Dorothy Gish

Actress + Director + Writer

Female

Born Mar 11, 1898

Hometown Dayton, Ohio

Died Jun 4, 1968

Death Place Rapallo

Other Names De Guiche, Doroth...

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.

Romance

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Fred Marsh
Married 1925 - 1942
James Rennie
Married 1920 - 1935
Robert Harron
Dated

Family

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Dorothy Gish

d.1968

siblings

Lillian Gish
Sister, d.1993

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Westport Country Playhouse Marks 80th Birthday Stamford Times
Google News - Jul 05, 2011

When Dorothy Gish hit the stage in "The Streets of New York," in 1931, it began eight decades of WCP brining in the top playwrights and finest thespians in the world. Liza Minnelli even made her stage debut in a production of "The Fantasticks" in 1964
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A Grand Dame Of The Theater Celebrates An 80th Birthday Ct Post
Google News - Jul 03, 2011

"The Streets of New York," starring Dorothy Gish and Rollo Peters, was the first play performed at the theater in 1931. Langner ran the theater until 1959, when it was taken over by James B. McKenzie, who then led the theater as executive producer for
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5 Things All About Westport: July 1 Patch.Com
Google News - Jul 01, 2011

The theater officially opened its doors June 29, 1931 and welcomed audiences to its first production, “The Streets of New York,” starring Dorothy Gish. Patch covered the birthday party, which included theater staff and local and state officials
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Westport Country Playhouse Celebrates 80th Birthday Broadway World
Google News - Jun 29, 2011

The historic theater opened on June 29, 1931 with its first production, "The Streets of New York," starring Dorothy Gish. "We invite the community to share this historic day with us," said Michael Ross, Playhouse managing director
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1898 Birth Born on March 11, 1898.

TWENTIES

1918 20 Years Old Dorothy became famous in this long series of Griffith-supervised films for the Triangle-Fine Arts and Paramount companies from 1918 through 1920, comedies that put her in the front ranks of film comediennes. … Read More

1920 22 Years Old … They were married in 1920 in a double ceremony with actress Constance Talmadge and businessman John Piagoglou.

1925 27 Years Old "And So I Am a Comedienne", an article published in Ladies Home Journal in July 1925, gave Dorothy a chance to recall her public persona: “And so I am a comedienne, though I, too, once wanted to do heroic and tragic things. … Read More

THIRTIES

1935 37 Years Old They divorced in 1935; Dorothy never remarried.

FORTIES

1939 41 Years Old In 1939, both Dorothy and Lillian Gish found the role of a lifetime. “Dorothy and I went to see the New York production of Life With Father, starring Howard Lindsay and Dorothy Stickney,” Lillian wrote in her autobiography. “After the performance I said: ‘This is the play we’ve been waiting for to take through America.’” Lillian predicted the popular play would be a perfect showcase for all the people who had seen the hundreds of films featuring Mary Pickford, Dorothy, and herself. … Read More

1945 47 Years Old The play had been a film in 1945 with her sister, Lillian, made for Paramount Pictures Corporation. … Read More

1946 48 Years Old Director Otto Preminger cast Dorothy in his 1946 film, Centennial Summer, and she was said to have been amused that she and some of the other stars were allowed to sing Jerome Kern’s music.

LATE ADULTHOOD

1968 70 Years Old She died in 1968 from bronchial pneumonia at the age of 70 at a clinic in Rapallo, Italy where she had been a patient for two years, with sister Lillian at her side. … Read More

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