Dorothy Gish
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 9, 1898, Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Died
- June 4, 1968
- Movies
- 128
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2005 | James Dean: Forever Young | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | Self (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Celia Fermoyle |
| 1953 | Harvest | Ellen Zalinka |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Mrs Doubleday |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Mrs. Rogers |
| 1944 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Mrs. Skinner |
| 1930 | Wolves | Leila McDonald |
| 1927 | Madame Pompadour | Madame Pompadour |
| 1927 | London | Mavis Hogan |
| 1927 | Tiptoes | Tiptoes Kaye |
| 1926 | Clothes Make the Pirate | Betsy Tidd |
| 1926 | Nell Gwyn | Nell Gwyn |
| 1926 | Camille: The Fate of a Coquette | Grace |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Beautiful City | Mollie |
| 1925 | Night Life of New York | Meg |
| 1924 | Romola | Tessa |
| 1923 | The Bright Shawl | La Clavel |
| 1923 | Fury | Minnie |
| 1922 | The Country Flapper | Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Louise Girard |
| 1921 | The Ghost in the Garret | Delsie O'Dell |
| 1920 | Flying Pat | Patricia Van Nuys |
| 1920 | Little Miss Rebellion | Grand Duchess Marie Louise |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Janie Wakefield |
| 1920 | Mary Ellen Comes to Town | Mary Ellen |
| 1919 | Turning the Tables | Doris Pennington |
| 1919 | Nobody Home | Frances Wadsworth |
| 1919 | Nugget Nell | Nugget Nell |
| 1919 | I'll Get Him Yet | Susy Faraday Jones |
| 1919 | Peppy Polly | Polly |
| 1919 | Boots | Boots |
| 1918 | The Hope Chest | Sheila Moore |
| 1918 | Battling Jane | Jane |
| 1918 | The Hun Within | Beth |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | The Little Disturber |
| 1917 | Her Official Fathers | Janice |
| 1917 | Stage Struck | Ruth Colby |
| 1917 | The Little Yank | Sallie Castleton |
| 1916 | The Children of the Feud | Sairy Ann |
| 1916 | Atta Boy's Last Race | Lois Brandon |
| 1916 | Gretchen the Greenhorn | Gretchen Van Houck |
| 1916 | The Little School Ma'am | Nan |
| 1916 | Susan Rocks the Boat | Susan Johnstone |
| 1916 | Little Meena's Romance | Meena |
| 1916 | Betty of Greystone | Betty Lockwood |
| 1915 | Jordan Is a Hard Road | Cora Findley |
| 1915 | Her Mother's Daughter | Marie |
| 1915 | Old Heidelberg | Katie Ruder |
| 1915 | Bred in the Bone | Mercy, at Sixteen |
| 1915 | Victorine | Dottie |
| 1915 | The Little Catamount | Hattie - the Little Catamount |
| 1915 | The Mountain Girl | Nell - the Mountain Girl |
| 1915 | Out of Bondage | Mary McRae |
| 1915 | Her Grandparents | Dorothy |
| 1915 | Minerva's Mission | Minerva |
| 1915 | The Lost Lord Lowell | Molly - the Maid |
| 1915 | How Hazel Got Even | Hazel |
| 1915 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Abigail - the Country Girl |
| 1915 | His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Better Way | Sunbeam |
| 1914 | The Sisters | Carol (May's younger sister) |
| 1914 | The Saving Grace | Mollie Kite - the Girl |
| 1914 | The Availing Prayer | May Rock |
| 1914 | Back to the Kitchen | The Ranchman's Daughter |
| 1914 | The Warning | Dorothy |
| 1914 | Sands of Fate | Helen Robinson |
| 1914 | Down the Hill to Creditville | Mamie New |
| 1914 | Granny | Nell |
| 1914 | A Lesson in Mechanics | Ruth Wilson |
| 1914 | Her Mother's Necklace | Bessie |
| 1914 | The Tavern of Tragedy | Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter |
| 1914 | The Painted Lady | Jess - the Younger Sister |
| 1914 | The City Beautiful | The City Girl |
| 1914 | The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville | |
| 1914 | Arms and the Gringo | |
| 1914 | Their First Acquaintance | Miriam Talbot |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | |
| 1914 | The Newer Woman | Dot |
| 1914 | Silent Sandy | Mary Jones |
| 1914 | The Wife | Kitty Ives - Debutante |
| 1914 | A Fair Rebel | Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | Sister of Payne's Sweetheart |
| 1914 | Liberty Belles | Dorothy Ketcham |
| 1914 | The Different Man | |
| 1914 | The Mountain Rat | Nell - 'The Mountain Rat' |
| 1914 | Cigar Butts | |
| 1914 | The Old Man | The Maid-of-All-Work |
| 1914 | The Mysterious Shot | Marylee Price |
| 1914 | The Floor Above | Stella Ford |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | Crippled Beggar |
| 1914 | Her Father's Silent Partner | |
| 1914 | Her Old Teacher | Marjorie |
| 1914 | A Duel for Love | |
| 1913 | The House of Discord | The Daughter |
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | |
| 1913 | By Man's Law | At League Meeting (uncredited) |
| 1913 | A Cure for Suffragettes | Suffragette |
| 1913 | The Lady in Black | The Girl |
| 1913 | The Adopted Brother | The Daughter |
| 1913 | The Suffragette Minstrels | Among Suffragette Minstrels |
| 1913 | Papa's Baby | Young Mother |
| 1913 | The Widow's Kids | One of the Kids |
| 1913 | Those Little Flowers | A Messenger |
| 1913 | Pa Says | Dot |
| 1913 | The Reformers | Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Her Mother's Oath | The Daughter |
| 1913 | Almost a Wild Man | Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron |
| 1913 | Red Hicks Defies the World | Hicks' Sweetheart |
| 1913 | His Mother's Son | Woman at Dock (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The Sweetheart's Sister |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The Second Sister |
| 1913 | The Perfidy of Mary | Rose |
| 1913 | Broken Ways | In Telegraph Office (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | Witness to Accident |
| 1912 | The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher |
| 1912 | My Hero | The Young Woman |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | |
| 1912 | The Informer | The Southern Girl |
| 1912 | My Baby | Wedding Guest |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited) |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | Youngest Sister |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1917 | Her Official Fathers | Director |
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