Dorothy McGuire

Born: 1916-06-14

Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress from the 1940s to 1990. Some of her movies include: Gentleman's Agreement (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), The Enchanted Cottage, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Old Yeller (as the mother). She passed away in 2001 at the age of 85.


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The Greatest Story Ever Told

as The Virgin Mary
Released: 1965-04-09

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is...

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Gentleman's Agreement

as Kathy Lacy
Released: 1947-11-11

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

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Old Yeller

as Katie Coates
Released: 1957-12-25

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother...

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Swiss Family Robinson

as Mother
Released: 1960-12-21

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an...

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Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell
Released: 1956-11-25

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to...

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The Spiral Staircase

as Helen
Released: 1946-02-06

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

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Summer Magic

as Mrs. Margaret Carey
Released: 1963-07-07

Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham...

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A Summer Place

as Sylvia Hunter
Released: 1959-11-18

A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children...

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Mister 880

as Ann Winslow
Released: 1950-09-29

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is...

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Three Coins in the Fountain

as Miss Frances
Released: 1954-05-01

Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins...

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as Katie Nolan
Released: 1945-02-28

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and...

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Invitation

as Ellen Pierce
Released: 1952-01-29

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

as Mother
Released: 1973-10-23

Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with...

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Summer Heat

as Narrator
Released: 1987-05-29

The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.

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Susan Slade

as Leah Slade
Released: 1961-11-08

A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.

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Trial

as Abbe Nyle
Released: 1955-10-07

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A...

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Amos

as Hester Farrell
Released: 1985-09-29

Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or...

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Caroline?

as Flora Atkins
Released: 1990-04-29

Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the story of a mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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The Enchanted Cottage

as Laura Pennington
Released: 1945-04-28

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend...

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Make Haste to Live

as Crystal Benson
Released: 1954-03-25

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

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Till the End of Time

as Pat Ruscomb
Released: 1946-07-23

Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the...

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Callaway Went Thataway

as Deborah Patterson
Released: 1951-11-15

Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them...

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Reward Unlimited

as Peggy
Released: 1944-05-25

Short film about nurse service in wartime.

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She Waits

as Sarah Wilson
Released: 1972-01-28

When a newlywed woman is taken to her husband's hometown to meet his mother, she is possessed by...

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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

as Effie Webb
Released: 1979-01-02

A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to...

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I Want You

as Nancy Greer
Released: 1951-12-22

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in...

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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
Released: 1959-02-20

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a...

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The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

as Herself
Released: 1957-11-20

"The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on November 20,...

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This Earth Is Mine

as Martha Fairon
Released: 1959-07-08

Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide...

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Another Part of the Forest

as Lavinia Hubbard
Released: 1972-10-02

A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of...

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Claudia

as Claudia
Released: 1943-11-04

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't...

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Claudia and David

as Claudia Naughton
Released: 1946-02-25

The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier...

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Between the Darkness and the Dawn

as Beryl Foster
Released: 1985-12-23

A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.

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The Runaways

as Angela Lakey
Released: 1975-04-01

A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of...

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The Art Director

as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1949-11-12

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing....

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American Geisha

as Ann Suzuki
Released: 1986-09-11

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.

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Flight of the Doves

as Granny O'Flaherty
Released: 1971-04-02

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a...

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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

as Cora Flood
Released: 1960-09-28

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company...

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Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

as (archive footage)
Released: 1986-01-28

What better way to say goodnight than with Disney's Greatest Lullabies? Soothing refrains from...

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Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Jane Morgan
Released: 1950-03-03

Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite...

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I Never Sang for My Father

as Margaret Garrison
Released: 1989-06-15

A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds...

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The Last Best Year

as Anne
Released: 1990-11-04

Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she...

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The Love Boat

as Hanna Hamilton
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Highway to Heaven

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Judith Traherne
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Jody Norris
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Climax!

as Janet Spence
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Miranda
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Flora Atkins
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Rich Man, Poor Man

as Mary Jordache
First aired: 1976-02-01

Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career...

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Little Women

as Marmee March
First aired: 1978-10-02

The two part miniseries chronicles the lives and loves of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy...

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