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

Grandmother
1910
Betrayed by a Handprint
1908
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913
Scarlet Letter
1908
Evangeline
1908
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
From the Manger to the Cross
1912
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910
Dust of the Desert
1912
Gene of the Northland
1915

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
54
Directing
3
Writing
47
Producing
1
1915
Gene of the Northland
as Jeanne La Roche
1914
For Ireland's Sake
as Eileen Donaghue
1914
Come Back to Erin
as Peggy O'Malley
1914
The Eye of the Government
1913
The Wives of Jamestown
as Lady Geraldine
1913
Lady Peggy’s Escape
as Lady Peggy
1912
Dust of the Desert
1912
A Prisoner of the Harem
as Alice Durand
1912
An Arabian Tragedy
as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife
1912
The Shaughraun
as Claire Ffoliott
1912
From the Manger to the Cross
as Mary
1912
You Remember Ellen
as Ellen
1912
Captured by Bedouins
as Doris Barnett
1912
Winning a Widow
as An American Widow
1912
His Mother
as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
1912
Tragedy of the Desert
as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
1912
Far from Erin's Isle
as Kathleen
1912
Vagabonds
as Nell
1912
The Mayor from Ireland
as Bridget O'Donovan
1912
The O'Neill
as Elinor
1911
For Love of an Enemy
as Hallie Colburn
1911
When the Dead Return
as Marcele
1911
The Colleen Bawn
as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'
1911
The Fiddler’s Requiem
as Dolores
1911
A Sawmill Hero
as Jennie
1911
The Little Soldier of ’64
1911
Her Chum’s Brother
1911
Rory O'More
as Kathleen
1911
The Special Messenger
as Nancy
1911
The Irish Honeymoon
as Maggie McClusky
1911
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
as Kathleen
1910
The Little Spreewald Maiden
as Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden
1910
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
as Nan, The Girl Spy
1910
The Lad from Old Ireland
as Aileene
1910
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
as Anastasia
1910
When Lovers Part
1910
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
as Nan
1910
The Step-mother
1910
The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910
The Navajo's Bride
1909
A Slave to Drink
as Jenny
1909
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
as Nan
1908
Betrayed by a Handprint
as Party Guest
1908
The Taming of the Shrew
as Wedding Party
1908
Thompson's Night Out
as Mrs. Smith
1908
The Man in the Box
as Gang Member
1908
The Stage Rustler
1908
The Girl and the Outlaw
as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)
1908
Evangeline
as Evangeline
1908
Way Down East
1908
Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne
1907
Ben Hur
1906
Skyscrapers
1906
The Paymaster