Dorothy Gish

actress • director • writer

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 ...

Born: March 9, 1898 in Dayton, Ohio, USA

Died: June 4, 1968 (age 70)

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Known For

7.6

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

Movies & TV Credits

139 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me Movie	8.2	Actress	(Archive footage)	1988
The Cardinal Movie	6.5	Actress	Celia Fermoyle	1963
Play of the Week TV Show	7.3	Actress	Aaronetta(1 Episode)	1959
The Alcoa Hour TV Show	7.0	Actress	Arry Gibbs(1 Episode)	1955
The Elgin Hour TV Show	7.5	Actress	Miss Psyche(1 Episode)	1954
Harvest Movie	—	Actress	Ellen Zalinka	1953
The United States Steel Hour TV Show	7.6	Actress	Mrs, Lapham(1 Episode)	1953
The Whistle at Eaton Falls Movie	6.6	Actress	Mrs Doubleday	1951
Goodyear Playhouse TV Show	7.4	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1951
Lux Video Theatre TV Show	7.1	Actress	Miss Susie Slagle(1 Episode)	1950
Robert Montgomery Presents TV Show	7.4	Actress	Ellen Zalinka(1 Episode)	1950
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse TV Show	7.4	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1950
Lux Video Theatre TV Show	7.1	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1950
Robert Montgomery Presents TV Show	7.4	Actress	Emily Madison(1 Episode)	1950
The Prudential Family Playhouse TV Show	—	Actress	Lady Emily Lyons(1 Episode)	1950
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actress	—(2 Episodes)	1948
The Philco Television Playhouse TV Show	7.2	Actress	Mary Surratt(1 Episode)	1948
The Ford Theatre Hour TV Show	—	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1948
Centennial Summer Movie	5.8	Actress	Mrs. Rogers	1946
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Movie	6.5	Actress	Mrs. Skinner	1944
Wolves Movie	6.7	Actress	Leila McDonald	1930
Madame Pompadour Movie	7.9	Actress	Madame Pompadour	1927
Tiptoes Movie	5.8	Actress	Tiptoes Kaye	1927
London Movie	—	Actress	Mavis Hogan	1927
Nell Gwyn Movie	5.9	Actress	Nell Gwyn	1926
Clothes Make the Pirate Movie	3.8	Actress	Betsy Tidd	1926
Camille Short Film	4.4	Actress	Grace	1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Movie	7.6	Actress	Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)	1925
Night Life of New York Movie	—	Actress	Meg	1925
The Beautiful City Movie	6.5	Actress	Mollie	1925
Romola Movie	5.8	Actress	Tessa	1924
The Bright Shawl Movie	6.2	Actress	La Clavel	1923
Fury Movie	7.0	Actress	Minnie	1923
The Country Flapper Movie	—	Actress	Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper	1922
Orphans of the Storm Movie	7.1	Actress	Louise Girard	1921
The Ghost in the Garret Movie	—	Actress	Delsie O'Dell	1921
Remodeling Her Husband Movie	7.0	Actress	Janie Wakefield	1920
Flying Pat Movie	—	Actress	Patricia Van Nuys	1920
Little Miss Rebellion Movie	—	Actress	Grand Duchess Marie Louise	1920
Mary Ellen Comes to Town Movie	—	Actress	Mary Ellen	1920
Nobody Home Movie	3.7	Actress	Frances Wadsworth	1919
Boots Movie	4.9	Actress	Boots	1919
Nugget Nell Movie	—	Actress	Nugget Nell	1919
Turning the Tables Movie	4.3	Actress	Doris Pennington	1919
Peppy Polly Movie	4.9	Actress	Polly	1919
I'll Get Him Yet Movie	3.9	Actress	Susy Faraday Jones	1919
Hearts of the World Movie	6.3	Actress	The Little Disturber	1918
Battling Jane Movie	3.1	Actress	Jane	1918
The Hun Within Movie	6.5	Actress	Beth	1918
The Hope Chest Movie	6.3	Actress	Sheila Moore	1918
Her Official Fathers Movie	4.7	Actress	Janice	1917
Stage Struck Movie	4.9	Actress	Ruth Colby	1917
The Little Yank Movie	4.9	Actress	Sallie Castleton	1917
Her Official Fathers Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1917
Gretchen the Greenhorn Movie	6.2	Actress	Gretchen Van Houck	1916
Atta Boy's Last Race Movie	—	Actress	Lois Brandon	1916
Betty of Greystone Movie	5.2	Actress	Betty Lockwood	1916
Little Meena's Romance Movie	5.9	Actress	Meena	1916
Old Heidelberg Movie	6.2	Actress	Katie Ruder	1915
Jordan Is a Hard Road Movie	5.5	Actress	Cora Findley	1915
Victorine Short Film	6.7	Actress	Dottie	1915
Minerva's Mission Short Film	—	Actress	Minerva	1915
How Hazel Got Even Short Film	—	Actress	Hazel	1915
An Old-Fashioned Girl Short Film	—	Actress	Abigail - the Country Girl	1915
His Lesson Short Film	—	Actress	Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)	1915
The Lost Lord Lowell Short Film	—	Actress	Molly - the Maid	1915
Her Grandparents Short Film	—	Actress	Dorothy	1915
Out of Bondage Short Film	—	Actress	Mary McRae	1915
Bred in the Bone Short Film	—	Actress	Mercy, at Sixteen	1915
The Little Catamount Short Film	—	Actress	Hattie - the Little Catamount	1915
