Dorothy Gish
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 9, 1898
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Known For
Mary Ellen Comes to Town
A simple country girl comes to the big city and is taken advantage of by unscrupulous city-slickers.
Fury
Boy Leyton is second mate on board the Lady Spray, the ship on which his father is Captain Leyton. Boy is often chided by his father for his effeminacy and more often beaten. While in port Boy proposes to Minnie and suggests that she go to Glasgow to meet him there to be married. The ship sails and the Captain learns of his son's intention to marry. He calls him in and tells him about his mother, who deserted him, and tries to turn him away from all women, but Boy refuses to listen. The Captain is suddenly taken ill, but before he dies he makes Boy promise that he will not marry until he has found the man who wronged his mother. The Captain is buried at sea and the ship continues on its course. Upon reaching Glasgow Boy tells Minnie what happened. While at the bar, he meets an old woman who comes in begging. During the conversation he discovers that she is his mother, and he forces her to tell him who her betrayer was. A lost film.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Nell Gwyn
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Orphans of the Storm
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Romola
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.
The Cardinal
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
Filmography
as (Archive footage)
as Celia Fermoyle
as Aaronetta
as Arry Gibbs
as Ellen Zalinka
as Mrs, Lapham
as Mrs Doubleday
as Emily Madison
as Ellen Zalinka
as Mary Surratt
as Mrs. Rogers
as Mrs. Skinner
as Leila McDonald
as Madame Pompadour
as Mavis Hogan
as Tiptoes Kaye
as Betsy Tidd
as Nell Gwyn
as Grace
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
as Mollie
as Meg
as Tessa
as La Clavel
as Minnie
as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper
as Louise Girard
as Delsie O'Dell
as Patricia Van Nuys
as Grand Duchess Marie Louise
as Janie Wakefield
as Mary Ellen
as Doris Pennington
as Frances Wadsworth
as Nugget Nell
as Susy Faraday Jones
as Polly
as Boots
as Sheila Moore
as Jane
as Beth
as The Little Disturber
as Janice
as Sallie Castleton
as Sairy Ann
as Lois Brandon
as Gretchen Van Houck
as Susan Johnstone
as Meena
as Betty Lockwood
as Katie Ruder
as Dottie
as Carol (May's younger sister)
as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister
as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart
as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'
as Crippled Beggar
as The Daughter
as The Daughter
as Dancer (uncredited)
as The Second Sister
as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)
as In First Audience (uncredited)
as Witness to Accident
as Birthday Wellwisher
as The Southern Girl
as Wedding Guest
as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
as A Friend
as In Theatre Crowd
as Youngest Sister