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Dorothy Gish is a Actor and Director American born on 9 march 1898 at Massillon (USA)

Dorothy Gish

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Birth name Dorothy Elizabeth Gish
Nationality USA
Birth 9 march 1898 at Massillon (USA)
Death 4 june 1968 (at 70 years) at Rapallo (Italie)

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an American actress, director and writer and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.

Biography

She was married to James Rennie (1890–1965), a Canadian-born actor who was her co-star in Remodeling Her Husband (filmed in 1920, it was directed by Dorothy's older sister, Lillian, in her only directorial outing). They were married in 1920 in a double ceremony with actress Constance Talmadge and businessman John Piagoglou. They divorced in 1935; Dorothy never remarried.

Usually with

D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
(28 films)
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
(25 films)
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
(22 films)
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
(21 films)
Robert Harron
Robert Harron
(20 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dorothy Gish (72 films)

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Actress

The Cardinal
The Cardinal (1963)
, 2h55
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Tom Tryon, Raf Vallone, Jill Haworth, John Saxon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley
Roles Celia Fermoyle
Rating66% 3.347023.347023.347023.347023.34702
A newly ordained Irish Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) returns home to Boston in 1917. He discovers that his parents are upset about daughter Mona (Carol Lynley) having become engaged to marry a Jewish boy, Benny Rampell (John Saxon). Mona seeks Stephen's counsel as a priest.
Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer (1946)
, 1h42
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, William Eythe, Constance Bennett
Roles Mrs. Rogers
Rating60% 3.0492453.0492453.0492453.0492453.049245
The movie is about two sisters growing up in Philadelphia in the 1870s. They both fall for a Frenchman who has to prepare the pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
London
London (1927)

Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dorothy Gish, Gibb McLaughlin, Elissa Landi, Adelqui Migliar
Roles Mavis Hogan

Mavis Hogan (Gish) lives with her uncaring aunt (Margaret Yarde) in a squalid Limehouse tenement. Her beauty attracts the attention of an unsavoury Chinese man (Gibb McLaughlin), whose intentions are encouraged by the aunt. While wandering around Limehouse, she is spotted by an artist (Adelqui Migliar) who is in the area sketching East End scenes and people. He persuades her to allow him to sketch her portrait, which he later puts on display in his West End studio. The portrait is seen by Lady Arbourfield (Daisy Campbell), who notices a remarkable resemblance to her own daughter, now deceased.
Madame Pompadour
Madame Pompadour (1927)
, 1h10
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno, Gibb McLaughlin, Marie Ault
Roles Madame Pompadour
Rating68% 3.436273.436273.436273.436273.43627
Tiptoes
Tiptoes (1927)

Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dorothy Gish, Will Rogers, Miles Mander, Jack Cardiff, Dennis Hoey
Roles Tiptoes Kaye
Rating56% 2.8370052.8370052.8370052.8370052.837005
Tip Toes (Dorothy Gish) and her two partners Uncle Hen (Rogers) and Al (Nelson Keys) have a struggling music-hall act. When they go for auditions, theatre managers are keen on Tip Toes as a solo, but do not want the men. Tip Toes turns down offers to go it alone out of loyalty to her fellows. In deep financial trouble, they decide as a last throw of the dice to book in to a suite at a high-class hotel and put the story about that Tip Toes is a sophisticated heiress, while she tries to snag a wealthy gentleman. Tip Toes attracts the interest of a young peer, but the plans of the trio are constantly on the point of being undermined as Hen and Al get into a series of scrapes.
Clothes Make the Pirate
Clothes Make the Pirate (1926)
, 1h30
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Leon Errol, Dorothy Gish, Nita Naldi, Tully Marshall, George F. Marion, Edna Murphy
Roles Betsy Tidd
Rating38% 1.908881.908881.908881.908881.90888
The film is a comedy that centers on a disgruntled 18th century Bostonian, played by Errol, who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken for the real pirate, Dixie Bull (played by Walter Law) whom Errol, of course, bumps into later in the film. More importantly, Errol "slays" the villain and puts his foot upon the pirate's head. This is more than enough and he heads back home to his unappreciated wife, played by Dorothy Gish.
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
, 33minutes
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Paul Robeson, Anita Loos, Pauline Starke, Lois Moran, Sacha Guitry, Yvonne Printemps
Roles Grace
Rating47% 2.3849352.3849352.3849352.3849352.384935
Une histoire d’amour entre une courtisane atteinte de tuberculose pulmonaire, Marguerite Gautier, et un jeune bourgeois, Armand Duval.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
, 3h14
Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram, Fred Niblo, Christy Cabanne, Charles Brabin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Ramón Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key
Roles Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.895093.895093.895093.895093.89509
Ben-Hur is a wealthy Jew and boyhood friend of the powerful Roman Tribune, Messala. When an accident leads to Ben-Hur's arrest, Messala, who has become corrupt and arrogant, makes sure Ben-Hur and his family are jailed and separated.
Romola
Romola (1924)
, 2h
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman, Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Roles Tessa
Rating60% 3.049083.049083.049083.049083.04908
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.