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

Robert Montgomery Presents
1952
The Philco Television Playhouse
1949
The United States Steel Hour
1954
Lux Video Theatre
1955
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1953
Play of the Week
1960
The Alcoa Hour
1956
The Ford Theatre Hour
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1951
The Elgin Hour
1954
The Cardinal
1963
Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
140
Directing
1
Writing
1
2005
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Self (archive footage)
1963
The Cardinal
as Celia Fermoyle
1960
Play of the Week
as Aaronetta
1956
The Alcoa Hour
as Arry Gibbs
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Miss Susie Slagle
1954
The United States Steel Hour
as Mrs, Lapham
1954
The Elgin Hour
as Miss Psyche
1954
The Philco Television Playhouse
1953
Harvest
as Ellen Zalinka
1953
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ellen Zalinka
1953
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1952
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Emily Madison
1951
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Mrs Doubleday
1951
The Ford Theatre Hour
1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mary Surratt
1946
Centennial Summer
as Mrs. Rogers
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mrs. Skinner
1930
Wolves
as Leila McDonald
1927
Tiptoes
as Tiptoes Kaye
1927
London
as Mavis Hogan
1927
Madame Pompadour
as Madame Pompadour
1926
Nell Gwyn
as Nell Gwyn
1926
Clothes Make the Pirate
as Betsy Tidd
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Grace
1925
Night Life of New York
as Meg
1925
The Beautiful City
as Mollie
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924
Romola
as Tessa
1923
Fury
as Minnie
1923
The Bright Shawl
as La Clavel
1922
The Country Flapper
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
1921
Orphans of the Storm
as Louise Girard
1921
The Ghost in the Garret
as Delsie O'Dell
1920
Little Miss Rebellion
as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
1920
Remodeling Her Husband
as Janie Wakefield
1920
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
as Mary Ellen
1920
Flying Pat
as Patricia Van Nuys
1919
Nobody Home
as Frances Wadsworth
1919
Boots
as Boots
1919
Peppy Polly
as Polly
1919
I'll Get Him Yet
as Susy Faraday Jones
1919
Nugget Nell
as Nugget Nell
1919
Turning the Tables
as Doris Pennington
1918
Hearts of the World
as The Little Disturber
1918
The Hope Chest
as Sheila Moore
1918
The Hun Within
as Beth
1918
Battling Jane
as Jane
1917
Her Official Fathers
as Janice
1917
Stage Struck
as Ruth Colby
1917
The Little Yank
as Sallie Castleton
1916
Gretchen the Greenhorn
as Gretchen Van Houck
1916
Little Meena's Romance
as Meena
1916
Atta Boy's Last Race
as Lois Brandon
1916
Betty of Greystone
as Betty Lockwood
1916
The Little School Ma'am
as Nan
1916
The Children of the Feud
as Sairy Ann
1916
Susan Rocks the Boat
as Susan Johnstone
1915
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
1915
An Old-Fashioned Girl
as Abigail - the Country Girl
1915
How Hazel Got Even
as Hazel
1915
The Lost Lord Lowell
as Molly - the Maid
1915
Minerva's Mission
as Minerva
1915
Out of Bondage
as Mary McRae
1915
Her Grandparents
as Dorothy
1915
The Mountain Girl
as Nell - the Mountain Girl
1915
The Little Catamount
as Hattie - the Little Catamount
1915
Bred in the Bone
as Mercy, at Sixteen
1915
Her Mother's Daughter
as Marie
1915
Jordan Is a Hard Road
as Cora Findley
1915
Old Heidelberg
as Katie Ruder
1915
Victorine
as Dottie
1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
The City Beautiful
as The City Girl
1914
Down the Hill to Creditville
as Mamie New
1914
Judith of Bethulia
as Crippled Beggar
1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
The Mysterious Shot
as Marylee Price
1914
Home, Sweet Home
as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
1914
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Her Old Teacher
as Marjorie
1914
The Old Man
as The Maid-of-All-Work
1914
Cigar Butts
1914
A Fair Rebel
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
1914
The Different Man
1914
The Floor Above
as Stella Ford
1914
Silent Sandy
as Mary Jones
1914
The Wife
as Kitty Ives - Debutante
1914
The Newer Woman
as Dot
1914
Their First Acquaintance
as Miriam Talbot
1914
The Mountain Rat
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
1914
The Painted Lady
as Jess - the Younger Sister
1914
Her Mother's Necklace
as Bessie
1914
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter
1914
Granny
as Nell
1914
A Lesson in Mechanics
as Ruth Wilson
1914
The Better Way
as Sunbeam
1914
Back to the Kitchen
as The Ranchman's Daughter
1914
Sands of Fate
as Helen Robinson
1914
The Warning
as Dorothy
1914
The Availing Prayer
as May Rock
1914
The Saving Grace
as Mollie Kite - the Girl
1914
A Duel for Love
1914
Liberty Belles
as Dorothy Ketcham
1914
The Sisters
as Carol (May's younger sister)
1913
A Cure for Suffragettes
as Suffragette
1913
Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)
1913
Broken Ways
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
1913
Just Gold
as The Sweetheart's Sister
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World
as Hicks' Sweetheart
1913
The Perfidy of Mary
as Rose
1913
Pa Says
as Dot
1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
as Among Suffragette Minstrels
1913
The House of Discord
as The Daughter
1913
Her Mother's Oath
as The Daughter
1913
The Lady in Black
as The Girl
1913
The Widow's Kids
as One of the Kids
1913
The Reformers
as Dancer (uncredited)
1913
Papa's Baby
as Young Mother
1913
By Man's Law
as At League Meeting (uncredited)
1913
Almost a Wild Man
as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron
1913
His Mother's Son
as Woman at Dock (uncredited)
1913
The Adopted Brother
as The Daughter
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
as The Second Sister
1913
The Blue or the Gray
1913
Those Little Flowers
as A Messenger
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd
1912
A Cry for Help
as Witness to Accident
1912
My Hero
as The Young Woman
1912
An Unseen Enemy
as Youngest Sister
1912
The New York Hat
1912
The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
1912
The Informer
as The Southern Girl
1912
My Baby
as Wedding Guest