
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

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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
126
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-03-09
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish