Dorothy Gish: movies and TV shows
Dorothy Gish has 141 credits in the archive: 128 films and 13 TV series, from 1912 to 1988. Highest rated: Lux Video Theatre (6.7/10).
Career timeline
1912 – 1988 · busiest year: 1914 (34 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | (Archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 1963 | The Cardinal | Celia Fermoyle | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Aaronetta | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Arry Gibbs | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour | Miss Psyche | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Mrs, Lapham | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1953 | Harvest | Ellen Zalinka | Film | — | 55 |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | TV | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1951 | The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Mrs Doubleday | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Emily Madison | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Ellen Zalinka | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | TV | 6.7 | 52 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Miss Susie Slagle | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1950 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | TV | 10.0 | 52 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Mary Surratt | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | Mrs. Rogers | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1944 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Mrs. Skinner | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1930 | Wolves | Leila McDonald | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1927 | Tiptoes | Tiptoes Kaye | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1927 | London | Mavis Hogan | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1927 | Madame Pompadour | Madame Pompadour | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1926 | Camille: The Fate of a Coquette | Grace | Film | 4.2 | 28 |
| 1926 | Nell Gwyn | Nell Gwyn | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1926 | Clothes Make the Pirate | Betsy Tidd | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1925 | The Beautiful City | Mollie | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1925 | Night Life of New York | Meg | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | Romola | Tessa | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1923 | Fury | Minnie | Film | 9.5 | 25 |
| 1923 | The Bright Shawl | La Clavel | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | The Country Flapper | Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Louise Girard | Film | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1921 | The Ghost in the Garret | Delsie O'Dell | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Janie Wakefield | Film | 4.0 | 22 |
| 1920 | Little Miss Rebellion | Grand Duchess Marie Louise | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1920 | Flying Pat | Patricia Van Nuys | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1920 | Mary Ellen Comes to Town | Mary Ellen | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1919 | Peppy Polly | Polly | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1919 | Nobody Home | Frances Wadsworth | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1919 | Nugget Nell | Nugget Nell | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1919 | Boots | Boots | Film | 4.0 | 21 |
| 1919 | I'll Get Him Yet | Susy Faraday Jones | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1919 | Turning the Tables | Doris Pennington | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1918 | Battling Jane | Jane | Film | — | 20 |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | The Little Disturber | Film | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1918 | The Hun Within | Beth | Film | — | 20 |
| 1918 | The Hope Chest | Sheila Moore | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1917 | The Little Yank | Sallie Castleton | Film | 10.0 | 19 |
| 1917 | Her Official Fathers | Janice | Film | — | 19 |
| 1917 | Her Official Fathers | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1917 | Stage Struck | Ruth Colby | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1916 | Betty of Greystone | Betty Lockwood | Film | — | 18 |
| 1916 | Gretchen the Greenhorn | Gretchen Van Houck | Film | 6.0 | 18 |
| 1916 | Susan Rocks the Boat | Susan Johnstone | Film | — | 18 |
| 1916 | The Children of the Feud | Sairy Ann | Film | — | 18 |
| 1916 | Atta Boy's Last Race | Lois Brandon | Film | — | 18 |
| 1916 | The Little School Ma'am | Nan | Film | 10.0 | 18 |
| 1916 | Little Meena's Romance | Meena | Film | — | 18 |
| 1915 | Her Grandparents | Dorothy | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Old Heidelberg | Katie Ruder | Film | 5.0 | 17 |
| 1915 | The Mountain Girl | Nell - the Mountain Girl | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Abigail - the Country Girl | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Out of Bondage | Mary McRae | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 17 |
| 1915 | Jordan Is a Hard Road | Cora Findley | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | How Hazel Got Even | Hazel | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Her Mother's Daughter | Marie | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | The Little Catamount | Hattie - the Little Catamount | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Victorine | Dottie | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Minerva's Mission | Minerva | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | Bred in the Bone | Mercy, at Sixteen | Film | — | 17 |
| 1915 | The Lost Lord Lowell | Molly - the Maid | Film | — | 17 |
| 1914 | The Sisters | Carol (May's younger sister) | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Wife | Kitty Ives - Debutante | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Liberty Belles | Dorothy Ketcham | Film | 5.0 | 16 |
| 1914 | Her Father's Silent Partner | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1914 | Cigar Butts | Film | 9.0 | 16 | |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | Crippled Beggar | Film | 6.1 | 16 |
| 1914 | The Warning | Dorothy | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Granny | Nell | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | Sister of Payne's Sweetheart | Film | 5.0 | 16 |
| 1914 | A Duel for Love | Film | 9.0 | 16 | |
| 1914 | A Fair Rebel | Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Mountain Rat | Nell - 'The Mountain Rat' | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1914 | The Painted Lady | Jess - the Younger Sister | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Back to the Kitchen | The Ranchman's Daughter | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Different Man | Film | 8.0 | 16 | |
| 1914 | The City Beautiful | The City Girl | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Her Mother's Necklace | Bessie | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Floor Above | Stella Ford | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Arms and the Gringo | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1914 | The Tavern of Tragedy | Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Newer Woman | Dot | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Her Old Teacher | Marjorie | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Their First Acquaintance | Miriam Talbot | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Down the Hill to Creditville | Mamie New | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Old Man | The Maid-of-All-Work | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Sands of Fate | Helen Robinson | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | A Lesson in Mechanics | Ruth Wilson | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Availing Prayer | May Rock | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | Silent Sandy | Mary Jones | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Saving Grace | Mollie Kite - the Girl | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Mysterious Shot | Marylee Price | Film | — | 16 |
| 1914 | The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville | Film | — | 16 | |
| 1914 | The Better Way | Sunbeam | Film | — | 16 |
| 1913 | Pa Says | Dot | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The Sweetheart's Sister | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Suffragette Minstrels | Among Suffragette Minstrels | Film | 10.0 | 15 |
| 1913 | The Suffragette Minstrels | Film | 10.0 | 15 | |
| 1913 | Red Hicks Defies the World | Hicks' Sweetheart | Film | 10.0 | 15 |
| 1913 | Almost a Wild Man | Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The House of Discord | The Daughter | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Widow's Kids | One of the Kids | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Reformers | Dancer (uncredited) | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The Second Sister | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | Papa's Baby | Young Mother | Film | 8.0 | 15 |
| 1913 | The Adopted Brother | The Daughter | Film | 4.7 | 15 |
| 1913 | The Lady in Black | The Girl | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | Film | — | 15 | |
| 1913 | Those Little Flowers | A Messenger | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | By Man's Law | At League Meeting (uncredited) | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | His Mother's Son | Woman at Dock (uncredited) | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | Her Mother's Oath | The Daughter | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | Broken Ways | In Telegraph Office (uncredited) | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | The Perfidy of Mary | Rose | Film | — | 15 |
| 1913 | A Cure for Suffragettes | Suffragette | Film | 9.0 | 15 |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | Youngest Sister | Film | 5.6 | 14 |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 14 |
| 1912 | My Baby | Wedding Guest | Film | 5.5 | 14 |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend | Film | 5.9 | 14 |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | Film | 5.6 | 14 | |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | Film | 5.7 | 14 |
| 1912 | The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | Film | 5.3 | 14 |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | Film | — | 14 |
| 1912 | The Informer | The Southern Girl | Film | — | 14 |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | Witness to Accident | Film | — | 14 |
| 1912 | My Hero | The Young Woman | Film | — | 14 |