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 American Theatre Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
Suffragette
A Cure for Suffragettes
Celia Fermoyle
The Cardinal
(Archive footage)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Louise Girard
Orphans of the Storm
Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
The Country Flapper
Frances Wadsworth
Nobody Home
Tessa
Romola
In Theatre Crowd
Two Daughters of Eve
In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
Broken Ways
In First Audience (uncredited)
Oil and Water
Witness to Accident
A Cry for Help
The Sweetheart's Sister
Just Gold
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
The Young Woman
My Hero
Hicks' Sweetheart
Red Hicks Defies the World
The City Girl
The City Beautiful
Mamie New
Down the Hill to Creditville
Youngest Sister
An Unseen Enemy
Crippled Beggar
Judith of Bethulia
Her Father's Silent Partner
Marylee Price
The Mysterious Shot
Gretchen Van Houck
Gretchen the Greenhorn
The New York Hat
Rose
The Perfidy of Mary
Dot
Pa Says
Among Suffragette Minstrels
The Suffragette Minstrels
Mrs. Rogers
Centennial Summer
The Daughter
The House of Discord
Belle at Ice Cream Festival
The Painted Lady
A Friend
So Near, Yet So Far
Birthday Wellwisher
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
Home, Sweet Home
The Little Disturber
Hearts of the World
Arms and the Gringo
Minnie
Fury
Mrs. Skinner
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
La Clavel
The Bright Shawl
Boots
Boots
The Daughter
Her Mother's Oath
Dancer (uncredited)
The Reformers
One of the Kids
The Widow's Kids
The Girl
The Lady in Black
Marjorie
Her Old Teacher
Young Mother
Papa's Baby
At League Meeting (uncredited)
By Man's Law
Grand Duchess Marie Louise
Little Miss Rebellion
The Maid-of-All-Work
The Old Man
Stella Ford
The Floor Above
Cigar Butts
The Different Man
Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
A Fair Rebel
Dot
The Newer Woman
Kitty Ives - Debutante
The Wife
Mary Jones
Silent Sandy
Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
The Mountain Rat
Miriam Talbot
Their First Acquaintance
Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter
The Tavern of Tragedy
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
Jess - the Younger Sister
The Painted Lady
Bessie
Her Mother's Necklace
Woman at Dock (uncredited)
His Mother's Son
Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
Almost a Wild Man
The Ranchman's Daughter
Back to the Kitchen
Helen Robinson
Sands of Fate
May Rock
The Availing Prayer
Dorothy
The Warning
Nell
Granny
Ruth Wilson
A Lesson in Mechanics
Mollie Kite - the Girl
The Saving Grace
Sunbeam
The Better Way
A Duel for Love
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
His Lesson
Sheila Moore
The Hope Chest
Hazel
How Hazel Got Even
Abigail - the Country Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Minerva
Minerva's Mission
Molly - the Maid
The Lost Lord Lowell
Beth
The Hun Within
Mary McRae
Out of Bondage
Dorothy
Her Grandparents
Nell - the Mountain Girl
The Mountain Girl
Hattie - the Little Catamount
The Little Catamount
Mercy, at Sixteen
Bred in the Bone
Janie Wakefield
Remodeling Her Husband
Cora Findley
Jordan Is a Hard Road
Marie
Her Mother's Daughter
Meena
Little Meena's Romance
Polly
Peppy Polly
Nugget Nell
Nugget Nell
Susy Faraday Jones
I'll Get Him Yet
Doris Pennington
Turning the Tables
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn
Betsy Tidd
Clothes Make the Pirate
Mavis Hogan
London
Tiptoes Kaye
Tiptoes
Jane
Battling Jane
Katie Ruder
Old Heidelberg
Mrs Doubleday
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Meg
Night Life of New York
The Daughter
The Adopted Brother
Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Dorothy Ketcham
Liberty Belles
Madame Pompadour
Madame Pompadour
Janice
Her Official Fathers
Ruth Colby
Stage Struck
Leila McDonald
Wolves
Mollie
The Beautiful City
The Southern Girl
The Informer
Wedding Guest
My Baby
Lois Brandon
Atta Boy's Last Race
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Grace
Camille
Betty Lockwood
Betty of Greystone
Sallie Castleton
The Little Yank
The Second Sister
The Lady and the Mouse
Patricia Van Nuys
Flying Pat
Carol (May's younger sister)
The Sisters
The Blue or the Gray
A Messenger
Those Little Flowers
Dottie
Victorine
Delsie O'Dell
The Ghost in the Garret
Ellen Zalinka
Harvest
Nan
The Little School Ma'am
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-03-09
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish