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Job Actress, director, writer
Years active 1912-1963
Top Roles The Young Woman, In Telegraph Office, Celia, ,
Top Genres Drama, Silent Films, Short Films, Historical, Comedy, Romance
Top Topics Pirate, Book-Based, Ancient World, Romance (Drama), Revenge
Top Collaborators D.W. Griffith (Director), Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Harron, Henry B. Walthall, Harry Carey, Walter Miller, Christy Cabanne (Director)
Also Born on March 11
Also Born in 1898
Also Born in Ohio
Also a Pisces

Dorothy Gish Overview:

Legendary actress, Dorothy Gish, was born Dorothy Elizabeth Gish on Mar 11, 1898 in Massillon, OH. Gish died at the age of 70 on Jun 4, 1968 in Rapallo, Italy .

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Gish was never nominated for an Academy Award.

Dorothy Gish BlogHub Articles:

Silents are Golden: The Iconic Careers of Lillian and Dorothy Gish

Silents are Golden: The Iconic Careers of Lillian and Dorothy Gish “I remember one day in the early summer going through the gloomy old hall of the Biograph Studio when suddenly all gloom seemed to disappear. This change in atmosphere was caused by the presence of two young girls sitting side b... Read full article


A Film Dedicated to Lillian and Dorothy Gish : La Nuit Américaine (François Truffaut, 1973)

La Nuit américaine (Day for Night) is one of those films I watched during the first years of my cinematic exploration. I remember liking back then but when I saw it for the second time years after, at the Outremont Theatre in Montreal, my reaction to it was completely different. I the right way. I ... Read full article


The Silent Life: Make yourself a WWI era Dorothy Gish Tam o’ Shanter

Dorothy Gish in Hearts of the World I don’t think anyone will argue with the suggestion that Dorothy Gish pretty much walked away with Hearts of the World. Her Little Disturber was a sassy little number who wore a signature Tam o’ Shanter. The tam was a popular headgear choice for fashio... Read full article


Gish the Lesser, Happy Birthday! Dorothy Gish, Born March 11; 1898-1968 (2)

Popular two-reel actress Dorothy Gish never achieved the status of her older sister Lillian Gish, but, they did a few films together, most notably, Hearts of the World, 1918 and Orphans of the Storm (almost nary, have the heart-strings been pulled at, any better), 1921, also Lillian directed (her ... Read full article


Gish the Lesser, Happy Birthday! Dorothy Gish, Born March 11; 1898-1968

Popular two-reel actress Dorothy Gish never achieved the status of her older sister Lillian Gish, but, they did a few films together, most notably, Hearts of the World, 1918 and Orphans of the Storm (almost nary, have the heart-strings been pulled at, any better), 1921, also Lillian directed (her ... Read full article


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Dorothy Gish Facts
Sister of Lillian Gish.

On 11 June 1976, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Film Theater was dedicated on the Bowling Green State University campus in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.

Related, on her mother's side, to U.S. President Zachary Taylor.

Daughter of actress Mary Gish.

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