Gene Gauntier

Biography

Gene Gauntier, born Eugenia Gauntier Liggett, was an American screenwriter, director and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director and actress in films from mid 1906 to 1920, she wrote screenplays for 31 films.

Known For

Ben Hur

Dust of the Desert

Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife

An Arabian Tragedy

Alice Durand

A Prisoner of the Harem

Claire Ffoliott

The Shaughraun

Skyscrapers

Party Guest

Betrayed by a Handprint

Jeanne La Roche

Gene of the Northland

Wedding Party

The Taming of the Shrew

Mary

From the Manger to the Cross

Mrs. Smith

Thompson's Night Out

Gang Member

The Man in the Box

The Stage Rustler

Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)

The Girl and the Outlaw

Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden

The Little Spreewald Maiden

Nan, The Girl Spy

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

Hallie Colburn

For Love of an Enemy

Aileene

The Lad from Old Ireland

Ellen

You Remember Ellen

Anastasia

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

Marcele

When the Dead Return

Jenny

A Slave to Drink

Evangeline

Evangeline

Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'

The Colleen Bawn

Way Down East

The Stepmother

Nan

The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

Nan

The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

When Lovers Part

Her Chum’s Brother

Dolores

The Fiddler’s Requiem

The Little Soldier of ’64

Kathleen

Rory O'More

Jennie

A Sawmill Hero

Doris Barnett

Captured by Bedouins

An American Widow

Winning a Widow

Peggy O'Malley

Come Back to Erin

Eileen Donaghue

For Ireland's Sake

Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter

His Mother

Nancy

The Special Messenger

Hester Prynne

The Scarlet Letter

The Romance of a Trained Nurse

The Navajo's Bride

Miriam — the Doctor's Wife

Tragedy of the Desert

Maggie McClusky

The Irish Honeymoon

Lady Geraldine

The Wives of Jamestown

Lady Peggy

Lady Peggy’s Escape

The Eye of the Government

Kathleen

Far from Erin's Isle

Nell

Vagabonds

Kathleen

The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

Bridget O'Donovan

The Mayor from Ireland

Elinor

The O'Neill

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

53

Gender

Female

Birthday

1885-05-17

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

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