Gene Gauntier

Born: 1885-05-17

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.


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You Remember Ellen

as Ellen
Released: 1912-03-03

Summer 1911, Sidney Olcott cross again the Atlantic to shoot films in Ireland for Kalem company....

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Ben Hur

as uncredited
Released: 1907-12-07

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

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From the Manger to the Cross

as Mary
Released: 1912-10-03

The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

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Betrayed by a Handprint

as Party Guest
Released: 1908-09-01

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation...

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The Colleen Bawn

as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'
Released: 1911-10-16

A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother...

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The Taming of the Shrew

as Wedding Party
Released: 1908-11-10

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change...

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The Lad from Old Ireland

as Aileene
Released: 1910-11-23

A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.

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For Love of an Enemy

as Hallie Colburn
Released: 1911-01-11

A Federal spy operating within the Confederate lines, meets Hallie Coburn, a fair Southern girl,...

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When Lovers Part

as uncredited
Released: 1910-12-23

A young couple’s love is forbidden by the girl’s father. He forces her to write a farewell...

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The Girl and the Outlaw

as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)
Released: 1908-09-08

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

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Evangeline

as Evangeline
Released: 1908-02-08

About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the...

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His Mother

as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
Released: 1912-01-25

An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in America.

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The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

as Nan
Released: 1909-05-21

The American Civil War is the setting for this film which portrays the efforts of a girl, with...

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Dust of the Desert

as uncredited
Released: 1912-06-03

Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film

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The Navajo's Bride

as uncredited
Released: 1910-05-31

A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A...

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Rory O'More

as Kathleen
Released: 1911-09-03

Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ballad...

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When the Dead Return

as Marcele
Released: 1911-05-05

acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and...

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Captured by Bedouins

as Doris Barnett
Released: 1912-06-26

An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped...

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An Arabian Tragedy

as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife
Released: 1912-06-19

Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless....

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Winning a Widow

as An American Widow
Released: 1912-07-05

While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young...

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A Slave to Drink

as Jenny
Released: 1909-12-31

Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man,...

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The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

as Anastasia
Released: 1910-09-23

Anastasia is being picked up by an artist who wants to paint her picture.The artist have other...

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For Ireland's Sake

as Eileen Donaghue
Released: 1914-01-11

Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red...

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Come Back to Erin

as Peggy O'Malley
Released: 1914-03-01

The story opens in an inland village in Ireland, where Jerry, the village blacksmith, toils,...

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Tragedy of the Desert

as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
Released: 1912-07-01

An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a...

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The Little Spreewald Maiden

as Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden
Released: 1910-12-21

Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a...

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The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

as Nan, The Girl Spy
Released: 1910-12-28

The opening scene of our story shows a Union powder wagon making its way down the road convoyed...

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The Wives of Jamestown

as Lady Geraldine
Released: 1913-01-10

The romance between Bryan O'Sullivan and Lady Geraldine is broken when he unjusily suspects that...

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