Dorothy Gish

Peppy Polly (1919)

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (born March 11, 1898 in Massillon , Ohio , † June 4, 1968 in Rapallo , Italy ) was an American actress and the sister of actress Lillian Gish .

Life

Dorothy Gish and her sister Lillian , who is five years her senior , were accommodated at an early age by their mother Mary, who also worked as an actress. In 1912 they got a job with the Biograph Company in New York and made their debut together in DW Griffith's short film An Unseen Enemy . Until 1914 she was part of the studio's permanent ensemble around her older sister, Blanche Sweet , Henry B. Walthall , Robert Harron , Kate Bruce , Mae Marshand others. After 1914, Gish worked for various studios and often appeared in Griffith's films with her older sister. Her best accomplishments include portraying a blind woman in Griffith's Orphans of the Storm , which was first rented in 1921. After this film she ended the collaboration with Griffith and starred again in 1924 at Lillian's side in Romola , directed by Henry King .

Although Dorothy never quite achieved the popularity of her older sister, she played numerous leading roles and was considered one of the pre-eminent comedy actresses in Hollywood in her day. In 1926 she went to Great Britain and took the title role in Nell Gwynne from Herbert Wilcox . She starred in three other films by this director and then largely withdrew from the film business. She later worked as a stage actress in England. Occasionally she returned to the big screen, for example in 1944 as the mother of Gail Russell in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay , a film adaptation of the memoir of actress Cornelia Otis Skinner, daughter of the well-known Broadway actor Otis Skinner. In the 1950s, Dorothy Gish was also featured in a number of television series as a guest actress. She had her last role in 1963 as the mother of the title character in The Cardinal by Otto Preminger .

Dorothy Gish was married to Canadian actor James Rennie from 1920 until their divorce in 1935 . She died of pneumonia in 1968 in Rapallo, Italy, at the age of 70. Dorothy and later her sister were buried in St. Bartholomew's Church in New York. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her cinematic work . The highly endowed Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize is named after the sisters .

Filmography (selection)

1912: An Unseen Enemy (short film)
1912: Two Daughters of Eve (short film)
1912: So Near, Yet So Far (short film)
1912: The Painted Lady (short film)
1912: The Musketeers of Pig Alley (short film)
1912: Gold and Glitter (short film)
1912: My Baby (short film)
1912: The Informer (short film)
1912: My Hero (short film)
1912: The Burglar's Dilemma (short film)
1912: A Cry for Help (short film)
1912: The New York Hat (short film)
1913: Oil and Water (short film)
1913: Broken Ways (short film)
1913: The Perfidy of Mary (short film)
1913: The Lady and the Mouse (short film)
1913: Just Gold (short film)
1913: His Mother's Son (short film)
1913: Red Hicks Defies the World (short film)
1913: Almost a Wild Man (short film)
1913: Her Mother's Oath (short film)
1913: The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One's Business (short film)
1913: Pa Says (short film)
1913: The Vengeance of Galora (short film)
1913: Those Little Flowers (short film)
1913: The Widow's Kids (short film)
1913: Papa's Baby (short film)
1913: The Suffragette Minstrels (short film)
1913: The Adopted Brother (short film)
1913: The Lady in Black (short film)
1913: A Cure for Suffragettes (short film)
1913: By Man's Law (short film)
1913: The House of Discord (short film)
1914: Her Old Teacher (short film)
1914: Her Father's Silent Partner (short film)
1914: Judith of Bethulien (Judith of Bethulia)
1914: The Mysterious Shot (short film)
1914: The Old Man (short film)
1914: Cigar Butts (short film)
1914: The Floor Above (short film)
1914: The Different Man (short film)
1914: Liberty Belles (short film)
1914: Home, Sweet Home
1914: A Fair Rebel (short film)
1914: The Wife (short film)
1914: Silent Sandy (short film)
1914: The Mountain Rat (short film)
1914: The Newer Woman (short film)
1914: The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (short film)
1914: Their First Acquaintance (short film)
1914: Arms and the Gringo (short film)
1914: The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville (short film)
1914: The City Beautiful (short film)
1914: The Painted Lady (short film)
1914: The Tavern of Tragedy (short film)
1914: Her Mother's Necklace (short film)
1914: A Lesson in Mechanics (short film)
1914: Granny (short film)
1914: Down the Hill to Creditville (short film)
1914: Sands of Fate (short film)
1914: The Warning (short film)
1914: Back to the Kitchen (short film)
1914: The Availing Prayer (short film)
1914: The Saving Grace (short film)
1914: The Sisters (short film)
1914: The Better Way (short film)
1914: A Duel for Love (short film)
1914: The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
1915: His Lesson (short film)
1915: An Old − Fashioned Girl (short film)
1915: How Hazel Got Even (short film)
1915: The Lost Lord Lowell (short film)
1915: Minerva's Mission (short film)
1915: Her Grandparents (short film)
1915: Out of Bondage (short film)
1915: The Mountain Girl (short film)
1915: The Little Catamount (short film)
1915: Victorine (short film)
1915: Bred in the Bone (short film)
1915: Old Heidelberg
1915: Jordan Is a Hard Road
1915: Her Mother's Daughter (short film)
1916: Betty of Greystone
1916: Little Meena's Romance
1916: Susan Rocks the Boat
1916: The Little School Ma'am
1916: Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916: Atta Boy's Last Race
1916: Children of the Feud
1917: The Little Yank
1917: Stage Struck
1917: Her Official Fathers
1918: Hearts of the World
1918: The Hun Within
1918: Battling Jane
1918: The Hope Chest
1919: Boots
1919: Peppy Polly
1919: I'll Get Him Yet
1919: Nugget Nell
1919: Nobody Home
1919: Turning the Tables
1920: Mary Ellen Comes to Town
1920: Remodeling Her Husband
1920: Little Miss Rebellion
1920: Flying Pat
1921: The Ghost in the Garret
1921: Orphans of the Storm (Orphans of the Storm)
1922: The Country Flapper
1923: Fury
1923: The Bright Shawl
1924: The Wedding of Florence (Romola)
1925: The Beautiful City
1925: Clothes Make the Pirate
1925: Ben Hur
1926: Nell Gwynn
1926: London
1926: Camille (short film)
1927: Tiptoes
1927: Madame Pompadour
1930: Wolves
1944: Our Heart Were Young and Gay
1946: Centennial Summer
1949, 1954: The Philco Television Playhouse (TV series, 2 episodes)
1951: The Ford Theater Hour (TV series, 1 episode)
1951: The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
1951: Starlight Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
1951: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
1951: The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1952–1953: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series, 2 episodes)
1953: Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
1954: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, 1 episode)
1954: The Elgin Hour (TV series, 1 episode)
1955: Lux Video Theater (TV series, 2 episodes)
1956: The Alcoa Hour (TV series, 1 episode)
1960: Play of the Week (TV series, 1 episode)
1963: The Cardinal (The Cardinal)

Web links

Commons : Dorothy Gish - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Dorothy Gish at SilentsGolden

personal data
SURNAME	Gish, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gish, Dorothy Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
BIRTH DATE	March 11, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Massillon , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	4th June 1968
PLACE OF DEATH	Rapallo , Italy

[1] Dorothy Gish at SilentsGolden