Dorothy Gish
2 credits on HibingeTV
American film and stage actress, born in 1898. The younger sister of Lillian Gish, she began acting in Biograph shorts for D.W. Griffith as a child and developed a particular gift for comedy that set her apart from her sister's dramatic roles. She appeared in Griffith features including Home, Sweet Home (1914) and Hearts of the World (1918). She later focused on the stage. She died in 1968.
Acted In
Drama, Silent
D.W. Griffith's lavish silent epic, set against the French Revolution. Two orphaned sisters, the sighted Henriette (Lillian Gish) and the blind Louise (Dorothy Gish), travel to Paris seeking a cure and are swept apart by aristocratic abduction and the coming Terror, until a kindly chevalier (Joseph Schildkraut) and the rise of Danton (Monte Blue) turn the tide. Griffith built enormous period sets and staged crowd scenes on a scale to rival Intolerance, and the film marked Lillian Gish's final role for him. As a work published before 1930, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Drama · Silent
Orphans of the Storm
1921 - as Louise
Drama, Romance
Henry King's adaptation of George Eliot's novel was filmed on location in Florence, giving this tale of Renaissance intrigue an authenticity Hollywood couldn't build on a backlot. Lillian Gish plays Romola, the scholar's daughter whose world collapses when she discovers her charming husband Tito (a young William Powell in an early villainous role) has betrayed her father, secretly wed the trusting Tessa (Dorothy Gish), and sold his loyalty to Savonarola's enemies. Ronald Colman co-stars as the principled Carlo Bucellini. The climactic bonfire of the vanities — with the real Piazza della Signoria standing in for itself — makes the film a lavish time capsule of 1920s prestige filmmaking. Published in 1924, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Drama · Romance · Silent
Romola
1924 - as Tessa