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Dorothy McGuire

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 06/14/1916 († 85, 09/13/2001) | Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956). She starred as the mother in the popular films Old Yeller (1957) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Kids & Family | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited ...

Old Yeller

NR

1957 | 3.5/5 | 1h 23min
Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Western
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A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism. ...

Gentleman's Agreement

PG

1947 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequences for both couples. ...

A Summer Place

NR

1959 | 3.2/5 | 2h 10min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career courses of the impoverished German American Jordache brothers. ...

Rich Man, Poor Man

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1976 | 3.9/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Soap / Telenovela
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Awards & Nominations for Dorothy McGuire

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Dorothy McGuire as Actress(43)

as Anne1990 The Last Best Year
as Flora Atkins1990 Caroline?
as Margaret Garrison1988 I Never Sang for My Father
as Narrator1987 Summer Heat
as Ann Suzuki1986 American Geisha
as Beryl Foster1985 Between the Darkness and the Dawn
as Hester Farrell1985 Amos
as Sarah Bowman1983 Ghost Dancing
as Effie Webb1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
as Angela Lakey1975 The Runaways
as Mother1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull
as Sarah Wilson1972 She Waits
as Lavinia Hubbard1972 Another Part of the Forest
as Granny O'Flaherty1971 Flight of the Doves
as The Virgin Mary1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Mrs. Margaret Carey1963 Summer Magic
as Leah Slade1961 Susan Slade
as Self (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Cora Flood1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Mother1960 Swiss Family Robinson
as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Martha Fairon1959 This Earth Is Mine
as Sylvia Hunter1959 A Summer Place
as herself1957 The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
as Katie Coates1957 Old Yeller
as Eliza Birdwell1956 Friendly Persuasion
as Abbe Nyle1955 Trial
as Miss Frances1954 Three Coins in the Fountain
as Crystal Benson1954 Make Haste to Live
as Ellen Pierce1952 Invitation
as Nancy Greer1951 I Want You
as Deborah Patterson1951 Callaway Went Thataway
as Jane Morgan1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Ann Winslow1950 Mister 880
as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)1949 The Art Director
as Kathy Lacy1947 Gentleman's Agreement
as Helen1946 The Spiral Staircase
as Claudia Naughton1946 Claudia and David
as Pat Ruscomb1946 Till the End of Time
as Katie Nolan1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Laura Pennington1945 The Enchanted Cottage
as Peggy1944 Reward Unlimited
as Claudia1943 Claudia

TV Shows/Series with Dorothy McGuire as Actress(13)

1984 Highway to Heaven
1982 St. Elsewhere
1982 Hotel
as Marmee March1978 Little Women
as Mary Jordache1976 Rich Man, Poor Man
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Janet Spence1954 Climax!
as Miranda1954 Climax!
as Flora Atkins1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jody Norris1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Judith Traherne1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Dorothy McGuire
Born: Wednesday, 06/14 1916 (June) in Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 09/13 2001 (September) in Santa Monica (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Omaha Central High School
Spouses (current/former): John Swope
Children: Topo Swope
Other names for Dorothy McGuire (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dorothy Hackett McGuire"
"多萝西·麦圭尔"
Dorothy McGuire frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (16x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (14x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (14x, Actor)
Isobel Elsom (13x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (13x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (13x, Actress)
Phyllis Thaxter (13x, Actress)
Robert Preston (13x, Actor)
Cedric Hardwicke (12x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (12x, Actor)
June Lockhart (12x, Actress)
Thomas Little (5x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Dorothy McGuire

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:62462, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 03/10/2025