Cast & creator
Dorothy Gish
Best known for Robert Montgomery Presents, Robert Montgomery Presents, The Philco Television Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Dorothy Elizabeth Gish
129
film credits
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television credits
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1912–2005 · acting roles
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Filmography (142)
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Robert Montgomery Presents
Emily Madison
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Ellen Zalinka
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mary Surratt
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The United States Steel Hour
Mrs, Lapham
1953Lux Video Theatre
1950Lux Video Theatre
Miss Susie Slagle
1950
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
Play of the Week
Aaronetta
1959
The Alcoa Hour
Arry Gibbs
1955
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950The Elgin Hour
Miss Psyche
1954
Gretchen the Greenhorn
Gretchen Van Houck
1916
The Cardinal
Celia Fermoyle
1963
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
James Dean: Forever Young
Self (archive footage)
2005
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Mrs. Skinner
1944
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Self (archive footage)
1988
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Mrs Doubleday
1951
Orphans of the Storm
Louise Girard
1921The Warning
Dorothy
1914
London
Mavis Hogan
1927Cigar Butts
1914
Nobody Home
Frances Wadsworth
1919
Hearts of the World
The Little Disturber
1918
Peppy Polly
Polly
1919
Romola
Tessa
1924
Night Life of New York
Meg
1925
The Sisters
Carol (May's younger sister)
1914
Tiptoes
Tiptoes Kaye
1927
Nugget Nell
Nugget Nell
1919
I'll Get Him Yet
Susy Faraday Jones
1919Her Grandparents
Dorothy
1915
So Near, Yet So Far
A Friend
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
1912
Judith of Bethulia
Crippled Beggar
1914
Home, Sweet Home
Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
1914Red Hicks Defies the World
Hicks' Sweetheart
1913
Harvest
Ellen Zalinka
1953
The New York Hat
1912
Susan Rocks the Boat
Susan Johnstone
1916How Hazel Got Even
Hazel
1915His Mother's Son
Woman at Dock (uncredited)
1913
Battling Jane
Jane
1918
The House of Discord
The Daughter
1913
Fury
Minnie
1923
Broken Ways
In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
1913
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
Boots
Boots
1919The Perfidy of Mary
Rose
1913The Widow's Kids
One of the Kids
1913
A Cry for Help
Witness to Accident
1912Almost a Wild Man
Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
1913The Wife
Kitty Ives - Debutante
1914
Clothes Make the Pirate
Betsy Tidd
1926
Centennial Summer
Mrs. Rogers
1946Jordan Is a Hard Road
Cora Findley
1915An Old-Fashioned Girl
Abigail - the Country Girl
1915A Cure for Suffragettes
Suffragette
1913
The Hun Within
Beth
1918A Duel for Love
1914
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Birthday Wellwisher
1912Liberty Belles
Dorothy Ketcham
1914Just Gold
The Sweetheart's Sister
1913Granny
Nell
1914Pa Says
Dot
1913
Two Daughters of Eve
In Theatre Crowd
1912
The Children of the Feud
Sairy Ann
1916
The Bright Shawl
La Clavel
1923
The Lady and the Mouse
The Second Sister
1913
The Informer
The Southern Girl
1912
Remodeling Her Husband
Janie Wakefield
1920The Little School Ma'am
Nan
1916Her Mother's Necklace
Bessie
1914Back to the Kitchen
The Ranchman's Daughter
1914A Lesson in Mechanics
Ruth Wilson
1914
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Grace
1926Her Mother's Oath
The Daughter
1913
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
Mary Ellen
1920
Arms and the Gringo
1914
An Unseen Enemy
Youngest Sister
1912
The Ghost in the Garret
Delsie O'Dell
1921The Lady in Black
The Girl
1913
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914The Lost Lord Lowell
Molly - the Maid
1915The Tavern of Tragedy
Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter
1914
Turning the Tables
Doris Pennington
1919The Blue or the Gray
1913
Betty of Greystone
Betty Lockwood
1916Down the Hill to Creditville
Mamie New
1914
The Mountain Rat
Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
1914
Flying Pat
Patricia Van Nuys
1920Bred in the Bone
Mercy, at Sixteen
1915
Oil and Water
In First Audience (uncredited)
1913By Man's Law
At League Meeting (uncredited)
1913
Atta Boy's Last Race
Lois Brandon
1916
The Beautiful City
Mollie
1925
Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn
1926Her Mother's Daughter
Marie
1915
Little Meena's Romance
Meena
1916
A Fair Rebel
Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
1914The Suffragette Minstrels
Among Suffragette Minstrels
1913The Suffragette Minstrels
Story
1913My Hero
The Young Woman
1912The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
1914
The Painted Lady
Belle at Ice Cream Festival
1912
Her Official Fathers
Janice
1917Her Official Fathers
Director
1917Papa's Baby
Young Mother
1913
The Hope Chest
Sheila Moore
1918Out of Bondage
Mary McRae
1915
Little Miss Rebellion
Grand Duchess Marie Louise
1920The Different Man
1914The Mountain Girl
Nell - the Mountain Girl
1915Her Old Teacher
Marjorie
1914The Floor Above
Stella Ford
1914The Painted Lady
Jess - the Younger Sister
1914Their First Acquaintance
Miriam Talbot
1914His Lesson
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
1915
My Baby
Wedding Guest
1912
The Adopted Brother
The Daughter
1913
Madame Pompadour
Madame Pompadour
1927The City Beautiful
The City Girl
1914The Mysterious Shot
Marylee Price
1914The Availing Prayer
May Rock
1914Those Little Flowers
A Messenger
1913
Old Heidelberg
Katie Ruder
1915
The Country Flapper
Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
1922The Newer Woman
Dot
1914
The Little Yank
Sallie Castleton
1917Stage Struck
Ruth Colby
1917
The Reformers
Dancer (uncredited)
1913Sands of Fate
Helen Robinson
1914Silent Sandy
Mary Jones
1914The Saving Grace
Mollie Kite - the Girl
1914The Old Man
The Maid-of-All-Work
1914The Little Catamount
Hattie - the Little Catamount
1915The Better Way
Sunbeam
1914
Victorine
Dottie
1915
Wolves
Leila McDonald
1930Minerva's Mission
Minerva
1915