Dorothy Gish
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.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...
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The Cardinal
as Celia FermoyleA young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as...
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an...
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Orphans of the Storm
as Louise GirardFrance, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as...
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An Unseen Enemy
as Youngest SisterThe physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to...
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Judith of Bethulia
as Crippled BeggarGriffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of...
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My Baby
as Wedding GuestWhen the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the...
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The House of Discord
as The DaughterIn her youth the mother was saved from the fatal mistake by an accident, but it caused her years...
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The New York Hat
as uncreditedTo fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a...
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So Near, Yet So Far
as A FriendIt's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other...
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Romola
as TessaIn Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces...
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The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream FestivalA lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an...
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Home, Sweet Home
as Sister of Payne's SweetheartJohn Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his...
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Hearts of the World
as The Little DisturberA group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...
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The Adopted Brother
as The DaughterA Western action film about two men who escape from prison to take revenge on the person who...
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Turning the Tables
as Doris PenningtonDoris Pennington is committed to an insane asylum by her aunt, who hopes to take over Doris's...
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Clothes Make the Pirate
as Betsy TiddA disgruntled 18th century Bostonian who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes...
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The Lady and the Mouse
as The Second SisterThe question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter...
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The Informer
as The Southern GirlThe young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his...
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Nell Gwyn
as Nell GwynAn actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's...
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Centennial Summer
as Mrs. RogersIn 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to...
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as GraceA home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls...
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The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday WellwisherIn this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a...
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A Cry for Help
as Witness to AccidentKnocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received...
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Tiptoes
as Tiptoes KayeA silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
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Mary Ellen Comes to Town
as Mary EllenA simple country girl comes to the big city and is taken advantage of by unscrupulous city-slickers.
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Night Life of New York
as MegJohn Bentley hates New York City, because of an unhappy romance as a young man, but his son,...
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Gretchen the Greenhorn
as Gretchen Van HouckGretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father,...
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The Hun Within
as BethA German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his...
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The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as uncreditedKitty, the pretty young wife of a Texas businessman, feels neglected and unwanted as her husband...
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Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre CrowdCalumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this...
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Flying Pat
as Patricia Van NuysWild flapper Patricia Van Nuys decides to become a pilot like her husband Robert, but with a...
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The Beautiful City
as MollieFor their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his...
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Wolves
as Leila McDonaldAn outlaw leader fakes a draw for a sick girl so he can help her escape
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mrs. SkinnerIn 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and...
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Harvest
as Ellen ZalinkaA young man in love with a sophisticated woman from the city is torn between his desires and...
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Broken Ways
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question....
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Nugget Nell
as Nugget NellBig Hearted Jim, the sheriff, loves the tomboyish Nugget Nell ( Dorothy Gish ), who runs a hash...
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The Mountain Rat
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'A 1914 silent Western short
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The Reformers
as Dancer (uncredited)Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all...
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Old Heidelberg
as Katie RuderKarl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but he's...
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Her Official Fathers
as JaniceA 1917 film directed by Elmer Clifton, Joseph Henabery, and Dorothy Gish.
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I'll Get Him Yet
as Susy Faraday JonesA young woman is in love, but the man of her affections wants only her and no part of her vast...
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Mrs DoubledayA newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff...
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Betty of Greystone
as Betty LockwoodAfter the death of her father, Betty Lockwood goes to Graystone Gables, the estate where he had...
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Little Meena's Romance
as MeenaMeena Bauer is the heroine of this romance of a Pennsylvania Dutch girl, who is loved by the son...
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Madame Pompadour
as Madame PompadourThe French king's mistress frees her jailed lover and makes him her bodyguard.
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The Country Flapper
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country FlapperCountry girl Jolanda has lost her boyfriend, Nathaniel Huggins, to a "flapper" from the city....
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The Bright Shawl
as La ClavelCharles Abbott is implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother to the woman he loves.
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The Hope Chest
as Sheila MooreDaughter of impoverished vaudeville actor Lew Moore, Sheila works as a waitress in a chocolate...
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Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that...
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Victorine
as DottieDottie gets a job in a small show as "side kick" of a famous knife thrower. The "Angel" is a...
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The Ghost in the Garret
as Delsie O'DellFramed for stealing some pearls while staying at the country home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and...
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Nobody Home
as Frances WadsworthA young woman is so superstitious that she cannot make a move or a decision without the approval...
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Battling Jane
as JaneJane is a rootless young lady who finds an abandoned child and adopts it as her own. The...
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London
as Mavis HoganA Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.
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The Sisters
as Carol (May's younger sister)May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but...
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Remodeling Her Husband
as Janie WakefieldAfter she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield discovers that her husband's reputation as a...
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Atta Boy's Last Race
as Lois BrandonYoung Lois Brandon is about to have her home foreclosed if she doesn't come up with some money....
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Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as (Archive footage)Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film...
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Peppy Polly
as PollyPolly has herself arrested and committed to a reformatory in order to investigate conditions at...
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The Little Yank
as Sallie CastletonSallie is a beautiful Kentucky girl who belongs to a family of Union sympathizers. Her brother...
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Little Miss Rebellion
as Grand Duchess Marie LouiseThe Grand Duchess Marie Louise is the beautiful young ruler of Molvania. She is a fun-loving...
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A Fair Rebel
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted SisterSteve Monteith and Ezra Mason, upper class men, and Bill Bronson, a plebe, are chums and...
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Boots
as BootsBoots is a young servant girl who polishes shoes in an English inn. She is an incurable...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Emily MadisonRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ellen ZalinkaRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mary SurrattThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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The Philco Television Playhouse
as uncreditedThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
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Play of the Week
as AaronettaThis syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas,...
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The United States Steel Hour
as Mrs, LaphamThe United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television...
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Goodyear Television Playhouse
as uncreditedThe Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC...
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The Alcoa Hour
as Arry GibbsThe Alcoa Hour is an American anthology television series that was aired live on NBC from 1955...
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The Ford Theatre Hour
as uncreditedAn anthology series based in New York City which attracted a high caliber group of actors, often...
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