ford1914 The Floor Above
as Nell1914 Granny
as Marjorie1914 Her Old Teacher
as May Rock1914 The Availing Prayer
as Crippled Beggar1914 Judith of Bethulia
as The City Girl1914 The City Beautiful
1914 Cigar Butts
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'1914 The Mountain Rat
1914 Her Father's Silent Partner
as Sunbeam1914 The Better Way
as Helen Robinson1914 Sands of Fate
1914 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as The Maid-of-All-Work1914 The Old Man
as Marylee Price1914 The Mysterious Shot
as Mamie New1914 Down the Hill to Creditville
1914 The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
1914 A Duel for Love
as Carol (May's younger sister)1914 The Sisters
as Jess - the Younger Sister1914 The Painted Lady
as Kitty Ives - Debutante1914 The Wife
as Mollie Kite - the Girl1914 The Saving Grace
1914 Arms and the Gringo
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister1914 A Fair Rebel
1914 The Newer Woman
as Bessie1914 Her Mother's Necklace
as Miriam Talbot1914 Their First Acquaintance
as Dorothy Ketcham1914 Liberty Belles
1914 The Different Man
as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter1914 The Tavern of Tragedy
as Mary Jones1914 Silent Sandy
as Dorothy1914 The Warning
as Ruth Wilson1914 A Lesson in Mechanics
as The Ranchman's Daughter1914 Back to the Kitchen
as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart1914 Home, Sweet Home
as At League Meeting (uncredited)1913 By Man's Law
as One of the Kids1913 The Widow's Kids
as Hicks' Sweetheart1913 Red Hicks Defies the World
as Dancer (uncredited)1913 The Reformers
as Young Mother1913 Papa's Baby
as Suffragette1913 A Cure for Suffragettes
as A Messenger1913 Those Little Flowers
as The Daughter1913 The Adopted Brother
as Woman at Dock (uncredited)1913 His Mother's Son
as Rose1913 The Perfidy of Mary
as Among Suffragette Minstrels1913 The Suffragette Minstrels
as The Sweetheart's Sister1913 Just Gold
as The Girl1913 The Lady in Black
as Dot1913 Pa Says
as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron1913 Almost a Wild Man
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)1913 Broken Ways
1913 The Blue or the Gray
as The Daughter1913 Her Mother's Oath
as The Second Sister1913 The Lady and the Mouse
as The Daughter1913 The House of Discord
as In Theatre Crowd1912 Two Daughters of Eve
1912 The New York Hat
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival1912 The Painted Lady
as The Young Woman1912 My Hero
as Birthday Wellwisher1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma
as A Friend1912 So Near, Yet So Far
as The Southern Girl1912 The Informer
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as Wedding Guest1912 My Baby
as Witness to Accident1912 A Cry for Help
as Youngest Sister1912 An Unseen Enemy

TV Shows/Series with Dorothy Gish as Actress(12)

as Aaronetta1959 Play of the Week
as Arry Gibbs1955 The Alcoa Hour
as Miss Psyche1954 The Elgin Hour
as Mrs, Lapham1953 The United States Steel Hour
1951 Goodyear Television Playhouse
1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Miss Susie Slagle1950 Lux Video Theatre
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
as Emily Madison1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ellen Zalinka1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mary Surratt1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Movies with Dorothy Gish as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1917 Her Official Fathers
Writing/Story1913 The Suffragette Minstrels

Born: Thursday, 03/10 1898 (March) in Massillon, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 06/04 1968 (June) in Rapallo (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): James Rennie
Siblings: Lillian Gish
Father: James Leigh Gish
Mother: Mary Gish
Other names for Dorothy Gish (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dorothy Elizabeth Gish"
Dorothy Gish frequently works together with these people:
D.W. Griffith (39x, Crew)
Donald Crisp (28x, Actor)
Lillian Gish (27x, Actress)
Robert Harron (26x, Actor)
Christy Cabanne (23x, Crew)
Lionel Barrymore (21x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (19x, Actor)
John Newland (19x, Crew)
Henry B. Walthall (16x, Actor)
Kate Bruce (16x, Actress)
Kate Toncray (16x, Actress)
Harry Carey (13x, Actor)
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