The Mountain Girl Short Film	—	Actress	Nell - the Mountain Girl	1915
Her Mother's Daughter Short Film	—	Actress	Marie	1915
Judith of Bethulia Movie	6.1	Actress	Crippled Beggar	1914
Home, Sweet Home Movie	5.5	Actress	Sister of Payne's Sweetheart	1914
Arms and the Gringo Short Film	4.9	Actress	—	1914
Liberty Belles Short Film	5.5	Actress	Dorothy Ketcham	1914
The Sisters Short Film	7.0	Actress	Carol (May's younger sister)	1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle Short Film	6.9	Actress	—	1914
The City Beautiful Short Film	—	Actress	The City Girl	1914
Down the Hill to Creditville Short Film	—	Actress	Mamie New	1914
Her Father's Silent Partner Short Film	—	Actress	—	1914
The Mysterious Shot Short Film	—	Actress	Marylee Price	1914
Her Old Teacher Short Film	—	Actress	Marjorie	1914
A Duel for Love Short Film	—	Actress	—	1914
A Fair Rebel Short Film	—	Actress	Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister	1914
The Different Man Short Film	—	Actress	—	1914
The Floor Above Short Film	5.2	Actress	Stella Ford	1914
A Lesson in Mechanics Short Film	—	Actress	Ruth Wilson	1914
The Availing Prayer Short Film	—	Actress	May Rock	1914
The Warning Short Film	—	Actress	Dorothy	1914
The Mountain Rat Short Film	—	Actress	Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'	1914
The Better Way Short Film	—	Actress	Sunbeam	1914
Back to the Kitchen Short Film	—	Actress	The Ranchman's Daughter	1914
Cigar Butts Short Film	—	Actress	—	1914
The Tavern of Tragedy Short Film	—	Actress	Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter	1914
The Newer Woman Short Film	—	Actress	Dot	1914
The Old Man Short Film	—	Actress	The Maid-of-All-Work	1914
Her Mother's Necklace Short Film	—	Actress	Bessie	1914
The Saving Grace Short Film	—	Actress	Mollie Kite - the Girl	1914
The Painted Lady Short Film	—	Actress	Jess - the Younger Sister	1914
Their First Acquaintance Short Film	—	Actress	Miriam Talbot	1914
The Wife Short Film	—	Actress	Kitty Ives - Debutante	1914
Granny Short Film	—	Actress	Nell	1914
Silent Sandy Short Film	—	Actress	Mary Jones	1914
Sands of Fate Short Film	—	Actress	Helen Robinson	1914
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville Short Film	—	Actress	—	1914
The Adopted Brother Short Film	4.8	Actress	The Daughter	1913
The Lady and the Mouse Short Film	6.9	Actress	The Second Sister	1913
The Blue or the Gray Short Film	4.1	Actress	—	1913
Those Little Flowers Short Film	—	Actress	A Messenger	1913
Just Gold Short Film	6.2	Actress	The Sweetheart's Sister	1913
Oil and Water Short Film	5.2	Actress	In First Audience (uncredited)	1913
Broken Ways Short Film	5.4	Actress	In Telegraph Office (uncredited)	1913
Red Hicks Defies the World Short Film	5.3	Actress	Hicks' Sweetheart	1913
The Suffragette Minstrels Short Film	4.9	Actress	Among Suffragette Minstrels	1913
Pa Says Short Film	—	Actress	Dot	1913
The Perfidy of Mary Short Film	7.9	Actress	Rose	1913
The House of Discord Short Film	—	Actress	The Daughter	1913
Almost a Wild Man Short Film	—	Actress	Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron	1913
A Cure for Suffragettes Short Film	—	Actress	Suffragette	1913
His Mother's Son Short Film	6.1	Actress	Woman at Dock (uncredited)	1913
The Lady in Black Short Film	3.7	Actress	The Girl	1913
By Man's Law Short Film	5.7	Actress	At League Meeting (uncredited)	1913
The Reformers; or, the Lost Art of Minding One's Business Short Film	6.6	Actress	Dancer (uncredited)	1913
Papa's Baby Short Film	4.3	Actress	Young Mother	1913
Her Mother's Oath Short Film	5.4	Actress	The Daughter	1913
The Widow's Kids Short Film	—	Actress	One of the Kids	1913
The Suffragette Minstrels Short Film	4.9	Writing	Story	1913
An Unseen Enemy Short Film	6.2	Actress	Youngest Sister	1912
The New York Hat Short Film	6.1	Actress	—	1912
The Burglar's Dilemma Short Film	5.8	Actress	Birthday Wellwisher	1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley Short Film	6.4	Actress	Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)	1912
The Painted Lady Short Film	5.6	Actress	Belle at Ice Cream Festival	1912
So Near, Yet So Far Short Film	5.5	Actress	A Friend	1912
The Informer Short Film	6.6	Actress	The Southern Girl	1912
My Baby Short Film	6.3	Actress	Wedding Guest	1912
Two Daughters of Eve Short Film	8.0	Actress	In Theatre Crowd	1912
My Hero Short Film	7.2	Actress	The Young Woman	1912
A Cry for Help Short Film	5.2	Actress	Witness to Accident	1912

Dorothy Gish

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Orphans of the Storm

The Cardinal

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

Movies & TV Credits