Dorothy Gish

Biography

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.

Known For

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

Witness to Accident

A Cry for Help

In First Audience (uncredited)

Oil and Water

The Sweetheart's Sister

Just Gold

In Telegraph Office (uncredited)

Broken Ways

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

Young Mother

Papa's Baby

The Girl

The Lady in Black

At League Meeting (uncredited)

By Man's Law

Marjorie

Her Old Teacher

Grand Duchess Marie Louise

Little Miss Rebellion

The Maid-of-All-Work

The Old Man

Cigar Butts

Stella Ford

The Floor Above

The Different Man

Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister

A Fair Rebel

Kitty Ives - Debutante

The Wife

Mary Jones

Silent Sandy

Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'

The Mountain Rat

Dot

The Newer Woman

Miriam Talbot

Their First Acquaintance

The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville

Jess - the Younger Sister

The Painted Lady

Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter

The Tavern of Tragedy

Bessie

Her Mother's Necklace

Woman at Dock (uncredited)

His Mother's Son

Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron

Almost a Wild Man

Ruth Wilson

A Lesson in Mechanics

Nell

Granny

Helen Robinson

Sands of Fate

Dorothy

The Warning

The Ranchman's Daughter

Back to the Kitchen

May Rock

The Availing Prayer

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

Abigail - the Country Girl

An Old-Fashioned Girl

Hazel

How Hazel Got Even

Molly - the Maid

The Lost Lord Lowell

Minerva

Minerva's Mission

Beth

The Hun Within

Dorothy

Her Grandparents

Mary McRae

Out of Bondage

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

Susy Faraday Jones

I'll Get Him Yet

Nugget Nell

Nugget Nell

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

Sairy Ann

The Children of the Feud

Susan Johnstone

Susan Rocks the Boat

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Female

Birthday

1898-03-09

Place of Birth

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish