Home/Dorothy Gish
Dorothy Gish
Deceased

How Did Dorothy Gish Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 70
Also known asDorothy Elizabeth GishGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn09/03/1898Born inDayton, Ohio, USADied04/06/1968 (aged 70)Died inRapalloCausepneumoniaWikidataQ234536 ↗TMDb#30779 ↗

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American stage and screen actress. 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 Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.

Read full Wikipedia article ↗

Filmography76 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2005James Dean: Forever YoungMovieSelf (archive footage)107
1963The CardinalMovieCelia Fermoyle65
1959Play of the WeekSeriesAaronetta61
1955The Alcoa HourSeriesArry Gibbs57
1953The United States Steel HourSeriesMrs, Lapham55
1951Goodyear Television PlayhouseSeries—53
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesEmily Madison52
1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesMiss Susie Slagle52
1950Pulitzer Prize PlayhouseSeries—52
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries—50
1948The Ford Theatre HourSeries—50
1946Centennial SummerMovieMrs. Rogers48
1944Our Hearts Were Young and GayMovieMrs. Skinner46
1930WolvesMovieLeila McDonald32
1927TiptoesMovieTiptoes Kaye29
1926Nell GwynMovieNell Gwyn28
1926Clothes Make the PirateMovieBetsy Tidd28
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovieChariot Race Spectator (uncredited)27
1924RomolaMovieTessa26
1923The Bright ShawlMovieLa Clavel25
1922The Country FlapperMovieJolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper24
1921Orphans of the StormMovieLouise Girard23
1920Remodeling Her HusbandMovieJanie Wakefield22
1920Mary Ellen Comes to TownMovieMary Ellen22
1919Nugget NellMovieNugget Nell21
1919Nobody HomeMovieFrances Wadsworth21
1919Turning the TablesMovieDoris Pennington21
1919I'll Get Him YetMovieSusy Faraday Jones21
1919Peppy PollyMoviePolly21
1918Hearts of the WorldMovieThe Little Disturber20
1918The Hope ChestMovieSheila Moore20
1918The Hun WithinMovieBeth20
1917Stage StruckMovieRuth Colby19
1916Atta Boy's Last RaceMovieLois Brandon18
1916Gretchen the GreenhornMovieGretchen Van Houck18
1915His LessonMovieParticipant in Mob Scene (uncredited)17
1915How Hazel Got EvenMovieHazel17
1915The Lost Lord LowellMovieMolly - the Maid17
1915The Mountain GirlMovieNell - the Mountain Girl17
1915Her Mother's DaughterMovieMarie17
1915Minerva's MissionMovieMinerva17
1914Judith of BethuliaMovieCrippled Beggar16
1914Home, Sweet HomeMovieSister of Payne's Sweetheart16
1914A Duel for LoveMovie—16
1914Her Old TeacherMovieMarjorie16
1914The Tavern of TragedyMovieDorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter16
1914The Mountain RatMovieNell - 'The Mountain Rat'16
1914Arms and the GringoMovie—16
1914Her Mother's NecklaceMovieBessie16
1914The WifeMovieKitty Ives - Debutante16
1914The Rebellion of Kitty BelleMovie—16
1914Sands of FateMovieHelen Robinson16
1914The Availing PrayerMovieMay Rock16
1914Cigar ButtsMovie—16
1914The Saving GraceMovieMollie Kite - the Girl16
1914GrannyMovieNell16
1914Liberty BellesMovieDorothy Ketcham16
1914The Different ManMovie—16
1914The SistersMovieCarol (May's younger sister)16
1913Red Hicks Defies the WorldMovieHicks' Sweetheart15
1913The Adopted BrotherMovieThe Daughter15
1913Papa's BabyMovieYoung Mother15
1913Her Mother's OathMovieThe Daughter15
1913His Mother's SonMovieWoman at Dock (uncredited)15
1913The Blue or the GrayMovie—15
1913The Lady and the MouseMovieThe Second Sister15
1913The Perfidy of MaryMovieRose15
1912The Musketeers of Pig AlleyMovieFrizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)14
1912The New York HatMovie—14
1912An Unseen EnemyMovieYoungest Sister14
1912The Painted LadyMovieBelle at Ice Cream Festival14
1912My BabyMovieWedding Guest14
1912The Burglar’s DilemmaMovieBirthday Wellwisher14
1912So Near, Yet So FarMovieA Friend14
1912My HeroMovieThe Young Woman14
1912Two Daughters of EveMovieIn Theatre Crowd14